Now I understand why we're gutting education! Chinese prostitutes! <br><br>Do you have "independent" verification for even one of these claims? I thought not.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Gary Crabtree <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">jampot@roadrunner.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">From <a title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">A few specific examples would
be:</font></div>
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<li>The federal government made at
least <b>$72 billion</b> in improper payments in 2008.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn1" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref1" target="_blank">[1]</a>
</li><li>Washington spends <b>$92
billion</b> on corporate welfare (excluding TARP) versus $71 billion on
homeland security.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn2" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref2" target="_blank">[2]</a>
</li><li>Washington spends <b>$25
billion</b> annually maintaining unused or vacant federal properties.<a title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn3
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn3" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref3" target="_blank">[3]</a>
</li><li>Government auditors spent the past
five years examining all federal programs and found that 22 percent of them --
costing taxpayers a total of <b>$123 billion</b> annually -- fail to show any
positive impact on the populations they serve.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn4" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref4" target="_blank">[4]</a>
</li><li>The Congressional Budget Office
published a "Budget Options" series identifying more than <b>$100 billion</b>
in potential spending cuts.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn5" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref5" target="_blank">[5]</a>
</li><li>Examples from multiple Government
Accountability Office (GAO) reports of wasteful duplication include <b>342</b>
economic development programs; <b>130</b> programs serving the disabled;
<b>130</b> programs serving at-risk youth; <b>90</b> early childhood
development programs; <b>75</b> programs funding international education,
cultural, and training exchange activities; and <b>72</b> safe water
programs.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn6" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref6" target="_blank">[6]</a>
</li><li>Washington will spend <b>$2.6
million</b> training Chinese prostitutes to drink more responsibly on the
job.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn7" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref7" target="_blank">[7]</a>
</li><li>A GAO audit classified <b>nearly
half of all purchases</b> on government credit cards as improper, fraudulent,
or embezzled. Examples of taxpayer-funded purchases include gambling, mortgage
payments, liquor, lingerie, iPods, Xboxes, jewelry, Internet dating services,
and Hawaiian vacations. In one extraordinary example, the Postal Service spent
<b>$13,500</b> on one dinner at a Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, including "over 200
appetizers and over $3,000 of alcohol, including more than 40 bottles of wine
costing more than $50 each and brand-name liquor such as Courvoisier,
Belvedere and Johnny Walker Gold." The 81 guests consumed an average of $167
worth of food and drink apiece.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn8" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref8" target="_blank">[8]</a>
</li><li>Federal agencies are delinquent on
nearly 20 percent of employee travel charge cards, costing taxpayers
<b>hundreds of millions of dollars</b> annually.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn9" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref9" target="_blank">[9]</a>
</li><li>The Securities and Exchange
Commission spent <b>$3.9 million</b> rearranging desks and offices at its
Washington, D.C., headquarters.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn10" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref10" target="_blank">[10]</a>
</li><li>The Pentagon recently spent
<b>$998,798</b> shipping two 19-cent washers from South Carolina to Texas and
<b>$293,451</b> sending an 89-cent washer from South Carolina to Florida.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn11" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref11" target="_blank">[11]</a>
</li><li><b>Over half of all farm
subsidies</b> go to commercial farms, which report average household incomes
of $200,000.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn12" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref12" target="_blank">[12]</a>
</li><li>Health care fraud is estimated to
cost taxpayers more than <b>$60 billion</b> annually.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn13" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref13" target="_blank">[13]</a>
</li><li>A GAO audit found that 95
Pentagon weapons systems suffered from a combined <b>$295 billion</b> in cost
overruns.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn14" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref14" target="_blank">[14]</a>
</li><li>The refusal of many federal
employees to fly coach costs taxpayers <b>$146 million</b> annually in flight
upgrades.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn15" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref15" target="_blank">[15]</a>
</li><li>Washington will spend <b>$126
million</b> in 2009 to enhance the Kennedy family legacy in Massachusetts.
Additionally, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) diverted $20 million from the 2010
defense budget to subsidize a new Edward M. Kennedy Institute.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn16" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref16" target="_blank">[16]</a>
</li><li>Federal investigators have
launched more than <b>20 criminal fraud investigations</b> related to the TARP
financial bailout.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn17" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref17" target="_blank">[17]</a>
</li><li>Despite trillion-dollar deficits,
last year's 10,160 earmarks included <b>$200,000</b> for a tattoo removal
program in Mission Hills, California; <b>$190,000</b> for the Buffalo Bill
Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming; and <b>$75,000</b> for the Totally Teen
Zone in Albany, Georgia.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn18" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref18" target="_blank">[18]</a>
</li><li>The federal government owns more
than <b>50,000 vacant homes</b>.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn19" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref19" target="_blank">[19]</a>
</li><li>The Federal Communications
Commission spent <b>$350,000</b> to sponsor NASCAR driver David Gilliland.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn20" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref20" target="_blank">[20]</a>
</li><li>Members of Congress have spent
<b>hundreds of thousands</b> of taxpayer dollars supplying their offices with
popcorn machines, plasma televisions, DVD equipment, ionic air fresheners,
camcorders, and signature machines -- plus <b>$24,730</b> leasing a Lexus,
<b>$1,434</b> on a digital camera, and <b>$84,000</b> on personalized
calendars.<a title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn21
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn21" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref21" target="_blank">[21]</a>
</li><li>More than <b>$13 billion</b> in
Iraq aid has been classified as wasted or stolen. Another <b>$7.8 billion</b>
cannot be accounted for.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn22" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref22" target="_blank">[22]</a>
</li><li>Fraud related to Hurricane
Katrina spending is estimated to top <b>$2 billion</b>. In addition, debit
cards provided to hurricane victims were used to pay for Caribbean vacations,
NFL tickets, Dom Perignon champagne, "Girls Gone Wild" videos, and at least
one sex change operation.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn23" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref23" target="_blank">[23]</a>
</li><li>Auditors discovered that
<b>900,000</b> of the 2.5 million recipients of emergency Katrina assistance
provided false names, addresses, or Social Security numbers or submitted
multiple applications.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn24" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref24" target="_blank">[24]</a>
</li><li>Congress recently gave Alaska
Airlines <b>$500,000</b> to paint a Chinook salmon on a Boeing 737.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn25" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref25" target="_blank">[25]</a>
</li><li>The Transportation Department
will subsidize up to <b>$2,000 per flight</b> for direct flights between
Washington, D.C., and the small hometown of Congressman Hal Rogers (R-KY) --
but only on Monday mornings and Friday evenings, when lawmakers, staff, and
lobbyists usually fly. Rogers is a member of the Appropriations Committee,
which writes the Transportation Department's budget.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn26" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref26" target="_blank">[26]</a>
</li><li>Washington has spent <b>$3
billion</b> re-sanding beaches -- even as this new sand washes back into the
ocean.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn27" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref27" target="_blank">[27]</a>
</li><li>A Department of Agriculture
report concedes that much of the <b>$2.5 billion</b> in "stimulus" funding for
broadband Internet will be wasted.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn28" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref28" target="_blank">[28]</a>
</li><li>The Defense Department wasted
<b>$100 million</b> on unused flight tickets and never bothered to collect
refunds even though the tickets were refundable.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn29" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref29" target="_blank">[29]</a>
</li><li>Washington spends <b>$60,000 per
hour</b> shooting Air Force One photo-ops in front of national landmarks.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn30" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref30" target="_blank">[30]</a>
</li><li>Over one recent 18-month period,
Air Force and Navy personnel used government-funded credit cards to charge at
least <b>$102,400</b> on admission to entertainment events, <b>$48,250</b> on
gambling, <b>$69,300</b> on cruises, and <b>$73,950</b> on exotic dance clubs
and prostitutes.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn31" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref31" target="_blank">[31]</a>
</li><li>Members of Congress are set to
pay themselves <b>$90 million</b> to increase their franked mailings for the
2010 election year.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn32" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref32" target="_blank">[32]</a>
</li><li>Congress has ignored efficiency
recommendations from the Department of Health and Human Services that would
save <b>$9 billion</b> annually.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn33" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref33" target="_blank">[33]</a>
</li><li>Taxpayers are funding paintings
of high-ranking government officials at a cost of up to <b>$50,000
apiece</b>.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn34" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref34" target="_blank">[34]</a>
</li><li>The state of Washington sent $1
food stamp checks to 250,000 households in order to raise state caseload
figures and trigger <b>$43 million</b> in additional federal funds.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn35" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref35" target="_blank">[35]</a>
</li><li><a name="12f7d51a1cd993c5_RANGE!A29">Suburban families are receiving large <b>farm subsidies for the
grass in their backyards</b> -- subsidies that many of these families never
requested and do not want.</a> <a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn36" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref36" target="_blank">[36]</a>
</li><li>Congress appropriated <b>$20
million</b> for "commemoration of success" celebrations related to Iraq and
Afghanistan.<a title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn37
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn37" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref37" target="_blank">[37]</a>
</li><li>Homeland Security employee
purchases include 63-inch plasma TVs, iPods, and <b>$230</b> for a beer
brewing kit.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn38" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref38" target="_blank">[38]</a>
</li><li>Two drafting errors in the 2005
Deficit Reduction Act resulted in a <b>$2 billion</b> taxpayer cost.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn39" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref39" target="_blank">[39]</a>
</li><li>North Ridgeville, Ohio, received
<b>$800,000</b> in "stimulus" funds for a project that its mayor described as
"a long way from the top priority."<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn40" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref40" target="_blank">[40]</a>
</li><li>The National Institutes of Health
spends <b>$1.3 million</b> per month to rent a lab that it cannot use.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn41" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref41" target="_blank">[41]</a>
</li><li>Congress recently spent <b>$2.4
billion</b> on 10 new jets that the Pentagon insists it does not need and will
not use.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn42" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref42" target="_blank">[42]</a>
</li><li>Lawmakers diverted <b>$13
million</b> from Hurricane Katrina relief spending to build a museum
celebrating the Army Corps of Engineers -- the agency partially responsible
for the failed levees that flooded New Orleans.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn43" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref43" target="_blank">[43]</a>
</li><li>Medicare officials recently
mailed <b>$50 million</b> in erroneous refunds to 230,000 Medicare
recipients.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn44" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref44" target="_blank">[44]</a>
</li><li>Audits showed <b>$34 billion</b>
worth of Department of Homeland Security contracts contained significant
waste, fraud, and abuse.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn45" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref45" target="_blank">[45]</a>
</li><li>Washington recently spent
<b>$1.8 million</b> to help build a private golf course in Atlanta, Georgia.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn46" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref46" target="_blank">[46]</a>
</li><li>The Advanced Technology Program
spends <b>$150 million</b> annually subsidizing private businesses; 40 percent
of this funding goes to Fortune 500 companies.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn47" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref47" target="_blank">[47]</a>
</li><li>Congressional investigators were
able to receive <b>$55,000</b> in federal student loan funding for a fictional
college they created to test the Department of Education.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn48" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref48" target="_blank">[48]</a>
</li><li>The Conservation Reserve program
pays farmers <b>$2 billion</b> annually not to farm their land.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn49" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref49" target="_blank">[49]</a>
</li><li>The Commerce Department has
<b>lost 1,137 computers</b> since 2001, many containing Americans' personal
data.<a title="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn50
CTRL + Click to follow link" href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/10/50-examples-of-government-waste#_edn50" name="12f7d51a1cd993c5__ednref50" target="_blank">[50]</a> </li></ol>
<p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">These are mere drop in the bucket examples.
Left up to me, entire departments would be eliminated starting with commerce,
agriculture, and yes, education. </font></p>
<p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">I would go on but time is limited. Has this
been adequately specific for you?</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">g</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">P.S. I'll throw in as a little can and did
bonus for you the countless Obama white house parties, (think Paul McCartney
comes cheap?) along with the current cross country campaign tour all paid for
with </font><font color="#000000" face="Calibri">the taxpayers credit card.
Enjoy.</font></p>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="philosopher.joe@gmail.com" href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com" target="_blank">Joe Campbell</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 22, 2011 2:23 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" target="_blank">the lockshop</a> </div>
<div><b>Cc:</b> <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">Vision 2020</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: This could be big</div></div></div>
<div><br></div>What is the "big government" that you're talking about below,
Gary? Tell me where the waste is and be specific. You can't and won't and that
shows where the greater myth lies.<br><br>For God's sake, we've been waging a
war in two now three different countries, putting the whole thing on our world
"credit card." But you don't raise a peep about that. Education, health care,
entitlements -- that is where the evil lies (according to you)! <br><br>This is
crap rhetoric and you know it. And the fact that you can't make a sensible
response to this post, that all you'll do is throw insults and more crap
rhetoric proves it even more.<br><br>And this isn't an insult. It is a
CRITICISM. Maybe you are as unable to tell the difference as Roger.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 5:14 PM, the lockshop <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" target="_blank">lockshop@pull.twcbc.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I feel fine, thank you for your concern. There is
no ire to mitigate on my end and no need for rationalization required on
yours. Corporations take advantage of tax laws put in place by Republican and
Democrat lawmakers to return value to the shareholders as is their primary
reason for existance. The fact that you and your family have been able to
take advantage of this warms my heart. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">The notion that corporations large or small
should "pay a fair share" is a farce generated by big government
(and it's friends and beneficiaries) to extract additional revenue from
individuals. The burden falls on shareholders in the form of reduced return on
investment and/or on customers in the form of higher price for products.
Placing ever-increasing drains on a corporations revenue can only result in
disaster. If return to investors is too low or the price of goods is to high
the end result is the same. You have killed the goose and the attendant jobs,
goods, and services (and yes, tax monies) that it generated.</font></div>
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<div style="font:10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div>
<div style="font:10pt arial;background:#e4e4e4"><b>From:</b> <a title="suehovey@moscow.com" href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com" target="_blank">Sue Hovey</a> </div></div>
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<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" href="mailto:lockshop@pull.twcbc.com" target="_blank">the lockshop</a> ; <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">'Vision 2020'</a> </div>
<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 21, 2011 12:13
PM</div>
<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Fw: This
could be big</div>
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<div>True, and we probably won’t be able to do them much longer, so
perhaps that will help to mitigate your ire. A few years ago I was
behind one of the efforts to get PERSI to disinvest—a move that went
nowhere, fast. So I continue to take the dirty money and I’m going to
be spending it on critical needs for our disabled adult daughter. Feel
better now?</div>
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<div>Sue H </div>
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<div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 21, 2011 11:56 AM</div>
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<div><b>To:</b> <a title="suehovey@moscow.com" href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com" target="_blank">Sue Hovey</a> ; <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">'Vision 2020'</a> </div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Interestingly enough, Exxon Mobile, Conoco
Philips, General Electric and Goldman Sachs are among the ten largest
holdings of several of the funds held by PERSI. These "dirty corporate
freeloaders" are playing a large part in funding local retiree's trips to
Hawaii! This must be brought to a halt immediately.</font></div>
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<div style="font:10pt arial;background:#e4e4e4"><b>From:</b> <a title="suehovey@moscow.com" href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com" target="_blank">Sue Hovey</a> </div>
<div style="font:10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">'Vision 2020'</a> </div>
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<div>Sort of a down and dirty (for sure dirty) list of Corporate
Freeloaders. Thought it might be of interest to some of you.</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="frye3407@att.net" href="mailto:frye3407@att.net" target="_blank">William Frye</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 20, 2011 10:48 AM</div>
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released a list of the 10 companies worst at paying their fair
share in taxes. We liked it, and our designer Gabe quickly put it
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