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Private sector shrinks as public sector explodes

Whereas a businessman will be out of business in short order if he delivers a poor product or mismanages his firm, politicians just graze in the public pasture doling out other peoples resources. There was a lot of flowery talk recently about Senator Kennedy... Full Article at Spero News

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