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Who does the Republican House Represent???
Not Good
The truck loaded with packages sheered off an ornamental light pole and plowed through a row of flower pots. It went into the plate-glass window of the museum’s lobby about 8:30 p.m. The window, which is punctured at its base, is a spider web of cracks.
WASHINGTON – A UPS truck jumped a curb and broke through a concrete barrier, crashing into the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden on the National Mall Monday night.
Cooling Off
A UPS truck traveling eastbound on NE 96th Street in the Village of Miami Shores struck a tree and continued breaking through a pedestrian barrier, ultimately coming to rest in the bay. The UPS driver made it to shore and was not transported to the hospital.
( WALTER MICHOT, MIAMI HERALD / June 27, 2012 )
For Those Who Want LESS Regulation
A two-income American family with an average income that dutifully invests in a 401(k) plan using typical strategies will lose $155,000 – or about 30 percent of what they should have saved for retirement — to Wall Street fees, according to a study by an economic justice advocacy organization.
The Demos study, released last month, is just the latest in a long string of research showing 401(k) plans are a better deal for Wall Street than for you. Many show that people lose about one-third of their retirement money to fees that they don’t even know they’re paying. The actual lifetime impact of fees is a matter of widespread debate, but it shouldn’t be. In one dramatic example, John Bogle, the inventor of index funds, demonstrated how fees can consume 80 percent of an investor’s money through something he’d dubbed “the tyranny of compounding fees.” (Click on the link to see his proof.)
Bob Sullivan
Ahhhhh….. the beauty of an unregulated free market!
More “Not-so-Funny” Reality
Progress……Republican Style
A UPS Driver Claims The Shipping Giant Made Him A Gang Target
A UPS driver is claiming he had a mental breakdown after witnessing a gang execution during his daily route. Even worse, he claims UPS ignored pleas to relocate him even after it became known the gang was seeking information about him. California resident Sergio Cervantes was in the middle of his route when he saw a gang execution that left one man dead, Courthouse News reported. In his lawsuit, Cervantes alleges he held the man as he died, making him a target of the gang members responsible for the shooting. The same gang members also approached Cervantes’ fellow drivers, asking where Cervantes could be found, according to Courthouse News. Cervantes said he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and claims he asked the company for a different route. But, according to Cervantes’ lawsuit, the company was unresponsive and often ignored his requests. In an email to Courthouse News, UPS spokeswoman Susan Rosenburg said employee safety is “paramount” to the company.
“Corporations are People My Friend”
Bingo
