-=> ROSS SAUER wrote to BOB KLAHN <=-   
      
    RS> "BOB KLAHN -> EARL CROASMUN" <1:123/140> wrote in   
    RS> news:256$CONTROVERSIAL@JamNNTPd:   
      
    ~>> Michigan's governor and his pet GOP'ers are trying to push through   
    BK> a law ~>> that states that the governor can take over any town he   
    BK> wants to, just by ~>> declaring a "fiscal emergency."   
    ~>>> That means all contracts with a town are null and void, and all   
    BK> town ~>> officials will be replaced by the governor's hand-picked   
    BK> goon.   
      
    EC>> Crooksandliars?  Maddow?  Can't be Olbermann.  Anyone have   
    EC>> any idea where this bit of foolishness came from?  He's   
    EC>> mumbled the same thing several times now.   
      
    BK>   From the right wing rag, The Detroit News. And other sources.   
    BK>   Google:   
      
    BK>   michigan emergency financial managers   
      
    RS> Michigan's GOP wants to raise taxes, yes, I said RAISE taxes on the   
    RS> poor and elderly.   
      
    RS> To give corporations big tax breaks.   
      
    RS> The Wisconsin/Michigan/Ohio GOP is the greatest thing to come along for   
    RS> the democrats in decades.   
      
   Bank of America just tagged me on a new $3.00 fee for an "image charge."   
      
   I have to drop the paper bank statements in order to lose that one.   
   Of course this targets the poor and disabled disproportionately who may not   
   have   
   online access.   
      
   Then too were one to drop it paper statements the likelyhood of   
   bouncing a check goes up.   
      
   As I have to slice the pie thin some months that three dollar charge almost    
   cost me a bounced check or ATM overdraft charge.   
      
   As a matter of curiousity I wonder just how many millions    
   of dollars BoA makes off of this dodge?   
      
   It DID prevent me from setting up a Skype account to reschedule a doctors   
   appointment and that runs into more $$$ and a somewhat more dire issue.   
      
   These little charges can seem insignificant taken in isolation    
   however when taken as a whole on a national level they add up to serious cash.   
      
   It reminds me of my grandfather and his policy of paying bills at the    
   last minute because as he put it better he collect the interest on it   
   than some utility company.    
      
      
      
      
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