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<p>A Tulsa manufacturer exploited and abused workers brought to this country from India, their lawyers said Monday in the first phase of a labor trafficking trial.</p> <p>The 52 workers, who were recruited in their home country, came to work as welders, fitters and electricians at the John Pickle Co., which made specialized equipment for the oil industry.</p>

Instead of winning the Powerball lotto, I just won the federal grand jury lotto. In case you are unaware, the term of a FGJ(Federal Grand Juror) is 18 MONTHS! Sure they "pay" you for your public service: $40/ a day and 36.5 per mile. They are sure not paying the per diem rate for federal workers! Essentially, you are required to take a 20% pay cut for a year and a half of "public" service! Well, I am not willing to go into "indentured servitude" for the feds. I have a family and a mortage with a demanding job that...

Yesterday, I got into an argument with some libertarians. I promised to humiliate myself if they could answer the following question:If I want to sell myself into slavery in order to pay off debts, why should the government be able to prevent me? Why should I not have every right to enter into an indissoluble contract surrendering my freedom--temporarily or permanently--to someone else in exchange for some consideration?I hereby admit that I was wrong, because ThomasJefferson agreed that the government should have no power to prohibit voluntary slavery--a step that I did not think any of them would want to...