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  • Uncle Sam In Your Pocket

    08/21/2008 2:52:58 PM PDT · by the invisib1e hand · 7 replies · 183+ views
    Train of Thoughts ^ | 08/21/08 | Train of Thoughts
    No, even more so.Remember that nifty "Foreclosure prevention and relief" law that was sponsored by Sen. Chistopher Dodd, written by Bank of America and Countrywide Credit, and signed into law by the president recently? Remember how it carried a mandatory -- yet rather tangential -- provision for federal government monitoring of all automatic payment transactions? You probably thought, "hmm." And maybe then you thought, "why'd they do that?" And then, "well, they must know what they're doin'." But some of us thought, "OK, what are the pickpockets (with the full force of the federal government) up to now?" And some...