Challenge Assumptions # 5

Hey Folks,

Certain examples of the bullshit we are fed appear again and again, over and over, but SELECTIVELY. When it suits someone's purpose, the "wise" observation is trotted out. Otherwise it is suppressed - as explained in my letter to the Dispatch editor below.

- Uke Man


To the Editor,

Friday's front page reported, "Cardinal Health to pay SEC $35 million / Penalty considered small enough that stock price goes up."

Interesting that when a corporation is fined on the basis of fraud its stock price increases. Human beings often aren't so lucky.

In any case, as a long-time reader, I've heard the "Dispatch" say many, many times, "Corporations don't pay taxes; consumers do."

I anxiously await the forthcoming editorial explaining that "Corporations don't pay fines; consumers do."

Yours - Tom Harker