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    Is this happening in your state or country?

    Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 300
    >employees and has the following statistics:
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    > 30 have been accused of spousal abuse.
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    > 9 have been arrested for fraud, 14 have been accused of writing bad
    >cheques.
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    > 95 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses.
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    > 4 have done time for assault.
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    > 55 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit.
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    > 12 have been arrested on drug related charges.
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    > 4 have been arrested for shoplifting.
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    > 16 are currently defendants in lawsuits! .
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    > 62 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year.
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    > Can you guess which organization this is?
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    > It is the 301 MPs in t he Canadian Parliament. The same group
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    > that cranks out hundred of new laws designed to keep the rest of us in
    >line.
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    > Which one did you vote for?
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    > TAKEN FROM THE OTTAWA CITIZEN.
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    Interesting, I got an e-mail not too long ago that said it was members of the US congress.Go figure!:hammer:
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    Urban legend/hoax.

    http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/congress.htm

    Note that it originated as a US Congress legend, then morphed to Canada.
    RT

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    Sounds more like the state legistature in Mississippi to me.

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    I thought it was the Wisconsin legislature.

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