Government
The 99.9% Problem
Dear friends, here is a short thought for your amusement:
If 99.9% is good enough, then consider that:
–two million documents will be lost by the IRS this year.
–811,000 faulty rolls of film will be loaded this year.
–22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong accounts in the next 60 minutes.
–12 babies will be given to the [...]
The Windfall Which Crushed An Industry
In 1982 I was a partner in a solar heating company in Southern California….
The country was concerned about saving money because we had all seen the price of gasoline rise from 23 cents to almost a dollar in less then 8 years. In 1982 a home mortgage would be around 16% or 17% interest rate. A home improvement loan would be around 19% interest.
So the local utility company decided to offer…..
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