I've been busy with submissions today.
The Star Tribune had an article today on the grossly overestimated projections for revenue from electronic pull-tabs. See "Gambling firms drove flawed Minnesota e-pulltab funding plan", Jean Hopsensperger, Star Tribune, 2013-03-24.
I wrote a letter to the editor with the Adam Smith quote warning about laws and regulations being submitted by business people.
The Reader Weekly had a feature article by Jim Lundstrom, Scene Newspaper, about the opposition to the rushed, loose legislation in favor of a not-well-known company to mine in the Penokee Mountains in northern Wisconsin. The opposition states that the proposed mining will be an environmental disaster that will make the area unlivable. In response, I submitted "The Invisible Adam Smith" that I published last October. Because the Reader Weekly republishes articles from several sources, they might republish this. Besides, Bob Boone, the publisher and editor, occasionally asks me about writing something.
Gov. Scott Walker's desk sign, "Open for Business" was a clear warning of what was to come. This was a clear statement in favor of those "who have generally an interest to deceive and even to oppress the public…"
