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The Greatest of All Welfare Scams: The Hidden Cost of Bargain Prices

November 10, 2014 by Richard Markosian 3 Comments

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  When Scheels, the sporting goods giant based in Fargo, North Dakota, started shopping cities for the expansion of their highly profitable mega-stores, Utah’s economic leaders offered a greater gift than Santa could ever provide. The combined efforts of Sandy City, Salt Lake County and the Canyons School District all ponied up to offer Scheels 25 years of paying … [Read more...]

Tickets, penalties, infractions, red tape and more reasons to be a welfare recipient

March 13, 2014 by Richard Markosian 2 Comments

 Every month I need to set aside a few hours to do all the things I don't want to do: I pay my irregular bills, work on taxes. I pay fees and tickets and penalties and deal with my growing tangle of government red tape. It seems  law abiding active working citizens and especially a business owners are constantly penalized.  For what? For basically being in business and … [Read more...]

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