October 31, 2009

Congress Continues to Sniff Around NFL Issues

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Whenever the U.S. Congress decides to sniff around the backyard of a specific private industry, a common refrain is this.

"Doesn't the government have better things to do?"

Given the whole health care thing and the war in Afghanistan and the economy in the crapper, it's not a bad point.

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