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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Our economy is in a state of flux. The Federal Reserve just cut the discount rate by ½%, which the stock market liked. However, longer term consequences may be dire due to severe decline of the dollar. The state of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
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><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">So, there is a severe need to do something and to do something important, particularly because of the state budget crisis. I have a proposal, which I hope the esteemed reader will seriously consider. This has been in the back of my mind for a very long time, and now is the time to consider it fully.<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o
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><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The latest FWC newsletter features a photo of two FWC fish police, scanning the horizon, looking for people who have caught red snapper ½ inch too short. Guns strapped to their side, they are poised to swoop down and arrest the offenders, using their $100,000 boats with two huge outboard motors.<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o
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><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">My proposal is this. Disband the FWC completely. Sink their boats as off shore reefs. What better way to promote red snapper fisheries? Lay off all the fish police and let them work at Mac Donald?s. No wait, I have too much respect for Mac Donald?s. <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o
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><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">This proposal will save the state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1
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