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Another Man’s $52 Billion Treasure
“We’re rich. We have less than 4,000 people living here and we have millions of dollars in the bank."
– Town Administrator, Fox Township Pennsylvania
It’s tough to imagine in this economic climate, but some small towns are getting rich.
That may be a surprise. After all, dozens of state and local governments are broke and on the verge of being downgraded to “junk” status. State pension funds have been decimated. A few pundits have even predicted state and local governments’ debt loads may trigger the next phase in the credit crisis.
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5Nov2008 | Q1 Publishing | Comments Off | ContinuedInvesting in Waste Management
“On a human level, the garbage man is just as important as the teacher or a rock star or a president, because you have to have them. The world would have been dead a long time ago without garbage men.†— Herbie Hancock
In a world full of lawyers, brokers, accountants and any other white-collar profession you can think of, we sometimes forget about the miners, brick makers and garbage men. But without people doing these jobs, our world would be dead, as Herbie puts it.
You probably hear it once a week… The sound of a diesel engine, the…
8Jul2008 | The Penny Sleuth | Comments Off | Continued
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