11. February, 2002 - government isn't the solution

• A Marketplace of IDs is the first part of a two-part series the Strib is running on identity theft. We were paranoid of everyone is the second part. The real problem here is that there's almost no incentive for companies to take this seriously. The cost of tracking down the culprit is higher than the cost of paying a little extra insurance to cover the losses. The cost to the individual whose identity gets stolen is almost never recovered. [strib]
• Speaking of problems the government isn't helping solve: Hard Money, Strong Arms And 'Matrix': How Enron Dealt With Congress, Bureaucracy. There's a reason people and companies try to buy legislators in this country. It's because the various levels of government control so much money, that it's cheaper to buy a congressman than pay an extra hundredth of a percent in taxes, or spend more dealing with regulations. [instapundit]
• The Financial Times special report on Counter-capitalism has quite a bit of interesting information. Part two for example, talks about how multi-national companies are funding the people who protest against them. [instapundit]
• On a lighter note, I haven't been reading The West Virginia Surf Report regularly for a while, but recently did some catching up. And I found AMERICAN STOPS WASHING HAIR! Huh! The only problem is that you have to start with the last one and kinda back up because there aren't happy links to take you all the way through. C'mon Jeff, let's make it more reader friendly, eh? But there's A fine image from the WVSR for your amusement, another PSA from the WVSR and a Hot dog!

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