OMG Could Helicopter Money Become Real?
Here is a wild idea you might like: the government giving money to everyone, for free. This lovely idea is growing more realistic by the week, friends!
Over the last six years, penis pumps have cost Medicare approximately $172 million — at around double the device's retail cost. Authorities have not offered an explanation for the inflated prices.
Average Private College Tuition: $27,293
When we went to college, tuition was a Buffalo nickel and a meal could be had for an eightpence. Sadly, a new survey says that prices are up—way up. Hope you kids like Home State U!
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- U.S. inflation soared to a 17-year-high annual rate in July. [WSJ]
- Dick Fuld's Lehman Brothers is in talks to sell a portion of its real estate assets to BlackRock. [Bloomberg]
- Heinz may look to acquire Campbell Soup. [NYT]
- JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are close to ironing out a settlement with government regulators to…
Discuss: Charlie Sheen Makes $800,000 Per Episode of 'Two and a Half Men'
For vivid proof of the weakening dollar, look no further that the annual salary survey in the forthcoming issue of TV Guide: After two years of slumming alongside the likes of Zach Braff and seeing everyone from William Petersen ($600,000 per episode) to the Simpsons cast (each $400,000 per episode) pass him by,…
