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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 12:21 PM
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1. Happened in Michigan. In 2002 our Dem governor
was elected, replacing a 3 term repug named John Engler. First thing she did was an audit. The news covered her exit from the meeting. She had a horrified look on her face and stated "It's worse than we thought and it's worse than we were told." Apparentely, Engler had used some accounting tricks to hide most of the $4 bil debt he had accumulated while in office after giving huge tax breaks to his friends in manufacturing. I think he hoped they would keep operations in the state. They didn't, but he now has a cushy job as president of the National Assoc. of Manufacturers.
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