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Dear FDA, Let’s Rethink This Ban on Inhalers

09.26.11
Dear FDA, Let’s Rethink This Ban on Inhalers

  Dear FDA, Please don’t ban over-the-counter asthma inhalers. Did you know Primatene Mist saved my husband from an expensive trip to the ER? He had just lost his job, our insurance was gone and our income had vanished, when a late Sunday afternoon he had an asthma attack. So what do he do when he went to use his inhaler and realized it was empty? He jumped in the car, squealed away and rushed into CVS for a Primatene Mist inhaler. Guess what? That inhaler you are now banning stopped his asthma attack and saved our family a lot of money we didn’t have. Apparently he isn’t the only asthma suffer who uses Primatene Mist either. Upwards of one to two million people use it. To make matters worse, prescription inhalers can cost up to three times as much and require a doctor’s visit. So why are green...

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So is it a Ponzi Scheme?

09.08.11
So is it a Ponzi Scheme?

  What Does Ponzi Scheme Mean? A fraudulent investing scam that promises high rates of return at little risk to investors. The scheme generates returns for older investors by acquiring new investors. This scam actually yields the promised returns to earlier investors, as long as there are more new investors. I will start by stating I’m politically independent. I don’t belong to either party and neither party has a guarantee vote from me. I vote based on my own personal opinion and choose what amendments I agree with and who I believe is the best candidate. I read left and right websites and books, listen to left and right talking heads, watch Fox, MSNBC and CNN to gather all sides of the stories and come to my own conclusion. 2012 is big year in our never-ending election cycle. (Really, does it ever end?) We have the Congressional, State, local...

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