Molly Ivins Quotes:
Ocupation: Columnist
Life: August 30, 1944 - January 31, 2007
Birthday: August 30
Death: January 31
We've got the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble when it comes to crime in this country. The FBI says burglary and robbery cost U.S. taxpayers $3.8 billion annually. Securities fraud alone costs four times that. And securities fraud is nothing to the cost of oil spills, price-fixing, and dangerous or defective products. Fraud by health-care corporations alone costs us between $100 billion and $400 billion a year. No three-strikes-and-you're-out for these guys. Remember the S&L scandal? $500 billion.
topic: Country, Years, Oil, Syllables, Oil Spill, Burglary, Robbery, Three Strikes
