Thursday, August 7, 2014

Walgreen becomes government whipping boy

By Jeff Macke

 

Using the threat of an unlimited Treasury investigation, the President and Senator Dick Durbin stopped Walgreen (WAG) from moving to Switzerland. The wreckage of some $10 billion in lost stock value for mostly Main Street investors was left as a grim reminder not to cross the government by, in this case, following the letter of our own stupid laws.

Read the following for full details:  http://finance.yahoo.com/news/walgreens-becomes-government-whipping-boy-121835957.html

Saying of the Day

The first half of our life  is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children--    Clarence Darrow