OK, what? DEA left a UCSD engineering student alone, no food or water, in a tiny cell for 5 days?

[$tevie]

And now for something completely off topic: who's old enough to be able to identify who the three caricatures are on that book cover?

[JoeH]

Old enough to identify them, but also old enough that names don't come to me as well as they used to. :censor:

[kanesa]

Looks like he got himself a pretty good lawyer.


http://www.iredalelaw.com/firm-eugene-iredale

[$tevie]

JoeH wrote:
Old enough to identify them, but also old enough that names don't come to me as well as they used to. :censor:

I had that problem on second from the left. Got his first name instantly but ended up having to Google to get the last name. And then it was, oh for pete's sake of course.

[Acer]

decay wrote:
i agree he deserves compensation, but like it's been pointed out - where does that money come from? taxpayers... US. nobody who did it to him is held financially responsible.

as an example, there was a lawsuit against city police in Bethlehem, PA. they lost the suit and had to settle for millions of dollars. to raise that money, the city raised everyone's employment privilege tax (fee) to the maximum amount. it was $10; now it's $52. a tax you pay for the privilege of working in Bethlehem. (most cities have this, btw)

the net result is average workers are paying for this penalty, not anyone on the police force individually... because the police force is paid for by taxes on its citizens.

see http://www.bethlehem-pa.gov/dept/admin_tax/

Local Services Tax

Pennsylvania legislation was enacted into law on December 1, 2004 (PA Act 222 of 2004) that changed the Occupational Privilege Tax (OPT) to an "Emergency and Municipal Services Tax" (EMST) and changed the maximum rate of the tax from $10.00 to $52.00. Effective 1/1/08 the EMST is known as the LST with different withholding requirements. To read more and find detailed employer instructions for the new LST please read the following documents.

Every municipality is helping themselves to the increased LST in PA. I understand your point, but it's a pretty safe bet Bethlehem was going to raise its LST regardless of that lawsuit.