Stossel S00E03 · Politicans' Top 10 Promises Gone Wrong

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Politicians spend so much time creating new laws that they rarely pay attention to one law even they can't repeal: the law of unintended consequences. For every upside to a new law, there is usually at least one downside, often one that doesn't reveal itself right away. Featured: Cash for Clunkers, the minimum wage, Title IX, sports arenas, alpaca subsidies, credit card regulations, health care reform, ethanol subsidies, programs to increase home ownership, and pledges of fiscal responsibility.

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