Unbelievable . “What brings you to  Demopolis ?”  The question seemed harmless, as did the questioner, Sgt. Tim Soronen of the Demopolis, Alabama police department. Diane Avera, the 45-year-old grandmother from Meridian, Mississippi to whom that question was posed, couldn’t see any harm in answering it candidly. “I came over to buy some Sudafed for our scuba diving trip this weekend, since we can’t buy it in Meridian anymore,” Mrs. Avera explained.  Soronen asked Avera if she knew it was against the law to cross the state line to buy Sudafed.  “No, sir, I did not know,” the startled woman replied. “I need you to step out of the car,” Soronen demanded. “For what? I swear I didn’t know. What did I do?” Avera asked in alarm. “You came to Demopolis to buy some Sudafed,” came the curt response. “Step to the back of the truck.”  Before the sun set on July 29, 2010, Diane Avera was in the Marengo County Jail, where she would remain f...

... is the elimination of pre-tax investment in 401K retirement accounts [supposedly only for the wealthy , which here appears to be anyone at 100K or more], which will be switched out, according to economics professor Teresa Ghilarducci for.... Under Ms. Ghilarducci’s plan, all workers would receive a $600 annual inflation-adjusted subsidy from the U.S. government but would be required to invest 5% of their pay into a guaranteed retirement account administered by the Social Security Administration. The money in turn would be invested in special government bonds that would pay 3% a year, adjusted for inflation. Why would Congress want to do that? Because your tax exempt contributions to that 401K represent an $80 Billion dollar pool of potential tax increases for them to play with: “With respect to the 401(k), it appears to be a plan that is not really well-devised for the changes in the market,” Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., said. “We’ve invested $80 billion into subsidizing this a...