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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Typos in Laws Have Unintended Consequences


In the legislative world, . . . small errors, while uncommon, can carry expensive consequences. In a few cases around the nation this year, typos and other blunders have redirected millions of tax dollars or threatened to invalidate new laws. (USA Today, Tuesday)

The laws they mean to pass are worse.

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