Man, is it the 100 degree temps out there, or is there something in the water that’s causing people to behave badly with their money? I understand we have a rough economy at the moment, but lately I’ve been witness to, and the personal and professional casualty of, horrendous financial choices by several people I know well, and woven into their story – to some degree or another – was the excuse that the state of the country’s financial affairs is partially what drove them to their fraudulent or criminal choices.
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