Congress’s $1.15 trillion spending bill: Heads they Win, Tails you Lose

Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s seminal masterpiece Crime and Punishment is often thought of as one of the longest classics at more than 200,000 words.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, which was signed into law on Friday, is nearly twice as long.

In case you’re not familiar with the background, the author was once quite wealthy.

But through years of reckless, irresponsible behavior, he gambled away his wealth until he was impoverished and unable to pay his creditors.

I am, of course, talking about BOTH Dostoevsky, and the United States government.

Dostoevsky went broke from a gambling problem. The US government has gone broke from a spending problem.

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