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...commissioned by federal investigators found that McDougal and his companies covered more than three-quarters of the nearly $200,000 in losses sustained by Whitewater. And according to an analysis done for committee Republicans--but disputed by both the White House and the President's personal lawyer--the Clintons underpaid the IRS $13,272 by taking improper deductions for Whitewater expenses...
...YOUR STORY ON CORRUPTION IN THE New Orleans police force [Crime, March 20], you imply that the reason police officer Antoinette Frank killed three people was that she was overworked and underpaid. But that cannot be the reason for triple murder. Here is another example of deviant behavior being "defined down'' to manageable proportions, affording Frank "victim'' status, rationalizing her heinous crime and making it more acceptable. She made a conscious choice to commit murder. She is responsible for that choice, and not the police, however corrupt...
...their wages with detail work, which they perform in full uniform. They usually make between $10 and $15 an hour, and many work 40 or more extra hours a week. The department's pay scale has also led to problems in recruiting qualified applicants. "Everybody knows they are grossly underpaid," says Neil Gallagher, FBI special agent in charge of the New Orleans office. "And still people wonder why there is corruption...
...their wages with detail work, which they perform in full uniform. They usually make between $10 and $15 an hour, and many work 40 or more extra hours a week. The department's pay scale has also led to problems in recruiting qualified applicants. "Everybody knows they are grossly underpaid," says Neil Gallagher, FBI special agent in charge of the New Orleans office. "And still people wonder why there is corruption...
...illogic of any crackdown is that most studies of Latino immigrants show they have a strong work ethic, tight-knit families and a low use of public services. Despite being underpaid and undereducated, few cross the border to collect welfare. A recent study of census data showed that 16.9% of Latino immigrants in Los Angeles County received public assistance in 1990, compared with 41.7% of the non-Latino white population and 64.6% of blacks...