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237) The following appeared in a newsletter offering advice to investors.
"Over 80 percent of the respondents to a recent survey indicated a desire to reduce their
intake of foods containing fats and cholesterol, and today low-fat products abound in
many food stores. Since many of the food products currently marketed by Old Dairy
Industries are high in fat and cholesterol, the company's sales are likely to diminish
greatly and their profits will no doubt decrease. We therefore advise Old Dairy
stockholders to sell their shares and other investors not to purchase stock in this
company."
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238) The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a local newspaper from a citizen
of the state of Impecunia.
"Two years ago our neighboring state, Lucria, began a state lottery to supplement tax
revenues for education and public health. Today, Lucria spends more per pupil than we
do, and Lucria's public health program treats far more people than our state's program
does. If we were to establish a state lottery like the one in Lucria, the profits could be
used to improve our educational system and public health program. The new lottery
would doubtless be successful, because a survey conducted in our capital city concludes
that citizens of Impecunia already spend an average of $50 per person per year on
gambling."
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239) The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Walnut Grove town
newspaper.
"Walnut Grove's town council has advocated switching from EZ Disposal (which has
had the contract for trash collection services in Walnut Grove for the past ten years) to
ABC Waste, because EZ recently raised its monthly fee from $2,000 to $2,500 a month,
whereas ABC's fee is still $2,000. But the town council is mistaken; we should continue
using EZ. EZ collects trash twice a week, while ABC collects only once. Moreover,
