Daily Briefs: When Collapsing Infrastructures Attack
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By CHRIS PACKHAM
Giving with one hand, taking with the other: The Kansas Department of Revenue intercepted $1.2 million in economic stimulus checks meant for Kansas residents to pay back taxes. Missouri collected $3 million. On the one hand, my check arrived OK last week, but on the other hand, it wound up back in state coffers anyway, in the form of $600 of “Lucky 7” scratchers I picked up at Grand Slam, which I’m still working my way through with a quarter and a whole lot of elbow grease. If I win any jackpots, my plan is, first, to get treatment for scratcher-induced carpal-tunnel syndrome, and second, to write a self-help book called Scratch Your Way to Prosperity. If I don’t hit any jackpots, I plan to continue telling my girlfriend that my check still hasn’t arrived and I have no idea why. After the jump, a few words about the ancient ruins we used to call Kansas City infrastructure, which then trail off into an abrupt ending because sometimes you’re working on a paragraph when you realize that, emotionally, you’ve simply moved on. Get in touch with your feelings by clicking here, or on Dr. Leo Buscaglia:
