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“LUCRATIVE NEW BUSINESS: BODY BROKERING” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H15097 on Dec. 19, 1995.
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LUCRATIVE NEW BUSINESS: BODY BROKERING
(Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, the stock market fell 101 points, 2 percent of its total value. Everybody is making a lot of excuses.
The truth of the matter is America has become a paper tiger. Check this out: One of the most lucrative new businesses in America is body brokering. That is right, selling cadavers, dead bodies, for up to
$1,500.
Think about it, it is getting to the point the only way to make a living in America is over someone's dead body.
But if you are not surprised about that, what is the big surprise, folks? When an American needs a Ph.D. just to figure out the first page of the tax code, you know something is screwed up. I wonder how the Labor Department is going to classify this new profession: Human resource procurement specialist? I guarantee there will be five or six jobs that will be assigned as definitions to body brokering jobs.
Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.
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