Real Repo Men
July 6, 2006
I don’t watch much TV, but the cable channel TLC used to have (and perhaps still does have) a show on real repo men. It was/is hosted by one of the actors from “The Sopranos” — the member of the inner circle named “Big Pussy” who became an FBI informant and who Tony rubbed out a season or two ago and dumped into the sea.
On the show they repossess a lot of yachts as well as cars from deadbeats and scoundrels. It’s fun to watch and cheer on the repo guys and see the crooks, conmen and losers whine and cry when their ill-gotten property is returned to its owners.
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.
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