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one of the big title companies, in its report to shareholders, says that its customers aren’t you and me, when we buy a house; it says its customers are the bankers and the brokers and the lawyers. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Finance , Legal

Simplified: Title company report says its customers are bankers brokers lawyers not homebuyers

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And what did the insurance commissioners say should be done after they found that 90 percent of this money is paid in kickbacks? 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Finance

Simplified: Insurance commissioners found 90 percent of money is paid in kickbacks

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The state insurance commissioners of California and Washington wrote very detailed reports about this, because one of the land title companies tried to spear the insurance commissioner of Colorado. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Political

Simplified: California Washington state insurance commissioners wrote detailed reports because land title company tried to spear Colorado insurance commissioner

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These companies’ real customers are the real-estate agent that you thought was representing you or the lawyer you paid to represent you or the mortgage broker who arranged to get you the mortgage, bec... 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Finance , Legal

Simplified: Title companies' real customers are real-estate agents lawyers mortgage brokers because they steer customers

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And in return, they get kickbacks. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Finance , Legal

Simplified: Real-estate agents lawyers mortgage brokers get kickbacks from title companies

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Ninety cents out of every dollar you are forced to pay for this goes to pay commercial bribes. 0.700

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Finance , Crime

Simplified: Ninety cents of every dollar for land title insurance pays commercial bribes.

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This goes on all throughout the industry all across the United States, and nobody is prosecuted for it. 0.700

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Crime , Legal

Simplified: Commercial bribes go on throughout the land title insurance industry in the US and nobody is prosecuted.

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If you buy a $200,000 house, it will probably cost you close to $1,000. 0.900

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Finance

Simplified: Land title insurance for a $200000 house costs close to $1000.

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Every single penny of additional money President Bush got from that investment, his gain, came from the taxpayers. 0.800

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Finance , Taxation

Simplified: Every penny of President Bush's gain came from taxpayers.

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President Bush therefore shorted the government $3.4 million. 0.800

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Finance , Taxation

Simplified: President Bush shorted the government $3.4 million.

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The profit that President Bush and his partners made when they sold the team was $164 million. 0.900

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Finance , Sports

Simplified: President Bush and partners made $164 million profit selling the Texas Rangers.

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People were paid far less than they were owed, and we know that because one family fought back, and a jury, after being out just a matter of minutes, awarded them about six times what they had been of... 0.800

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Legal , Finance

Simplified: People were paid less than owed one family won six times their offer in court.

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The value of this subsidy, according to Ray Hutchison, who is the husband of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, is a prominent Republican insider in Texas and is the leading authority on municipal bond fin... 0.800

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Finance

Simplified: Ray Hutchison valued the subsidy at $202.5 million.

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The government used its power of eminent domain to seize land from people, not for a public purpose — not for a military base, for a school, for a highway, for a sewer plant — but because it was covet... 0.800

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Legal

Simplified: The government used eminent domain to seize land for President Bush and his friends.

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They held a special election in January of the year in question to increase the sales tax in the town of Arlington, Texas, by one half-cent. 0.900

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Finance , Taxation

Simplified: A special election increased sales tax in Arlington Texas by one half-cent.

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That money was used to build a new baseball stadium. 0.900

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Finance , Sports

Simplified: The increased sales tax money was used to build a new baseball stadium.

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He put up himself $600,000 of borrowed money. 0.900

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Finance

Simplified: George Bush put up $600000 of borrowed money.

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The partners then gave him a 10 percent stake as the managing partner. 0.900

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Finance

Simplified: Partners gave George Bush a 10 percent stake as managing partner.

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George Bush put together a group of very wealthy investors to buy the team. 0.900

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Finance , Sports

Simplified: George Bush put together a group of investors to buy the Texas Rangers.

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An oil man named Eddie Chiles wanted to sell his money-losing Texas Rangers baseball team. 0.900

👤 David Cay Johnston 📋 Interview 🏷️ Finance , Sports

Simplified: Eddie Chiles wanted to sell his money-losing Texas Rangers baseball team.

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