Policy

Pentagon Wants Big Gubmint to Catch a "Predator"

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One day we will all wake up from this nightmare, and ask ourselves when exactly did we get to the point where the first, second, third, and 99th reaction to every problem, real and imagined, was to have the government do something about it? On that Day of Judgment, we will be pointing bony fingers at seemingly routine stories like this:

Pentagon brass want a new consumer watchdog agency to regulate auto dealers so they don't rip off troops with predatory sales and shady financing deals. Democrats are hoping it'll be hard for Republicans to oppose something Pentagon leaders want, at a time when troops are in harm's way.

What the living frack is a "predatory sale"?