So long as this grim reality persists, the system will remain broken, and no amount of judicial tinkering will fix it.

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Barry Brown, 56, a partner at Fortunes, on Henrietta Street, said the small landslip had resulted in broken drainage pipes with mud and a small amount of rock moving.

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It's not on that scale when we talk about the overall percentage of -- when we talk about the overall amount of entitlement program savings as well as, broken out, the health care savings.

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The infinite amount of leverage ensures that it will eventually collapse under its own weight once the chain is broken.

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