TRADING IN LIES.

There was a time in America, not long ago, when we had Truth in Advertising. You could not make claims for products that we're true. If you did an ad for The Lottery, you couldn't show someone winning and celebrating joyously since most people don't win. You couldn't, like Bayer, suggest that
your aspirin would help you during a heart attack or prevent a stroke. And, if you promoted investments, you could not suggest that you will double your money if in fact you could just as easily lose it all. I miss these rules. Especially now when I see ads for E-Trade that suggest you could be flying first class and living a more luxurious life if you become a client of E-Trade; or Bayer suggesting that their overpriced aspirin is the sure preventative for practically everything but cancer. There are so many deceptive ads out there. All no more truthful than the slender blonde who says, "With these little pills, I lost 10 pounds in the very first week."