And we are still working through the backlog of problems that existed.

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It needs to change, because the church has big problems, most of which existed before 2002 and have nothing to do with sex abuse.

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Domestically, we still have a lot more to do to heal this economy and to deal with some of the structural problems that existed even before the financial crisis hit.

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Now that the mutual fund scandals are ancient history and the SEC (speaking on behalf of the mutual fund industry) assures us that the few problems that ever existed in the industry have been eliminated (none of which the SEC uncovered on its own), attention has shifted to abuses involving retirement plans that generally use mutual funds- the defined contribution plans.

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Louisiana is still reeling from the devastating effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, but it also struggles with two major problems that existed long before the storms: an uneducated labor force and an unhealthy reputation for corruption.

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