R. Budd Dwyer
Robert Budd Dwyer (November 21, 1939 – January 22, 1987) was an American politician in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He served from 1971 to 1981 as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the state's 50th district. He served as the 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania from January 20, 1981 to January 22, 1987. On that day, Dwyer called a news conference in the Pennsylvania state capital of Harrisburg where he killed himself in front of the gathered reporters with a .357 caliber revolver. Dwyer's suicide was broadcast later that day to a wide television audience across the state of Pennsylvania.
In the early 1980s, Pennsylvania discovered its state workers had overpaid federal taxes due to errors in state withholding. Many accounting firms competed for a multimillion-dollar contract to determine compensation to each employee. In 1986, Dwyer was convicted of receiving a bribe from the California firm that ultimately won the contract. He was scheduled to be sentenced on those charges on January 23, 1987, the day after his suicide.
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Yard Sale
by: Pat TerrySet up the tables
String up the lines
We're gonna have us a yard sale
And a pretty good time
Clean out your closets
If your sentiment allows
We're gonna have us a yard sale now
Yeah yeah
We're gonna have us a yard sale now
Yeah yeah
We're gonna have us a yard sale now
Please don't sell my Teddy bear mama
He always kept me warm at night
We can keep him, it'll be all right
Just don't put him out in the yard sale now
Out in the yard sale we can make some money
Then we can buy all new stuff honey
So dry those tears from those big brown eyes
You'll be surprised what money can buy
Yeah yeah you'll be surprised what money can buy
Please don't sell my diary now mama
There's things in there that mean the world to me
They're the kind of things that no one else should read
Please don't put it out in the yard sale now
Out in the yard sale we can make some money
And you'll forget about that diary honey
You gotta help with a little bit of compromise
You'll be surprised what money can buy
Yeah yeah
You'll be surprised what money can buy
Yeah yeah
You'll be surprised what money can buy
Please don't sell my Bible now mama
I might not know which way to turn
My heart will freeze and my soul might burn
Please don't put it out in the yard sale now
Please don't put it out in the yard sale now
Please don't put it out in the yard sale now
Out in the yard sale we can make some money
We'll buy the truth for the whole world honey
But you gotta help with a little bit of sacrifice
You'll be surprised what money can buy
Yeah yeah
You'll be surprised what money can buy
Yeah yeah