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We have read and heard a few things from people who are in the throes of complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The common theme runs something like this: "We're spending all this money and what are we getting in return?"

While it's an understandable sentiment, we're reminded of an old joke in which a hardened convict makes an appointment to see the new administrator. The first words out of his mouth are, "I don't like it here." There follows a long silence, and then the warden says, "You're not supposed to."

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