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| Independent businesses have to pay their fair share of taxes; why not corporations? There have been many protests outside corporate branches asking this question. | _Independent businesses have to pay their fair share of taxes; why not corporations? There have been many protests outside corporate branches asking this question._ |
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| Comparative military spending (billions of dollars): this absurd ‘defence’ budget is not about defence, it’s about punishing countries that step out of line. | _Comparative military spending (billions of dollars): this absurd ‘defence’ budget is not about defence, it’s about punishing countries that step out of line._ |
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| Source: Wizard of Id by [Brant Parker](https://parkercartoons.com/about-brant-parker-1). | _Source: Wizard of Id by [Brant Parker](https://parkercartoons.com/about-brant-parker-1)._ |
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| Two men who have never stood for election, Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson, were the architects of the bank bailouts in the US after the 2008 crash. It was the biggest transfer of wealth from ordinary people to an elite in history. Every other Western country was told to follow suit. | _Two men who have never stood for election, Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson, were the architects of the bank bailouts in the US after the 2008 crash. It was the biggest transfer of wealth from ordinary people to an elite in history. Every other Western country was told to follow suit._ |
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