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Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal for the Rich Rewarded With Five Years in Prison

Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal for the Rich Rewarded With Five Years in Prison

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Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal for the Rich Rewarded With Five Years in Prison

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Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal for the Rich Rewarded With Five Years in Prison

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After the ProPublica investigation was released, Republicans called for investigation into how the documents were leaked, while progressives used the data to call for a reform in the tax code
- I'm about 40 years past giving politicians credit for what they say. It doesn't matter what they say when they don't do anything practical to make meaningful change.
  
  The ever popular
  Appearance of Action
  Say the magic words [virtue signaling] & do fuqk all, promising eventual incremental change, after the next cycle...
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- Works fine for me, but here's an archive link if you need it.
Ah! The US! The land where the magnitude of the crime and punishment are decided by how much it offends the super rich! Show that the rich don't pay their fair share? Maximum punishment to be made an example of. Storm the capitol building? Token imprisonment. Gave out dangerously wrong blood test results in the process of defrauding investors? Imprisonment for just defrauding the investors.

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