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rurallib

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4. we have been giving corporations big bribes at least since Reagan

Reply to Farmer-Rick (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 14, 2022, 08:26 PM

Feb 2022

tax abatements, build them highways, free water, free electricity on and on.

Look at what cities do for their major league teams - free stadia and parking revenue blah, blah, blah.

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