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The Privileged People

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 11:14
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Politicians say, “We're all equal,” and pretend that they represent everyone. But, in fact, they constantly pick winners and losers. America is now like the place described in George Orwell's book “Animal Farm”: “All animals are equal,” but some are “more equal than others.” “Animal Farm” was about Communism, but today the allegory applies to our bloated democracy, too.

 During the “fiscal cliff” negotiations that Congress and the media made sound so tough — as if every last penny were pinched — Congress still managed to slip in plenty of special deals for cronies.

  • NASCAR got $70 million for new racetracks.
  • Algae growers got $60 million.
  • Hollywood film producers got a $430 million tax break.

When America's going broke, how do moviemakers get a special break?



Source: http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-privileged-people.html

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