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hedda_foil

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2. When they talk about a level playing field, think of strip mining.
Fri Mar 20, 2015, 10:48 AM
Mar 2015

You don't get to the money shot by bringing the bottom of the mountain up to its peak. You level the mountain to get to the coal faster and more profitably. Oh... and you throw the waste into rivers and streams because who cares if your poisonous water kills the inhabitants. They're not your problem.

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