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hedda_foil

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2. When they talk about a level playing field, think of strip mining.

Reply to Octafish (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:48 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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Dem: Trade officials ‘baffling’ lawmakers ‘with bullshit’ [View all] n2doc Mar 2015 OP

TPP'll level the playing field all right. Octafish Mar 2015 #1

When they talk about a level playing field, think of strip mining. hedda_foil Mar 2015 #2

I wonder what their metrics are Populist_Prole Mar 2015 #3

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