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Stealing money - legally

Justin Webb|14:13 UK time, Thursday, 19 March 2009

You do not have to be a teacher of constitutional law at Chicago University and former top student of Harvard Law to wonder whether the use of the tax system to steal money legally paid to individuals might be a dangerous and unpredictable path to tread.

It reminds me of the attempt to block Dubai Ports International taking over the running of US ports.

As for the political effect of all this outrage: Sell Dodd and buy the stock of any former CEO of a real company with real products and real profits and real employment of real people in real America, who might be willing to take over when Tim Geithner steps aside...

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