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Politicians have learned to call their spending of the taxpayers’ money “investment,” even when it is just pouring money down a bottomless pit, in order to win votes from the recipients.

— Thomas Sowell (@TheThomasSowell) May 12, 2022

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adamsmith1922 says:

18/05/2022 at 7:12 am

Reblogged this on The Inquiring Mind and commented:
So very true, we see it in NZ constantly

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