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Posted on April 22, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Justice

Recently, a news story broke that implicated many world leaders in hiding billions of dollars of money in off-shore corporations. In my country, trust in the government is at an all time low because many (most?) of them make decisions that line their own pockets regardless of the consequences. Our leaders have betrayed our trust […]

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