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Philip Morris's foundation

mardi 3 octobre 2017 à 02:00

The WHO denounced Philip Morris's recently established foundation for nicotine-promoting research.

“There are many unanswered questions about tobacco harm reduction, but the research needed to answer these questions should not be funded by tobacco companies.”

Illegal colonies

mardi 3 octobre 2017 à 02:00

Netanyahu wants to annex a swath of Palestine in which Israel has illegally built colonies.

All Israel's colonies in Palestinian territory are illegal under international law.

Catalonian's referendum

mardi 3 octobre 2017 à 02:00

Letters about the referendum in Catalonia.

Tax evasion

mardi 3 octobre 2017 à 02:00

The troll wants to give “American” multinational companies a special opportunity to bring foreign profits to the US without paying any tax on them.

This was proposed while Obama was president, but defeated by popular outrage.

I've noticed that proposals to get corporations to do less harm generally offer them a reward, while proposals to get individuals to do less harm generally threaten punishment.

I think that is backwards.

Let's tax the money that multinationals keep outside the US.

SCROTUS CHIP program

mardi 3 octobre 2017 à 02:00

SCROTUS quietly allowed the CHIP program to expire.

It funds medical care for roughly 9% of the children in the US.