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</html><description>Nice take on the GE corporate tax scandal from Tom Scocca at Slate: Let&#x2019;s see&#x2026;$3.2 billion is $200 million more than the amount that the Obama Administration wanted to slash from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, because the White House was showing that it was serious about restraining spending in tough times. So &hellip;</description><thumbnail_url>https://balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tunchiswatching.jpg</thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width>2048</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height>1536</thumbnail_height></oembed>
