What Cellphone Taxes Say About Republican Hypocrisy
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: David Lazarus tracks the cash from phone and bank fees; good news for unions; moving money out of big banks; anarchy in the USA, and "digital parasites."This week on Truthdig Radio: Tracking the cash from phone and bank fees, good news for unions, moving money out of big banks, anarchy in the USA and "digital parasites."
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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: David Lazarus tracks the cash from phone and bank fees; good news for unions; moving money out of big banks; anarchy in the USA, and “digital parasites.”
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