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Philippine Pork and its Many Bedfellows

Philippine Pork and its Many Bedfellows

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Sep 13, 2013
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The Philippines' multibillion dollar Pork Barrel, the center of a massive and growing scandal, is a river of money that enriches those most at its confluence but then flows down to mayors and other local political leaders, corrupting the democratic process as it goes, with a trickle eventually reaching impoverished voters in the form of favors and benef…

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