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Imagine that the President of this divided country allocated four times as much spending per capita to his political base and his son had earned hundreds of millions during his time in office.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych#Consolidation...




Foreigners here, and Bush junior immediately came to mind. It isn't a straight parallel, but the pork was there, and the cronies were paid.




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