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William Watson: To get graft out of government, get government out of business

We need more business people in politics but presidents and prime ministers shouldn't be running businesses on the side

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The good news about Donald Trump’s annual financial disclosure form, which was released on Tuesday, is that it’s 978 pages long. I’m thinking Putin’s is a lot shorter.

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People say Trump’s a dictator. Most dictators don’t have to file detailed financial statements, though they do very well financially. They also win all their cases before their country’s Supreme Court, if there is........

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