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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews 16 May 2013

    Latest #RBS cuts mean a total 38,900 job losses announced since bank bailed out by taxpayer in 2008 - @BBCJamesCookhttp://bbc.in/10HVW5p 

    4:56 AM - 16 May 2013
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      2. Tim Allan‏ @MerelyImputed 16 May 2013
        Replying to @BBCNews

        @BBCNews @bbcjamescook And they still paid bonuses to execs? Bonuses funded by my taxes?

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      3. Alistair Gellatly‏ @aligellatly 16 May 2013
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        @MerelyImputed @BBCNews @BBCJamesCook and the taxes of those who are being sacked now!

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      4. Tim Allan‏ @MerelyImputed 16 May 2013
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        @aligellatly @bbcnews @bbcjamescook bloody good point. When are we standing up to these criminal psychopathic leeches? how many lives ruined

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      1. Scott Bennett‏ @bennetscot 16 May 2013
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        @BBCNews @BBCJamesCook Afghanistan, Solendra, RBS, ObamaCare - when will Obama Administration stop making bad investments?

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      1. TK‏ @MsTKIndeed 16 May 2013
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        @BBCNews @BBCJamesCook So if they can afford to lose c. 39k of jobs, what were those people doing all day? Bet those left having to cover.

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      1. Hamer‏ @andy_hamer 16 May 2013
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        @BBCNews @BBCJamesCook I think we should hang the bankers?

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      1. Martin Chapman‏ @m_in_m 16 May 2013
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        @BBCNews Ouch. That is the population of a reasonable sized town out of work. @BBCJamesCook

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