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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 20 Mar 2014

    How corruption is strangling US innovation:http://bit.ly/1nIm4gZ 

    9:40 PM - 20 Mar 2014
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    23 replies 144 retweets 113 likes
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      2. Sonal Chokshi‏ @smc90 20 Mar 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg @pmarca I'm a fan of @jamesallworth but you guys haven't seen corruption if you think US corrupt! impt source: http://www.transparency.org/country 

        2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
      3. James Allworth‏Verified account @jamesallworth 20 Mar 2014
        Replying to @smc90

        @smc90 @paulg @pmarca there are different kinds of corruption… that it’s less explicit (and legalized) makes it even more insipid

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Reign of Terror  🎃‏ @annerein 20 Mar 2014
        Replying to @jamesallworth

        @jamesallworth Did you mean "insidious" rather than "insipid?" @smc90 @paulg @pmarca

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      5. James Allworth‏Verified account @jamesallworth 20 Mar 2014
        Replying to @annerein

        @annerein oh man. long night :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Manish R. Jain‏ @mrjain_ 20 Mar 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg @pmarca get yer asses to India to learn about real corruption, bribing the telephone guy to "process" the application...

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      2. It's people! Pumpkin spice is people!‏ @znmeb 21 Mar 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        .@paulg Then Y Combinator should fund builders of corruption-investigation tools! Put your money where your mouth is, as they say!

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      1. Michelle Martini‏ @PowerfulHER 20 Mar 2014
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        How #corruption is strangling US innovation: http://bit.ly/1nIm4gZ  via @paulg #rootstrikers #GetMoneyOut

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      1. Raza Jeffrey‏ @jaffri 20 Mar 2014
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        @paulg @pmarca "National Automobile Dealers Association... sued Tesla for running “company-owned dealerships" sounds more like 3rd world

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      1. Jon Keegan‏Verified account @jonkeegan 20 Mar 2014
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        This is really great---> “@paulg: How corruption is strangling US innovation: http://bit.ly/1nIm4gZ ”

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      2. James Allworth‏Verified account @jamesallworth 20 Mar 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg thanks for the tweet, Paul.

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      2. Niaz Uddin‏ @niazuddin123_ 20 Mar 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        Great post by @jamesallworth “@paulg: How corruption is strangling US innovation: http://bit.ly/1nIm4gZ ”

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      3. James Allworth‏Verified account @jamesallworth 20 Mar 2014
        Replying to @niazuddin123_

        @N_i_az thanks for catching this :)

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      1. Jiří Borkovec‏ @Luaan256 31 Mar 2014
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        @paulg @inovae_keith And that's why we really, really need governments as small as possible.

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      1. Alejandro Perez‏ @Alejandroperez 23 Mar 2014
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        Y en España? Ya no si lo hace, si no hasta donde. “@paulg: How corruption is strangling US innovation: http://bit.ly/1nIm4gZ ”

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      1. Mike Judge  🤖‏ @mikelovesrobots 21 Mar 2014
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        @paulg @davidmfoley re: @seattlecouncil restricting ride sharing to protect cabs

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      1. Bob Wakefield‏ @CockleburrSoft 21 Mar 2014
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        @paulg @pmarca He confuses symptom with disease. Money inevitably affects politics. Trying to repeal natural law futile & destructive.

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      1. Terry Horner‏ @terrhorn 21 Mar 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        More Me Me Me from stale incumbents. Generational shift FTW. RT @paulg: How corruption is strangling US innovation: http://bit.ly/1nIm4gZ 

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