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Editorial: The tax of shame starts at 6.5 percent

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Another week, another breathtaking scandal as a armoured vehicle transporting large amounts of money was stopped and robbed on its way to the airport. None of the security measures which are mandatory had been followed. Yet again the security of citizens trying to reach the only airport in the country was compromised. Time after time banks and private security firms have shown irresponsibility, complicity with crime and a head bashing inability to learn from their mistakes. Time after time police have suffered blows to their credibility. It does not help that political actors jump in the debate immediately taking sides,…

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