The whole discussion is based on a false idea about what makes people laugh.

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The FEIE is an arbitrary limit that is placed on the incomes of those who live outside of the States and it feeds into a false idea that the U.S. is actually exposed to income drain when its citizens work outside of the country.

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Okay, so if you'll recall, TechCrunch's hastily-written complaint alleged that Fusion Garage was guilty of false advertising, breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of a business idea, fraud, and unlawful business practices, all because Fusion Garage essentially took their ball and went home instead merging with Arrington's CrunchPad, Inc.

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The idea that we have a debt and deficit problem is patently false.

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However, coming from Sir Samuel Brittan, peerless economic and political commentator long in residence at the Financial Times, the idea that a collection like this requires some such justification verges on false modesty.

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