If the bloggers and journalists who cover your company avoid these words, why do you insist on using them for your press and marketing materials?

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In other words, the state is using your money to tell you it's spending your money.

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Are you prepared to state that in public, in your column, without hedging or using weasel words?

FORBES: In response to Ian Fletcher