{"id":7089,"date":"2021-06-16T11:18:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T15:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2021-06-16T11:48:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T15:48:17","slug":"capitalism-myths-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granitestatetaxpayers.org\/gst\/capitalism-myths-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitalism Myths: Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thanks to John Stossel for publishing this video to counter media propaganda about capitalism.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;In my lifetime, capitalism lifted two billion people out of the misery of poverty. 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