Corrupt states become more powerful because revenues from natural resources flow straight to them.

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Their profits, from shopping malls and office buildings and what have you, flow straight through to shareholders.

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If you're running for president, you generally follow two basic courses of action to fund your campaign: either work your connections at the grass-roots level, or dive straight in to the rivers of cash that flow through places like Manhattan and Los Angeles.

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Instead of allowing those additional funds to flow to Fannie and Freddie, the plan would send them straight to the Treasury Department, which effectively owns the companies.

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IntoNow is trying to flow that chatter through its own app, with the promise that it redirects straight to DesMoines.

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