Protection Money: Who Lebanon’s Budget Recovery Actually Benefits
The government is making more money than it spends by feeding on the poor to protect its banking class
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The End of Pretend: Lebanon Will Reconstruct When It Changes Its Taxation System
With foreign aid drying up and the old debt-fueled model exhausted, rebuilding the country depends on whether Lebanon’s elites pay their fair share
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Doctor’s Orders: Keep Smoking to Fund the State
How Lebanon’s treasury got hooked on tobacco profits at the public’s expense.
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The Illusion of Balance: Lebanon’s 2026 Budget is Nothing More than Deadline Theatre
The budget is a constitutional ritual dressed up as fiscal discipline — with the real balance sheet left off the books.
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From Fleeting Wins to Grassroots Power: Why Lebanon’s Seculars Must Rethink the 2026 Elections
To preserve fragile gains, secular forces need to look beyond the ballot box and use the elections as a catalyst for renewal
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Bogus Budget: Lebanon’s 2022 budget punishes the poor to protect the rich
By kicking the can down the road on comprehensive reform, the 2022 budget is just another power grab by the establishment
