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1904 G. B. Shaw Common Sense of Munic. Trading x. 89 One of the keenest grievances of the commercial man who sees profitable branches of his own trade undertaken by the municipality is that..it forces him to pay rates, and then uses the rates to ruin him in his business. The effective platform reply to this is that the profitable municipal trades, far from costing the ratepayers anything, actually lighten their burden.

1996 Guardian (Nexis) 3 July 6 Another question: ‘Why is Help the Aged called that? What about going more upbeat? What about Mature Action?’ Platform reply: ‘You have a point. We'll think about that.’