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That’s what NYT readers must have been asking when they heard the Wall Street-backed group described by the NYT as a “unlikely ally” of business efforts to get a special tax concession that would allow them repatriate foreign profits at a near-zero tax rate. What is “unlikely” about a business-funded group supporting a tax break for business?