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  • Wednesday, April 2, 2008 06:18 AM

    Dependency on government

    How about quit depending on the government to "take care" of you and start taking care of yourself? This dependency on the government lifestyle is going to destroy this country.

    I'll tell that to the nearest welfare mother if you'll tell it to the nearest defense contractor. Deal?

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