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Miles Archer

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3. By that definition, yes

Reply to Emile (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 2, 2026, 10:27 AM

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I don't believe Republicans have ever framed it in those terms. They're too busy kneeling in front of statues of Saint Ronnie The Gipper and viewing it as a hand-out to "Welfare Queens."

It's an EARNED BENEFIT. If you don't put anything IN, you don't get anything OUT.

I don't think I've ever seen a Republican acknowledge that.

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