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Trajan

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1. It isn't free stuff

Reply to tikka (Original post)

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 08:18 PM

Nov 2015

It's us CHOOSING to fund social initiatives ... The best way to spend our tax money : promote the health and education of America's families ...

Restore decent wages by paying workers FAIRLY for the work they do, and there won't be a need for food stamps or welfare ... People only need 'free stuff' when the boss man refuses to pay workers fairly for the value of their production ...

It isn't free ... It's us, paying for it ...

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