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Attilatheblond

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26. I'm on that bench too!

Reply to Bettie (Reply #20)

Tue Nov 11, 2025, 04:40 PM

Nov 2025

Privatizing what should be done communally will ALWAYS cost more that what the services actually cost. Those CEOs and corporate board members don't dictate conditions of service for free, and they do not settle for the going rate of the professionals who provide actual medical care.

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I'll sit next to you in Bettie Nov 2025 #20

I'm on that bench too! Attilatheblond Nov 2025 #26

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The problem with appeasement sarisataka Nov 2025 #9

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Really? -misanthroptimist Nov 2025 #13

+1 leftstreet Nov 2025 #16

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And the blackmail continues..... Bayard Nov 2025 #27

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