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tularetom

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5. My mom bitched for years about SS being socialistic

Reply to unkachuck (Original post)

Mon Feb 6, 2012, 12:53 AM

Feb 2012

Didn't stop her from cashing those socialist checks every month however.

And she didn't like it when we pointed out the, um, irony.

She was my mom, I loved her a lot, but she was way off base about the role of government.

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