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southernyankeebelle

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11. Oh I just want to curl up in a corner in my bed and cry. The rich are making a permanent

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #4)

Tue May 14, 2013, 09:35 AM

May 2013

underclass. It isn't fair. I always thought when you all pay taxes that was suppose to go to all your schools equally. My heart is broken because I fear for my granddaughter. Heck I even wrote a her letter for her to read at the age of 13. I want her to go to college. Honestly I worry about her and all the kids who go to her school in our rural area.

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