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customerserviceguy

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6. When making this settlement

Reply to Better Believe It (Original post)

Tue Feb 14, 2012, 07:25 AM

Feb 2012

Who thought it was a good idea in the first place to give so much of the money to the discretion of the states? Some will use it wisely, others will just plug budget holes with it, who couldn't see that coming?

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