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bluedeathray

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5. You MAY be right...

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Nov 27, 2013, 10:17 AM

Nov 2013

Then again, it seems there's plenty of evidence that Politicians understand economics pretty well (they've been shown to be able to read...)

But their masters don't pay for policies that benefit the masses.

But based on their (imbecilic) statements on TV, you just might have something there.

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