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10. +1 an entire shit load.

Reply to Thespian2 (Reply #6)

Thu May 29, 2014, 08:47 AM

May 2014

Those are sensible suggestions if they were actually interested in saving money. But since the media is entirely under the control of those that want the gravy train to continue, we have to listen to a constant entitlements are causing the deficit narrative.

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