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SalviaBlue

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2. Our representatives do not represent us.

Reply to truedelphi (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 24, 2014, 05:57 PM

Jun 2014

>We have politicians, most of whom will never have to work another day in their lives, making the argument seriously that there is no role in self-government for the protection and welfare of the political commonwealth as that term applies to the poorest among us.<

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I like what I am reading, but one thing leaps out at me - scarcity? truedelphi Jun 2014 #1

Our representatives do not represent us. SalviaBlue Jun 2014 #2

Bingo! Enthusiast Jun 2014 #15

Exactly! rickyhall Jun 2014 #6

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+1! Enthusiast Jun 2014 #14

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Kicked and recommended! We have become an Ayn Rand nation. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #16