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Romulox

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5. Our country has been in serious decline for that entire time.

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #4)

Tue May 26, 2015, 12:48 AM

May 2015

That our weakness subjects us to different paymasters every few years doesn't prove (or disprove) anything. Regular people have seen their lives diminished over the timeframe you specify.

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