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bvar22

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23. Not really.

Reply to zeemike (Reply #18)

Sun Sep 20, 2015, 05:34 PM

Sep 2015

Blaming "The Government" is a favorite of The Libertarians.
Since I vote in every election, I am a part of that anonymous, monolithic, homogeneous mass of people you blame as the "The Government. If you are correct, then how do you explain Bernie.... or for that matter, how do you explain yourself?

YOU, as an American Citizen, are a part of the US Government,
and, as such, it is YOUR responsibility for correcting the elements that you believe are wrong.
Blaming the "Government" is very vague and unproductive.

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