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malthaussen

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20. Then it wouldn't be a donation, now would it?

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Original post)

Mon May 23, 2016, 10:51 AM

May 2016

You show me your quo, and I'll show you a few quid.

Although the bill appears to call for "non cash" compensation, which frankly makes no sense to me. If you're gonna make body parts a legal commodity, why restrict the type of compensation? Either this congressman is a weasel, or he is very confused.

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