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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
9. What an amazingly...basic standard. We were still living
Sat Jun 10, 2017, 12:31 PM
Jun 2017

in California when the forfeiture law that one reformed was passed. Conservatives were busily cutting taxes, herded to the polls by horror stories of murders in the streets, law enforcement was eager for new sources of revenue, and most citizens who got their coat caught in some judicial wheel were easy prey. Disgusting.

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." Winnie Churchill. Apparently Brits were somewhat more responsible and educated back then than Americans today.

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