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OldBaldy1701E

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5. And there it is.
Wed Mar 22, 2023, 04:38 PM
Mar 2023
...a Navy veteran named Lamar with no legs and two sons to care for, circumstances that did not prevent his landlord from handing him an eviction notice one day. “I love Lamar,” the landlord told Desmond, “but love don’t pay the bills.”


Because the bills are far more important than some dude with two kids and no legs, right? Because that green piece of paper is far more important than this man being able to have some place to live with his kids, right?

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That means how the pie is divided bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 #1
The cause of poverty is simply not having enough money. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2023 #2
Well, duh orthoclad Mar 2023 #3
Philanthropists choose their donees. Taxes are spent on all. cachukis Mar 2023 #4
And there it is. OldBaldy1701E Mar 2023 #5
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