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Squinch

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5. I think this is an excellent idea. Something I have noted about the difference between
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 12:38 PM
Aug 2013

Republicans and Democrats is often the proximity to poor people. When people actually realize that that nice guy they talk to every day is poor, and will be ruined by the policies they are espousing, they generally are startled. I had a relative who was a nun, so you can imagine how conservative she was. She was sent to work in a poor neighborhood, and within a very short time she was one of the most politically liberal people I ever met, and became a life-long kick-ass liberal activist.

Some of these guys must be human. If they understand there are faces and names behind their policies, they might have trouble sleeping. Which would be just fine.

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