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Re:US lawmakers vote to cut food stamp benefits from 2014 by saraid216 on Friday September 20, 2013 @03:30AM (#6416417)
Do you have a solution that is more practical than waving a magic wand?
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Re:US lawmakers vote to cut food stamp benefits from 2014 by yhckrfan on Friday September 20, 2013 @03:32AM (#6416430)
Accountability would be a start.
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Re:US lawmakers vote to cut food stamp benefits from 2014 by saraid216 on Friday September 20, 2013 @04:25AM (#6416576)
Invoking the Secret Words of Power is not actually doing any more than waving a magic wand.
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Re:US lawmakers vote to cut food stamp benefits from 2014 by yhckrfan on Friday September 20, 2013 @04:30AM (#6416592)
>Invoking the Secret Words of Power is not actually doing any more than waving a magic wand.

Neither is doing nothing.

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Re:US lawmakers vote to cut food stamp benefits from 2014 by saraid216 on Friday September 20, 2013 @04:39AM (#6416627)
You seem to have missed my point.

Which is that you're doing nothing.

And saying nothing.

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Re:US lawmakers vote to cut food stamp benefits from 2014 by yhckrfan on Friday September 20, 2013 @04:47AM (#6416652)
>You seem to have missed my point. >Which is that you're doing nothing. >And saying nothing.

Actually I do do things, I do write and air my grievances with my local representative(s). I do expect them to be accountable.

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Re:US lawmakers vote to cut food stamp benefits from 2014 by saraid216 on Friday September 20, 2013 @06:16AM (#6416863)
I thought you weren't an American.
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