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Roland99
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:00 PM Original message |
CBO: Social Security to run permanent deficits |
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damntexdem
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. And the 'deficit' does not 'strain the nation's finances.' |
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no limit
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. That would be true if they didn't already spend the money in the trust fund |
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Psephos
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. True that...but the theft has been going on for decades. n/t |
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unkachuck
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Wed Jan-26-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. "...theft has been going on for decades." |
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Psephos
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Wed Jan-26-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I used to sit next to a kid like you in high school, but I asked to be moved...and was. :) n/t |
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DirkGently
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Bottom line: money owed to American workers is the last priority |
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No Elephants
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Thu Jan-27-11 04:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Or, they could unite. But they--we--are too busy doing things like |
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DirkGently
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Thu Jan-27-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
53. A Citizen's Lobby? It may come down to that. Or we could chuck lobbyists altogether ... right. |
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axollot
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Sun Jan-30-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
76. It would help if the country wasn't so polarizing towards each other. When 90% |
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Autumn
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. So it begins |
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DJ13
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. The point of the increased FICA was to have it in times like this |
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rfranklin
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Actually it was meant to be a slush fund... |
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Fearless
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is supposed to happen based on the Boomers retiring.. |
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Joanne98
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. LIFT THE CAP! |
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elleng
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. IMMEDIATELY! |
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shawn703
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Yes and let our new citizens the corporations |
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Roland99
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. +1 |
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Dappleganger
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. There's no other choice... |
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Lugnut
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Bingo! |
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Atticus
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Fri Jan-28-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
61. Absolutely! And I say that as one whose taxes would be increased, but the cap has never been |
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Jim__
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. SS has been running a surplus for years. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED
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Thu Jan-27-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
48. "You know debts other than what it owes to the working class." |
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TheWraith
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. There is no "2% cut in revenue." |
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jwirr
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Then raise the damn caps. |
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sarcasmo
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. Those of us in our 40's and younger need to have an alternate plan. |
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shanti
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Wed Jan-26-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. 40's? |
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sarcasmo
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Thu Jan-27-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #28 |
50. Lucky you will be able to collect something you put into Social Security. I fully expect |
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davekriss
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Thu Jan-27-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
54. It doesn't "run out" |
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amandabeech
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Fri Jan-28-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
63. As long as SS taxes are collected, SS will be paid out to beneficiaries. |
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Psephos
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Sun Jan-30-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
77. good post n/t |
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Evasporque
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Sun Jan-30-11 08:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
73. ypu got that right...nt |
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niceypoo
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. Third world, here we come |
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lumberjack_jeff
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. |
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Faryn Balyncd
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Wed Jan-26-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. AP lied: 2010- 2037 is NOT forever. We have had 70 years of SURPLUSES. |
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tomhayes
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Wed Jan-26-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. To be clear on this |
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Yo_Mama
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Wed Jan-26-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You ARE SO WRONG |
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tomhayes
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Wed Jan-26-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. REally? |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Sun Jan-30-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
71. No, what you say about external debt is wrong |
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Statistical
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Thu Jan-27-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
52. If no changes are made it wouldn't be 97 cents on the dollar it would be 22% reduction. |
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CountAllVotes
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Wed Jan-26-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. End these god damned pointless wars! |
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GeorgeGist
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Wed Jan-26-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. Specious reasoning ... |
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TomCADem
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
31. Social Security fund now seen to be empty by 2037 |
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The Magistrate
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Thirty Year Financial Projections, Sir, Are Mankind's Highest Comedic Form |
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Lifelong Protester
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Boy, ain't that the truth. (I may have stated it less elegantly than |
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Swagman
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. yes it's basically gobeddly gook |
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plumbob
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Yes, since their 30 DAY predictions are always filled with "surprise" |
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Tunkamerica
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Scientists predict that the first 150 yr old man has already been born. |
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fascisthunter
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Fri Jan-28-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
59. they claim to know 30 years ahead but can't seem to figure out today |
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emulatorloo
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Associated Press in full blown propaganda mode. |
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Kalun D
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. No Doubt |
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msongs
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. aka catapulting the propaganda, new administration same old government lol nt |
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Fuddnik
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. The full scale assault begins. |
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Swagman
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. stop spending money you don't have on war-stop giving huge tax cuts to people who don't need it |
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woofless
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. This is a prime example of what Late Breaking News |
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No Elephants
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Deduct from the large salaries as you do from the smaller salaries. |
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PSPS
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
43. This is the media setting us up for Obama's upcoming giveaway of Social Security to his rich friends |
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dd2003
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. sad day indeed |
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JDPriestly
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Obama should keep his campaign promise and raise |
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Lasher
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
47. Authored by the same person who did the SS doom & gloom piece yesterday |
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Downwinder
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Thu Jan-27-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
49. s this an admission that the jobs are never coming back? |
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joeglow3
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Thu Jan-27-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
51. SS is supposed to be an insurance program. |
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Igel
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Fri Jan-28-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. We means-test insurance pay outs? |
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joeglow3
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Sat Jan-29-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #57 |
66. When what you are insuring is means, they yes. |
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Vinca
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Thu Jan-27-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
55. This is such an easy fix. Take SS out of 100% of everyone's income, |
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florida08
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Thu Jan-27-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
56. and so the fear mongering begins |
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fascisthunter
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Fri Jan-28-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
58. fucking liars! |
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lovuian
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Fri Jan-28-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
60. So we can bailout the Banks with Trillions |
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ProSense
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Fri Jan-28-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
62. EPI disputes AP |
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4dsc
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Sun Jan-30-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #62 |
74. This. |
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yurbud
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Fri Jan-28-11 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
64. what happened to the surplus they've been stockpiling? |
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sofa king
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Sat Jan-29-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. You mean the surplus they were stockpiling before * came along? |
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yurbud
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Sat Jan-29-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Social Security had its own revenue stream and was building up a surplus to cover the |
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newspeak
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Sun Jan-30-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #69 |
75. yeah, ya'll remember when Little Boots |
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yurbud
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Fri Jan-28-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
65. that's a misleading headline--it's a deficit when you don't take trust fund into account |
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senseandsensibility
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Sat Jan-29-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
67. kick |
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Imagevision
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Sat Jan-29-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
68. Social Security is being setup to appear to fail so they can eliminate it |
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Evasporque
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Sun Jan-30-11 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
72. Selfish Security... |
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