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From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
Date: 20080212
Author:Thorn, Joyce
Byline: Joyce Thorn, Denver
Our leaders treat us like fools who know nothing but how to consume. Towers are blown up and we are told to keep shopping and take off our shoes at the airport.They send billions of dollars to Iraq for Halliburton and the Iraqis to "misappropriate."Now the experts are surprised by the fall in the housing market.We've been squandering our money instead of saving, so now they plan to send us money to buy more stuff we don't need and probably don't really want.Instead of creating long-term improvements like hiring more nursing aides, more teaching ...
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