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The Blue Flower

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1. Don't remember exact numbers, but...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 08:28 PM

Nov 6

I seem to remember there was an initial shortage of military recruits at the beginning of WW2 because so many were malnourished and unhealthy at the end of the Great Depression. Starving our children is, in addition to all moral considerations, a security issue.

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Ron Filipkowski FTW [View all] highplainsdem Nov 6 OP

Don't remember exact numbers, but... The Blue Flower Nov 6 #1

Excellent point. Irish_Dem Nov 6 #3

Which is weird because he gives to billionaires all the time Johonny Nov 6 #2

FTW, for sure. yellow dahlia Nov 6 #4