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agingdem

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188. Let me tell you a story..

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 07:51 AM

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50 years ago when my husband was in law school, we lived in a one bedroom apartment in what was then referred to as “the projects” ..during the day I took care of our very sick baby and cleaned offices at night while my husband watched our child..the only insurance we had was through the university..insurance that covered almost nothing.. what little money my job, my husband’s summer jobs, and his army reserve paycheck afforded us went to paying my daughter’s doctors and law school tuition..we relied on and survived on “food stamps”.. SNAP

In principle, the Democrats holding out for a better deal would have been noble if children weren’t starving, people had jobs, and families weren’t standing in Depression era “bread lines”..

Again, we do not control any branch of government.. Obamacare was never on the table..

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