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DENVERPOPS

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15. Hey I_D

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 3, 2025, 10:50 PM

Jul 3

who was the Frenchman? back in the 1700's when we were first forming our country that stated:

A Democracy will work until and individual or group of individuals figures out they can vote themselves money???????

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