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“Our democracy if self-cleansing. If you don't like it, be a candidate, or support a candidate.” quote by Dick Gephardt — Download Open image

“Our democracy if self-cleansing. If you don't like it, be a candidate, or support a candidate.”

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You don't lock into a ten-year family budget. You take it a year at a time - maybe even six months at a time. And then if the income really comes in the way you hope it does, then you can make some of those expenditures that you've been waiting to make. We think that same principle should apply to…

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