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Old 08-16-2006, 10:29 PM   #266
Spexxvet
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Originally Posted by MaggieL
Yes, there's that collectivist first person plural again. Of course there's more than one "we" in this equation...there's at least the "we" that pays taxes, the "we" that doesn't, and the "we" that makes money from the whole transaction.

And the "we" that votes.

All non-identical, but fun to blur together in rhetoric.
Actually, it's the majority of those who represent the "we" of the majority of voters. Unfortunately, majority rules, or "we" wouldn't have a moron in the whitehouse.
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