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noiretextatique

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5. i grew up in similar circumstances
Fri Sep 4, 2015, 04:07 PM
Sep 2015

both dad and mom had union jobs and could afford to buy a house, take car vacations to visit family in the summer, and generally live a decent life. no way in hell I can do any of that, even with a degree and making decent money. my already considerable disdain for Bill Clinton, and the people who make excuses for him and the DLC, grows stronger with each passing day.

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