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It is okay to assist these countries. No country comes to our aid to help us out.
Bush always had* money to help other countries, yet in the United States he can cut programs to help the elderly people who are sick and live on a fixed income, jobless and homeless. It’s no wonder the United States is getting weaker as a nation.
DOLLIEM. ATKINS
Sperryville
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