• stoly
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    11 days ago

    It’s worse than that. Everyone has been brought up to be a narcissistic consumer and they approach public policy the same way.

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      The amount of times I’ve heard “why should I pay taxes for school, my kids are grown” is way too damn high

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        I became so disappointed in my grandmother when I was in high school when she expressed this attitude. I couldn’t understand why it mattered as children still needed school.