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    Quebec's Student Strike: of entitlement & Louis CK

    MAY 26, 2012 5:30PM

    By Beverly Akerman MSc


    Topics: quebec, canada, first world problems, student, strike, politics, social programs

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    August 4, 2011: First to Go

    AUGUST 4, 2011 9:15AM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: debt ceiling deal, spending cuts, social programs, safety net, stuff we should better remember

    • 2 Ratings
    • 209 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Between Scylla and Charybdis on the Beltway

    JULY 31, 2011 7:08PM

    By dunniteowl


    Topics: election, congress, budget deficit, cuts, social programs, infrastructure, debt, mythology, politics, tea party, republicans, democrats

    • 0 Ratings
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    July 21, 2011: Impoverished Arguments

    JULY 21, 2011 12:51PM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: stuff we shouldn't argue, the poverty line, social programs, poverty

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    • 135 Views
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    SHOOTING YOURSELF ..TO SAVE THE REPUBLICANS.

    MAY 16, 2011 9:47AM

    By AMLICAR CABRAL


    Topics: food stamps, medicare, social programs

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    • 33 Ratings
    • 1644 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Surprisingly, the Solution to Poverty Doesn't Involve Money

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 9:01AM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: democracy, socialism, social programs, poor, mindset, capitalism, money, understanding, poverty

    • 8 Ratings
    • 1450 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    France Protests? ... Who Gets to Surrender?

    OCTOBER 19, 2010 4:19PM

    By Gwool


    Topics: french, retirement, politics, social programs, tea party, humor

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    • 25 Comments
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    German Millionaires Volunteer to Pay More Tax

    JUNE 18, 2010 3:26AM

    By stickyfeet


    Topics: financial crisis, government spending, debt, deficit, entitlement spending, entitlements, social security, socialism, social system, social programs, wealth concentration, wealth, germany, tax reform, taxes, politics, news, economy, business

    • 4 Ratings
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    • 10 Comments
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    Fear of a Red Planet (Socialism isn't Communism--Really!)

    AUGUST 3, 2009 9:05AM

    By Kanuk


    Topics: canada, united states, health care, socialism, communism, social programs

    • 3 Ratings
    • 473 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Why I left California

    JANUARY 13, 2009 3:52PM

    By Tagudinian


    Topics: health, environment, family, belief and religion, welfare, social programs, liberalism, illegal aliens, reality, behavior, social mores, economics, moving

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