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Poverty

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1. I'm for a socialist government. If we had single payer, free higher education, and other perks

Sun Aug 31, 2014, 08:44 AM

Aug 2014

found in socialist societies I wouldn't say it would eliminate poverty entirely but it would prevent more people from slipping into poverty.

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