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Maine

Bannakaffalatta

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1. So, wouldn't it make more sense

Reply to luckyleftyme2 (Original post)

Fri Jul 5, 2013, 09:07 AM

Jul 2013

to dismantle all those separate agencies, convert their buildings to retraining centers, and pay everyone $25 and hour directly? Huge savings all around and most people would be happier.

(Anyway, the math is a bit screwy. Average and median are not the same thing; Maine isn't the same as all of America, and nobody knows how those benefits are given their $ value, or where the money actually goes.)

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maine is one of the 11 states [View all] luckyleftyme2 Jul 2013 OP

So, wouldn't it make more sense Bannakaffalatta Jul 2013 #1

before you go off half -cocked luckyleftyme2 Jul 2013 #2