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Squinch

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3. I think every politician who voted to reduce foot stamps, every person who
Sat May 3, 2014, 03:11 PM
May 2014

talks about bootstraps, and every teabagger who talks about "takers" should have to spend some time on St. Ann's Avenue. Though, as the article says, it is part of the nation's poorest congressional district, it is full of people who work hard, love their children and constantly have to struggle just to get to the next day.

I think it's great that some of tomorrow's leaders (kids from both University Heights High School and Fieldston) are getting an idea about how other people live.

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