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Human101948

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29. "Free" stuff, college or whatever, is a Republican right wing frame...

Reply to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #16)

Mon Jun 27, 2016, 11:10 AM

Jun 2016

When you use it, you are supporting the Republican meme that 47% percent of the voters are freeloaders.

Educated, informed people know that in many other countries they don't have to go bankrupt to get healthcare and they don't have to mortgage their future with education loans. And they know it isn't free--it's paid for by the taxes that are collected.

But every time you repeat that right wing meme you weaken the faith that people have in government, as well as the belief in the common good, a Democratic Party tenet.

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