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: izhilzha (izhilzha) wrote,
2010-08-04 15:56:00

izhilzha
izhilzha
2010-08-04 15:56:00

Article mostly for fellow Americans

Well, not really--I found it interesting, but with a startling amount of class bias. As if educated people are never poor. *facepalm*. Well-written and I recommend it especially if you don't know anyone who's on food stamps (and never thought they'd be).

They're young, they're broke, and they pay for organic salmon with government subsidies. Got a problem with that?

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