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timdog44

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8. All people's addictions are diseases that
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 07:16 PM
Apr 2013

need to be conquered. Whether drugs, sugar, salt, over eating. We all need to pay equally because we all suffer equally, whether directly or indirectly. And all can share the blame, if that is what some want to call it, for the health problems of others. Poverty is a big problem that leads to diseases. We all share in that. So, those that can pay, should pay and those who can't, should not be forced to pay even more. We are obliged to help.

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