PurityOfEssence
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Sun Dec-19-10 03:43 PM
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| 37. What's your take on eliminating the mortgage interest deduction? |
| -Obama will likely unveil Social Security cuts in the State of the Union Address according to sources |
Cali_Democrat |
Dec-19-10 01:29 PM |
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Actually the Pentagon budget is the best candidate for cuts. |
MadMaddie |
Dec-19-10 01:32 PM |
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Sure the fuck is.... |
and-justice-for-all |
Dec-19-10 11:03 PM |
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Suuuuuure... |
alcibiades_mystery |
Dec-19-10 01:32 PM |
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What's your take on eliminating the mortgage interest deduction? |
PurityOfEssence |
Dec-19-10 03:43 PM |
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Politico? |
The Velveteen Ocelot |
Dec-19-10 01:33 PM |
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Robert Kuttner. And yes, how difficult to imagine Obama blinking first. |
villager |
Dec-19-10 01:34 PM |
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Not very. |
senseandsensibility |
Dec-19-10 01:41 PM |
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I'll believe it when I see it |
alcibiades_mystery |
Dec-19-10 01:42 PM |
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"When you see it?" Haven't noticed Obama blinking first, yet? |
villager |
Dec-19-10 02:00 PM |
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No, actually |
alcibiades_mystery |
Dec-19-10 02:32 PM |
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well, you have a good one, too |
villager |
Dec-19-10 05:41 PM |
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"Hack" = liberal writer who doesn't sufficiently slobber over Obama n/t |
brentspeak |
Dec-19-10 05:06 PM |
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You got the slobbering correct. |
great white snark |
Dec-19-10 05:37 PM |
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Kuttner is the co-founder of the Economic Policy Institute and the American Prospect |
brentspeak |
Dec-19-10 07:37 PM |
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Hello, friend! |
alcibiades_mystery |
Dec-19-10 05:56 PM |
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Reaching...aren't we?! Now we go to Politico for factual news. Rumors and conjectures.. |
vaberella |
Dec-19-10 01:35 PM |
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Where are the budget cuts going to come from if we don't cut defense? |
Cali_Democrat |
Dec-19-10 01:50 PM |
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We might not do anything about it. I predict that the deficit will go up in the |
totodeinhere |
Dec-19-10 02:42 PM |
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ah, the Cheney doctrine - deficits don't matter (until the US is bankrupt, that is) |
sad sally |
Dec-21-10 12:01 AM |
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And, this is the typical and predictable first defense. |
tekisui |
Dec-28-10 01:32 PM |
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For fuck's sake. Politico, unnamed sources, called it a "scheme". |
great white snark |
Dec-19-10 01:36 PM |
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Thank you! |
GoCubsGo |
Dec-19-10 04:45 PM |
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I think that qualifies as gospel truth in some quarters. |
AtomicKitten |
Dec-21-10 01:51 AM |
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SS has ZERO impact on deficits |
DJ13 |
Dec-19-10 01:37 PM |
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Not anymore. The Payroll tax cut is covered by funding SS through the deficit. |
Pholus |
Dec-19-10 03:04 PM |
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Politico? Oh, sure, I believe EVERYTHING the Republican blog outlet says. |
Ikonoklast |
Dec-19-10 01:38 PM |
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Politico may be right leaning but Kuttner sure as hell isn't. |
jtown1123 |
Dec-28-10 01:29 PM |
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That's weak. They should cut the military. We could save Social Security by closing a few bases. |
craigmatic |
Dec-19-10 01:39 PM |
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Robert "Evil Twin" Kuttner is |
ProSense |
Dec-19-10 01:40 PM |
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Dec-19-10 05:08 PM |
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He's a "hack" because he's not somebody paid to write gushing praise of Obama n/t |
brentspeak |
Dec-19-10 07:40 PM |
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No, he's a hack because this piece is garbage |
ProSense |
Dec-19-10 08:43 PM |
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Not as much desperation as those of us |
ProudDad |
Dec-22-10 06:35 PM |
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He is not desperate. He and other econs have been begging Obama to give them |
jtown1123 |
Dec-28-10 01:30 PM |
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So if Obama proposes cuts to social security and medicare |
Warren Stupidity |
Dec-22-10 06:44 PM |
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Are these the cuts that occur 50 years ? |
dkf |
Dec-19-10 01:40 PM |
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Why Would President Obama |
DemocratSinceBirth |
Dec-19-10 01:40 PM |
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Because the repugs want him to? |
senseandsensibility |
Dec-19-10 01:43 PM |
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Do You Believe He Would Harm His Reelection Chances Because The Repubs Want Him To? |
DemocratSinceBirth |
Dec-19-10 01:53 PM |
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Yes |
senseandsensibility |
Dec-19-10 03:25 PM |
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HELLO!!! |
Skittles |
Dec-20-10 04:50 AM |
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Why would president Obama |
PoliticAverse |
Dec-19-10 04:32 PM |
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He didn't.... |
RichGirl |
Dec-19-10 05:13 PM |
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Um, wow... |
PoliticAverse |
Dec-19-10 05:17 PM |
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Why did he put it at risk by cutting the payroll tax and shifting the funding |
dflprincess |
Dec-19-10 08:33 PM |
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Because he's a tool of corporate USAmerica? |
ProudDad |
Dec-21-10 05:33 PM |
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Cuz Chinese won't buy our debt any more |
golfguru |
Dec-21-10 10:46 PM |
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More totally unsubstantiated rumormongering from Politico? Unrec. |
ClarkUSA |
Dec-19-10 01:42 PM |
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Then he might as well announce he will not seek a second term. |
yourout |
Dec-19-10 01:52 PM |
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thumbs up. |
Donnachaidh |
Dec-19-10 02:19 PM |
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As pissed as I am at Obama I refuse to believe this until it actually happens |
budkin |
Dec-19-10 01:53 PM |
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And that, sadly, is the standard Democratic response to all that is Barack Obama |
PurityOfEssence |
Dec-19-10 03:36 PM |
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Politico |
Robbins |
Dec-19-10 01:55 PM |
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Obama's done some weird things recently I don't agree with, but this seems a bit much |
high density |
Dec-19-10 02:02 PM |
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No surprise. He's already said he wants to lift the cap. |
pa28 |
Dec-19-10 02:27 PM |
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This is not surprising to say the least. In fact, many of were made fun of |
Exilednight |
Dec-19-10 02:48 PM |
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No, only the ones that take Politico as 'fact'. |
Ikonoklast |
Dec-19-10 03:58 PM |
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well, let's see who's |
Exilednight |
Dec-19-10 04:04 PM |
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Bookmarked n/t. |
Ikonoklast |
Dec-19-10 04:08 PM |
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Politico may be a joke here but on the hill it's daily reading along with |
jtown1123 |
Dec-28-10 01:31 PM |
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I predict very soon there are going to be a lot of born again deficit hawks on DU |
Hello_Kitty |
Dec-19-10 02:51 PM |
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If he goes after SS and Medicare, he can forget about 2012. |
Vinca |
Dec-19-10 03:11 PM |
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You bet. |
TheCowsCameHome |
Dec-19-10 03:37 PM |
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Obama has no other option |
golfguru |
Dec-19-10 03:28 PM |
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Well, not now that he's cut off the revenues to please the unpleasably privileged... |
PurityOfEssence |
Dec-19-10 03:41 PM |
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Dec-19-10 03:59 PM |
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I never understood why donations to religion are tax-deductible |
golfguru |
Dec-19-10 07:45 PM |
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The military budget that passed the house yesterday was well over 700 Billion |
Cali_Democrat |
Dec-19-10 06:51 PM |
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they do not need to be cut at all. Please don't let any right wing zealots convince you otherwise. |
jtown1123 |
Dec-28-10 01:33 PM |
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That would be very foolish but we shall see soon enough. |
Kdillard |
Dec-19-10 03:55 PM |
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I'm sharpening up the pitchforks and heating up the tar... |
bvar22 |
Dec-19-10 04:21 PM |
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I'm going to wait and see |
Juche |
Dec-19-10 04:26 PM |
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anything to distract from Obama's recent successes |
Aramchek |
Dec-19-10 04:29 PM |
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President Obama will NOT be "cutting Social Security". |
bvar22 |
Dec-19-10 04:41 PM |
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A very sad +1 n/t |
Catherina |
Dec-19-10 04:52 PM |
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You forgot the one |
ProSense |
Dec-19-10 05:21 PM |
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Not so sure. 6 months ago I would have said extending Bush's tax cuts would end a Dem career... |
Pholus |
Dec-19-10 11:01 PM |
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And if there are problems, they can be fixed "later" n/t |
dflprincess |
Dec-19-10 08:35 PM |
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Wow, what a list of BFDs! |
bigwillq |
Dec-20-10 08:17 AM |
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That's about it. |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Dec-21-10 10:25 AM |
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yeah, yeah, those talking points will sickening and repeated over and over! |
egoclothes |
Dec-21-10 03:10 PM |
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After giving tax cuts for the rich, he would be crazy to do that in the SOU address |
EndElectoral |
Dec-19-10 05:13 PM |
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This is also posted at Daily Kos |
ProSense |
Dec-19-10 08:49 PM |
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+1 n/t |
politicasista |
Dec-21-10 04:49 PM |
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Bush tried to mess with Social Security and got hammered... |
ProudDad |
Dec-21-10 05:32 PM |
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Wait, isn't the president the most progressive president ever?? |
4dsc |
Dec-19-10 08:52 PM |
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bloody hell that is absurd.... |
and-justice-for-all |
Dec-19-10 11:06 PM |
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Well, we know it's coming. Only a matter of how much and when. SS will be in trouble in 10 years.. |
Honeycombe8 |
Dec-20-10 07:10 PM |
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Cutting the war budget |
ProudDad |
Dec-21-10 05:35 PM |
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No, that's not enough. SS was in trouble before then. We've known |
Honeycombe8 |
Dec-21-10 10:21 PM |
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NO IT WAS NOT!!! |
ProudDad |
Dec-22-10 11:53 AM |
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Thank you so much for preaching the truth. Makes me sick to hear |
OwnedByFerrets |
Dec-22-10 06:53 PM |
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27 years |
Warren Stupidity |
Dec-22-10 06:46 PM |
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Hee. Bunch of crazy paranoids |
impik |
Dec-21-10 04:24 AM |
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I tend to take a wait and see attitude |
WI_DEM |
Dec-21-10 03:16 PM |
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So Obama's going to start negotiations by offering cuts to Social Security? |
CreekDog |
Dec-21-10 03:23 PM |
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Obama |
ProudDad |
Dec-22-10 11:54 AM |
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how true, then he's a genius when |
704wipes |
Dec-22-10 11:50 PM |
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He have away first with the health "reform" and with the |
egoclothes |
Dec-24-10 03:07 PM |
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Define "cuts". Some people call the lack of a COLA a "cut". |
boppers |
Dec-21-10 10:40 PM |
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Both are cuts... |
ProudDad |
Dec-22-10 11:57 AM |
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Hm... |
boppers |
Dec-22-10 05:29 PM |
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Social Insurance Policy... |
ProudDad |
Dec-22-10 06:30 PM |
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Well, we either have to cut or come up with 2.5 trillion |
Recursion |
Dec-22-10 12:33 PM |
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You had better come up with the FUCKING 2.5 TRILLION |
ProudDad |
Dec-22-10 06:31 PM |
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OK, where do we get it from? |
Recursion |
Dec-23-10 08:31 AM |
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From the part of the budget that services debt. |
Warren Stupidity |
Dec-23-10 08:50 AM |
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"2.5T paid out over 25 years is 100B/yr" |
ProudDad |
Dec-23-10 11:50 AM |
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Well, we could have gotten it from the rich fucks |
ProudDad |
Dec-23-10 11:48 AM |
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well then which other t-bills are we also going to default on? |
Warren Stupidity |
Dec-22-10 06:48 PM |
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Tax breaks for the rich, cut Social Security |
Cherchez la Femme |
Dec-22-10 02:22 PM |
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You've got that right.. |
ProudDad |
Dec-22-10 06:33 PM |
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Do we have to wait until it actually happens, or can we start hating him now? |
11 Bravo |
Dec-22-10 06:23 PM |
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Who's hating? |
ProudDad |
Dec-22-10 06:34 PM |
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Dec-27-10 06:12 PM |
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The school of thought here seems to favor getting a head start preemptively. |
AtomicKitten |
Dec-22-10 06:43 PM |
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It's already started |
ProudDad |
Dec-23-10 11:52 AM |
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Nobody wants this to happen. We are trying to give everyone a heads up so that maybe |
jtown1123 |
Dec-28-10 01:35 PM |
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I wonder how the coming cuts |
Jakes Progress |
Dec-24-10 04:07 PM |
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SS and Medicare are not a part of the actual budget... |
rasputin1952 |
Dec-27-10 03:13 AM |
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This is not a time for cuts in domestic spending, particularly |
mmonk |
Dec-27-10 05:48 AM |
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It is obvious that it's a done deal. |
blindpig |
Dec-27-10 02:45 PM |
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If he does it'll be the end of his presidency. Nobody wants to see that. |
craigmatic |
Dec-27-10 03:19 PM |
#116 |
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