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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

You must be very young or very ignorant, if you don't remember how the GOP used one fraudster as a boogeyman excuse to defund public services for people who truly needed them.

https://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2013/12/linda_taylor_welfare_queen_ronald_reagan_made_her_a_notorious_american_villain.html