# Stop coddling the rich

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**Created:** [August 15, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stop-coddling-the-rich/259979 "2011-08-15T15:57:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Upstate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b3f665/32.png) [@Upstate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Upstate)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stop-coddling-the-rich/259979/45 "2011-08-17T13:01:47Z")

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> [@WTB: DSM](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-dsm/44662/15):
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> Not saying its bad at all, open discussion of the stupid wasteful things our government is partaking in is awesome. Just shows more people may actually be opening their eyes a bit wider.

Only problem with that is most people don’t understand how the system works and how things get done or don’t get done. Sometimes you’re better off if the uneducated electorate stays home. (See Michelle Bachman’s win at the Ames straw poll for evidence of that.)

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