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On the recordSeptember 14, 2011
Mr. Speaker, Ron and Cynthia Barrs from Texas sent me this email: ``The folks who are getting the free stuff don't like the folks who are paying for the free stuff because the folks who are paying for the free stuff can no longer afford to pay both for the free stuff and their own stuff. And the folks who are getting the free stuff want even more free stuff on top of the free stuff that they're already getting. So now the ones who are forcing the people to pay for the free stuff have told the people who are receiving that free stuff that the people who are paying for the free stuff are mean and greedy. So the people who are getting the free stuff have been convinced they need to despise the people who are paying for the free stuff. And they are promised more free stuff if they vote for the ones who force others to pay for the free stuff.'' Mr. Speaker, there's just not enough stuff for free. And that's just the way it is. ____________________
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Ted Poe
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