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chongli on March 13, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: What Dreams May Come

If you acknowledge that "welfare state" is not a bad word, then why not just say "a poorly run state is bad"? Adding the word welfare serves only to confuse and misdirect the reader.

kissickas on March 13, 2014 [–]

Maybe because it's common knowledge that America is poorly run.

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