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I fear our votes must be scraps or spoils No rich man knoweth our toils Upon us he performs a curse For he is governed by his purse We seem to draw no wit From our previous failing When into the snake pit We go a-trailing Honey words, sweet verse Driven to hell in the politician's hearse

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Date: 9/7/2014 7:48:00 AM
Congress no longer declares war or makes budgets. So that's the end of the constitution as a working machine. Gore Vidal
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