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		rini17 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass ... "Could be much worse" is a platitude not an argument. "It is improving" might be, if it were true.

9x39 5 days ago [–]

I often couch my arguments in soft language like a conversation would be in order to have a discussion. The idea that the US is miles behind developed nations is nonsense.

rini17 4 days ago | [–]

Depends. Would you still insist it's nonsense if any of these things you mentioned happened to you or your family?

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