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haele

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8. Actually, tell them there are often more than two sides to every story -

Wed Oct 9, 2013, 03:43 PM

Oct 2013

And to understand that in every situation, there is always going to be someone who is counting on benefiting from that situation. Follow the money, and you'll usually find someone who doesn't need a resource or assistance trying to get it on the backs of other people who do need it.
The job of the voter is to ensure that it isn't always the same someone(s) benefiting most of the times, and that community resources and opportunities remain available to all who will be impacted from them.

Just my two/three bits.

Haele

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