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marble falls

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6. That won't happen, but it should. The only way we are going to have MAGA wake up is to punch their wallets hard ...

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 22, 2025, 08:01 AM

Jun 22

... In WWII the government worked hard to involve the public in the war, they did all sorts of drives for metal and rubber, way beyond war needs and rationed things that there were plenty of. The new system is to make the public feel no war pressure past prices. That pursuit of a "victory" was not going to inconvenience the public.

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