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I want the people in the rah, rah crowd for Obama's stimulus to know that to those of us out here in the cheap seats it is not very stimulating. Every time I go out I see hungry, struggling people standing at intersections or on off ramps holding signs begging for money, and I don't get out much. I see entire shopping centers empty and closed up office buildings. Where do you suppose all those workers have gone to? How do you suppose they are paying their bills now? And I don't get out much, so try to understand this. The next homeless person that you see is me, and be afraid because the next one after that is you.
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Don't say it can't happen to me, or that they need me too much, or I'd find something else, because you're wrong, just wrong. It can happen to you and until we understand that we can't solve the problem, and meanwhile the problem grows.
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If you didn't care what happened to me,
And I didn't care for you,
We would zig zag our way through the boredom and pain
Occasionally glancing up through the rain.
Wondering which of the buggars to blame
And watching for pigs on the wing.
(Roger Waters)
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