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Once Again, America Does Just Enough

Once Again, America Does Just Enough

We never really solve our problems — we do the minimum necessary to muddle through

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George Dillard
Nov 14, 2022
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If America were a college student, it would be the kid who doesn’t start writing the term paper until eight hours before it’s due.

You know — the kid who plays chicken with the deadline, whose friends are asking him for days, “shouldn’t you really start that paper?” The kid who pulls an all-nighter, riddled with caffeine …

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