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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: NeoCons, "Israel!" and Republicans
Date: 03/30/26 12:31 PM
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I mean, even if you're a total cynic about all this and think Democrats care about nothing other than their own power - the effect of these laws on fraudulent voting is super super-tiny compared to the effect on citizens who get pushed out of the vote. It's just numbers. The people who are citizens but who lack the specific documents to prove citizenship number in the tens of millions; the people who might be voting while here unlawfully is going to be 0.0001 of that, at most. You don't have to be a "fan of fraud" to be really concerned about the former number, which is going to have a vastly greater impact on election outcomes than the latter.

Must be tiring climbing up Mt. Righteous. Or perhaps there's a funicular that one can ride up there.

See, I don't believe this (that democrats care about leaving people behind). In today's society, one needs ID to

=Petition the government (get into Federal Buildings)
-Buy a firearm
-Get healthcare
-Fly
-Board a train
-Open a bank account
-Buy cold medicine
-Get welfare
Etc.
ETc.

So if TENS of MILLIONS of Americans don't have ID then none of them are doing any of the above. It seems like we would know if there were hordes of people who couldn't buy firearms or fly or even get looked at by their doctors.

Seems to me that all this ""concern"" the democrats have for their fellow man would be better served making sure Americans have secure photo ID rather than fighting to keep the borders open, stopping deportation of people who shouldn't be here and preventing common sense security of The Franchise.

So I don't buy it. Not for a second.

No offense.

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