You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money. ✨ P.J. O'Rourke (…

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You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money. ✨ P.J. O'Rourke (1991). PARLIAMENT OF WHORES A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government
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