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5. thing is, even when we are NOT at war - and (ostensibly) HAVE money

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 01:15 AM

22 hrs ago

we tend not to spend it on things like this.
And, a lot of the time, with local government being at the head of the stinking pile ....

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