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AllaN01Bear

(23,472 posts) Wed Jan 1, 2025, 11:15 AM Wednesday

dear du, do you know what i am afraid of, hot the illigeals but [View all]

houses in california now selling for $2m. where teachers and others are being forced out. hospitals who charge $100.00 for a 10 c bandaid . oil refineries who sht down with a trash can fire and jack up prices and supermarket conglamarates who can charge anything they want to. these are my thoughts and my thoughts alone . you can agree or dissagree.

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dear du, do you know what i am afraid of, hot the illigeals but [View all] AllaN01Bear Wednesday OP

I agree. sop Wednesday #1

I agree, but the illegals do "scare" me Unladen Swallow Wednesday #2

No person is illegal. Voltaire2 Wednesday #3

I have lived in a border town Unladen Swallow Wednesday #4

"Different" because there are significantly more residents of hispanic ancestry in the Southwestern states. sop Thursday #5

Exactly! mountain grammy Thursday #6

No. Unladen Swallow Thursday #7

Yes. Very different because many poor Central Americans and Mexicans are fleeing across the border to sop Thursday #10

Well said mountain grammy Thursday #16

lol Unladen Swallow Thursday #17

In what way is it different? Bettie Thursday #12

Then you should know how safe cities like El Paso and Brownsville are Elessar Zappa Thursday #18

Many people are illegal DeepWinter Thursday #9

people are not illegal Voltaire2 Thursday #11

very good point. sometimes i find myself being surprised how much harumph Thursday #13

Fine DeepWinter Thursday #15

Yeah, most housing in the best areas are out of reach for anybody but the rich sakabatou Thursday #8

When the working class can no longer afford Prairie_Seagull Thursday #14