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Of course we have compassion. We just don't believe the safety net should be used as a hammock.
Allen West
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Allen West
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 7
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Where is love exchanged? Where is the love felt when a state administrator stuffs a welfare check into an outgoing mail?
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As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.
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So now is an opportunity for us to stand up and have a good, strong immigration policy to make sure that E- Verify becomes mandatory and we have got to train and properly equip our Border Patrol.
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