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When did 'Ask not what your country can do for you' become 'Ask only what your country will give you'?

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Allen West
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: February 7
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I will take my hands off Medicare when there is no Medicare, then I will come and see you, sir.
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Take your message of equality of achievement, take your message of economic dependency, take your message of enslaving the entrepreneurial will and spirit of the American people somewhere else.
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