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It isn't the rich people's fault that poor people are poor. Poor people who get an education and work hard in this country will stop being poor. That should be the goal for all poor people everywhere.

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Ben Stein
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 25
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Benjamin J. Stein
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Benjamin Jeremy Stein
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