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America under 30 is a more non-whites place than America over 60. And we know that non-whites and whites vote differently.

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David Frum
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 30
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City of Toronto
David Jeffrey Frum
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Why be thrifty when your old age and health care are provided for, no matter how profligate you act in your youth? Why be prudent when the state insures your bank deposits, replaces your flooded-out house, buys all the wheat you can grow? ... Why be diligent when half of your earnings are taken from you and given to the idle?
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