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Americans complain a lot about the government and they voice a generalized suspicion of the government, but they constantly clammer for more of it.

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George Will
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 4
Columnist
Journalist
Champaign
Illinois
George F. Will
George Frederick Will
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Americans
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