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Conservatives define compassion not by the number of people who recieve some kind of government aid but rather by the number of people who no longer need it.

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Jack Kemp
Age: 73 †
Born: 1935
Born: July 13
Died: 2009
Died: May 2
American Football Player
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Canadian Football Player
Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
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LA
California
Jack French Kemp
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