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We're the only nation in the world where most of our poor people are fat.

Phil Gramm

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Phil Gramm
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: July 8
Economist
Entrepreneur
Former American Senator
Politician
University Teacher
Writer
Fort Benning
Georgia
William Philip Gramm
Fats
Nation
Nations
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World
People

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