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How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on and stop getting swept away by rhetoric?

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Thomas Sowell
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 30
Economist
University Teacher
Gastonia
North Carolina
Stop
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