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    Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 3 May 2015

    Welcome to America, where if you're born poor, you'll probably stay that way http://bit.ly/1bbIZfx pic.twitter.com/cuWMJc9I40

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      2. Bob Owens‏Verified account @bob_owens 3 May 2015
        Replying to @MotherJones

        .@MotherJones please tell us of ANY other nation where the poor have greater opportunities to obtain wealth legally.

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      3. BHall‏ @consunite 3 May 2015
        Replying to @bob_owens

        @bob_owens @MotherJones born poor and after 50 yrs of D lies, vote D and stay poor. Welcome to the D reservation.

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      2. OWL‏ @OwlsAsylum 3 May 2015
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        RT @MotherJones Welcome to America, where if you're born poor, you'll probably stay that way http://bit.ly/1bbIZfx pic.twitter.com/kFDbkrHmVH

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      1. Area Man‏ @lheal 3 May 2015
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        Welcome to America, the first country in which becoming rich without being a criminal has ever even been possible. @MotherJones

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      1. ⚧ ♀ 🇦🇺 🇮🇪 Shauna-Marie Wilson  💋 ⛷ 🦋 👠‏ @adventurensw 4 May 2015
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        @MotherJones @JonGoofel Just the same here if you're poor and transgender you'll also be lucky to make it to retirement age.

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      1. Gary Bouse‏ @GaryBouse 3 May 2015
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        @MotherJones @JINTY1B No difference in Scotland, on top of that if you are Scottish you are not allowed to stand up, then you are extremist

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      1. dai in revolt  🇨🇦 🇨🇴‏ @daibyday 3 May 2015
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        dai in revolt  🇨🇦 🇨🇴 Retweeted Matt Pearce  🦅

        @MotherJones @deBeauxOs1 Along the same lines:https://twitter.com/mattdpearce/status/594965576318988289 …

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        Matt Pearce  🦅Verified account @mattdpearce
        How old racist housing laws robbed wealth from today's black families, via @tanehisicoates: http://www.epi.org/blog/from-ferguson-to-baltimore-the-fruits-of-government-sponsored-segregation/ … pic.twitter.com/QhHGlXtkqS
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      1. DCinNC‏ @DCinAZ 3 May 2015
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        @MotherJones LOL! Democrats really care about the poor. If it weren't for them, you wouldn't have a party, so you're importing them now.

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      1. AstrO‏ @Mi_Astronauta 3 May 2015
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        @MotherJones Want more money? Go get it.

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      2. Angie Ewart‏ @AngieEwart 3 May 2015
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        @MotherJones @martysm Same in UK.

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      1. Shirley Smith‏ @presidentsmith 4 May 2015
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        @MotherJones Difference between those who make it and those who don't is their ATTITUDE. Their inspired to work and they never give up.

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      1. The Collectors Shop‏ @CollectorsShop 4 May 2015
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        @MotherJones @ashlinglarkin Your comment is a tad unfair - this is probably true of every country in the world !

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      1. Debra (i’m a bee, a full bee not a half )‏ @Dapfalk 4 May 2015
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        @MotherJones you mean the American Dream is a myth? Well I never!

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      1. ryuge‏ @0ryuge 3 May 2015
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        @MotherJones Poor us! We only live better than 99% of all the humans who ever lived. @ComradeArthur

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      1. Sara‏ @mww1969_mike 3 May 2015
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        @MotherJones should leave america

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      1. Mbalaminwe Mwimanzi‏ @mbalaminwe 3 May 2015
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        @MotherJones not if I can help sign Tiffany muse http://care2.com  petition to End homelessness in DC

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      1. JEFF‏ @YouTubeJEFF9K 3 May 2015
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        @MotherJones The take-away: choose rich parents!

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