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During the mid-1980s dairy farmers decided there was too much cheap milk at the supermarket. so the government bought and slaughtered 1.6 million dairy cows. how come the government never does anything like this with lawyers?
-P. J. O'Rourke
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During The Mid-1980s Dairy Farmers Decided There

P. J. O'Rourke
During the mid-1980s dairy farmers decided there was too much cheap milk at the supermarket. so the government bought and slaughtered 1.6 million dairy cows. how come the government never does anything like this with lawyers?
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