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Susan Reinhard: Shirking vs. entitled

Donald Trump’s supporters believe that his shirking of the civic duty to pay taxes was “brilliant” and “genius.” I find it ironic that many of those same supporters label Americans who use Medicaid or welfare as lazy, worthless or entitled.

Susan Reinhard

Raleigh

This story was originally published October 12, 2016 at 4:28 PM with the headline "Susan Reinhard: Shirking vs. entitled."

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