The wage gap may still not close completely with all of these measures, but they would certainly help us make some real progress.

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And I think most wealthy Americans would agree if they knew this would help us grow the economy and deal with the debt that threatens our future.

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Initially they were very helpful, assuring us that they would do their best to help and so on, however, when mention of exchange or refund was made they became very awkward to deal with.

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They are popular with the public and would help us address our long-term fiscal challenges.

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We were disappointed by the keyboard and T-Mobile's choice to bring a pair of Gingerbread phones to its lineup in the summer of 2012 (for future updates, the companies told us they would work together, but stopped short of promising anything) certainly doesn't help endear us to the brand by any means, but it's otherwise solidly made and is a good representation of Huawei's middle-of-the-road offerings.

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So we tell them if they had never gone down that path they would never have met us and been given the chance to help others.

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As a colleague and friend pointed out, our houses are probably cleaner than they would ordinarily be because we have the money to have someone help us out!

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Those measures, which would take us in the direction of the European welfare state, would surely harm just those individuals they purport to help.

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