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Amid all the challenges, are we doing our job as citizens?
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It’s easy to look at the challenges America is facing and ask whether Washington is doing enough. But as America approaches its 250th anniversary, there’s another question worth asking: Are we doing our job as citizens? Are we doing our part to live up to the revolutionary idea of self-government that our founders wrote into [] The post Amid all the challenges, are we doing our job as citizens? appeared first on Americans for Prosperity.
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