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When Rome burned on July of 64, those who were horrified made up a rumor that Nero played his fiddle while it was happening.

What we don't know is how many Roman's with nothing to lose heard that story and smiled approvingly.

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We do know that many of them had fond memories of the Gracchi Brothers from a couple hundred years before.

I country writes off large segments of its own population at their peril.

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