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ww520 on Feb 9, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Middle class leaving San Francisco, census says

The government is elected by the people, so really it's the people to be blamed.

tshaddox on Feb 9, 2014 [–]

Elected representatives are not legally bound to follow through with campaign promises or actually represent the desires of their constituents.

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