Give us cash! I steal from the rich and give to the poor! I'm trying to be a myth; give us cash! No, I'm not gonna give you cash. Go on, I steal from the rich. Are you rich? No, I'm … comfortable. That's no good, I can't steal from the fairly well off and give to the moderately impoverished! That's not gonna swing, is it?
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