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“I grew up with no money. I watched my dad lose his job in the 1970s when foreign imports were taking jobs away,” Laffey said.

Why why why do politicians keep talking about how poor they were and how they've done this and that in their families? I don't care. Tell me your position on the issues and leave it at that.

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Why why why do politicians keep talking about how poor they were and how they've done this and that in their families?

I've often wondered about that myself. In a country where only a small minority is actually poor under any meaningful definition of the term (inadequate food or shelter), the concept is still romanticized. You never hear anybody bragging about how easy he had it, although that is surely more worth aspiring to.