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Farm Security Administration, huh?

You know, I'm a lifelong Democrat and a great admirer of FDR, but I'm starting to understand why the Republicans used to complain about New Deal "make-work" projects. I mean, drawing a federal paycheck to go around the country taking pictures of teenage girls sunbathing? (And it's not just this one--there are a bunch of FSA-funded swimsuit shots from Idaho posted here too.) The government just doesn't make pork like it used to...

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