Dave Sim (1956) Canadian cartoonist, creator of Cerebus
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“If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying that you want a country based on Christian values. Because you don't.”
The correct attribution http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/carterpoor.asp is comedian John Fugelsang, on the TV program Viewpoint (29 May 2013) <br class="br">Misattributed
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