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This rabble you're talking about, they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath?
— George Bailey · It's a Wonderful Life
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker defends ordinary working people against being dismissed as a rabble, noting that they do most of the labour, paying and living and dying in the community. The plea is modest but pointed: is it too much for them to have decent rooms and a bath?
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