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Eli Rosenberg 1,340 Views Apr 29, 2011

“I’m 14! What am I going to do?”

--Eighth grader Joe Platte, who grilled first term Representative Frank Guinta at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire after the congressman had tried to tell a 73 year-old man that proposed Medicare cuts in the Ryan budget plan wouldn't be implemented in time to affect him, according to the Boston Globe.

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