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Fact check: Did Will Rogers say the government needs to live as cheap as the people ? Donnelle Eller, USA TODAY
The claim: Will Rogers said a man he can t make a living for (his family) AND his government, too, the way this government is living.
A Facebook post made in 2013, shared 19,000 times since and recently viral, attributes a quote to the late humorist and political commentator Will Rogers: “There is not a man in the country that can’t make a living for himself and family. But he can’t make a living for them AND his government too, the way this government is living. What the government has got to do, is live as cheap as the people.”
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The claim: Will Rogers said a man he can t make a living for (his family) AND his government, too, the way this government is living.
A Facebook post made in 2013, shared 19,000 times since and recently viral, attributes a quote to the late humorist and political commentator Will Rogers: “There is not a man in the country that can’t make a living for himself and family. But he can’t make a living for them AND his government too, the way this government is living. What the government has got to do, is live as cheap as the people.”