Citizen Ruth
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for low-income people
in the first place.

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Take out a pencil and paper.
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Good. Now, make a column
down the left-hand side

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listing all your assets.
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Ruth!
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Ruth!
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We need to talk to you.
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Hey, do you have
a pen and paper?

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'Cause I need a pen
and paper.

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Yeah. Could you step in here
for a minute, please?

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I need a pen and paper.
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The thing is, Ruth,
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about this, uh, deal
between you and Harlan...

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you know,
w- we've been talking, and, um,

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w- we just want to make sure
that you understand.

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They don't want you to tell
anybody where you got the money.

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...Okay.
...This is very important.

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You can't tell anyone ever.
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...Because if you do...
...I won't.

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Thank you, Ruth.
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We really appreciate it.
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Now can I have
that pen and paper?

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Eric?
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You want to get me
some ice?

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Sure, Blaine.
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You're a great kid.
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Did I ever tell you
about Eric?

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Yeah.
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His mother was standing
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on the steps
of the abortuary

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about to go in
and kill her baby.

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And she heard a Christian voice,
and that voice said,

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"You don't have to go
in there.

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"God loves you.
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God loves your baby."
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So she stopped, with tears
in her eyes, and she said,

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"I'm an unmarried woman.
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"I cannot afford the expenses
of having a child.

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"No one cared enough

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