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It's completely meaningless and unimportant that there are real, concrete, benefits because some -- but evidently not a majority of voters -- admittedly irrational people have their inchoate feelings hurt?

€650,000 can go towards education, social safety net programs, or a variety of other worthy causes, but the important thing is the feelings of rank nationalists who are upset that their precious citizenship cum identity is terribly diluted by being sold rather than being acquired by falling out of the right vagina. Because after all there is requirement that a natural born citizen participate in the "community".



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