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Robbing Peter to pay Paul is bad

by Don C. Brunell<br
| February 18, 2010 8:00 PM

OLYMPIA — My dad lived by the axiom, “You don’t rob Peter to pay Paul!” For our family, that meant mom couldn’t raid our piggy banks to buy something the family budget didn’t cover.

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