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The money was a pittance, she says, adding that she used some of it to buy milk and nappies. 

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Except they are also cutting taxes and their cuts, as usual, will benefit the wealthy much more than the pittance they throw at the feet of the poor and the middle class.

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But all that is is a pittance compared to what Trump has set up in his second term.

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When county officials made a counteroffer, he said, “they came with a pittance.”

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On Friday, all 80,000 HHS employees were sent an email asking them to resign for a pittance of $25,000, giving them only a week to decide.

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