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Cut benefits for Congress.


I was reading my July/August magazine about our benefits with great concern. It occurs to me that those in Washington Washington, town, England
Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area.
, D.C., should try to live on a disabled veteran's check for a few months to see what life is all about. I am a disabled Vietnam Vietnam (vēĕt`näm), officially Socialist Republic of Vietnam, republic (v), 128,400 sq mi (332,642 sq km), Southeast Asia. Occupying the eastern coastline of the Southeast Asian peninsula, Vietnam is bounded by China on the north, by Laos  vet vet

common idiomatic version of veterinarian.
 living in an increasingly expensive world. Maybe these so-called so-called
adj.
1. Commonly called: "new buildings ... in so-called modern style" Graham Greene.

2.
 "representatives of the people" should take a big cut in their pay and give it to us veterans. Perhaps having their compensation threatened would get their attention. It certainly has gotten mine. Robert Pettit, Gibbstown, NJ
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Title Annotation:LOUD & CLEAR
Author:Pettit, Robert
Publication:DAV Magazine
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:Sep 1, 2006
Words:94
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