OTHERS SAY Cash for seniors
Posted: October 20, 2009 at 4:39 a.m.
As you watch the depressing spectacle of President Obama proposing to buy off senior citizens with a $250 hand-out and thereby boost the national debt by another $13 billion, here’s something to keep in mind: If seniors’ benefits were to be calculated fairly, they would actually go down next year.
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Editorial, Pages 14 on 10/20/2009
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