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contributions, and its benefits are fixed by law. For the Reagan administration to take the credit for a program whose beneficiaries receive their checks regardless of who’s in the White House, and to try to use that program to demonstrate its commitment to the poor, aged, and disabled, is the height of hypocrisy.
Let’s get our facts straight before we accuse the media of distorting - or ignoring - them.
ROBERT HERRING Barboursville
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