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Monday, July 30, 2012
Todd Akin: I want to keep my pension
In this clip from the recent debate at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Congressman Todd Akin painfully works for two minutes explaining how eliminating Congressional pensions wouldn't do much to cut the deficit.
Well you have to start somewhere and I say we start with the perks they get that no one else gets. He is part of the problem not a solution to it.
ReplyDeleteHow about paying for the free health insurance that you would deny the less fortunate than you?
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