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A newspaper article criticizing congress for voting to cut social security spending during the same session they approved a raise to congressional members salaries and retirements. Plastino noted that even those who refused the raise utilized a 75$ a day to help live in DC and also buy second homes for some reason.

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Title:
The national scene... Solons enjoy fat salaries, pensions seek to trim elderly
Creator:
Plastino, Ben
Date Created (Archival Standard):
02 February 1983
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1983-02-02
Description:
A newspaper article criticizing congress for voting to cut social security spending during the same session they approved a raise to congressional members salaries and retirements. Plastino noted that even those who refused the raise utilized a 75$ a day to help live in DC and also buy second homes for some reason.
Subjects:
federal government salaries legislators (public officials) social security
Politicians:
Larry Craig
Source:
Ben J. Plastino Papers, 1947-1998, MG 632, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
Finding Aid:
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv470833
Source Identifier:
mg632-f24_013
Original Format:
newspaper clipping
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Language:
eng

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"The national scene... Solons enjoy fat salaries, pensions seek to trim elderly", Ben J. Plastino Papers Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/plastino/items/plastino0811.html
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