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Kalidurga

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5. I am so relieved...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jan 15, 2012, 01:11 PM

Jan 2012

I thought from the headline that she couldn't retire, because she couldn't afford to because of all the increases in costs of medicare, cuts in services, and cuts in aid to seniors.

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