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<P>"And I do not have Tri-Care anymore." This is what you said.....Apparently I missed something...you are a veteran as well??<BR></P>
<P>Confused,</P>
<P>JC</P></DIV><BR><BR><BR>*~*The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.*~*
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<DIV></DIV>----Original Message Follows----
<DIV></DIV>From: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanarnold@hotmail.com>
<DIV></DIV>To: idahotom@hotmail.com, thansen@moscow.com, vision2020@moscow.com
<DIV></DIV>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] RE: Vote no
<DIV></DIV>Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:48:11 -0700
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<DIV></DIV>"$10/hour" Well, Tom I think that is too much for what you do.
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<DIV></DIV>Also keep in mind that the majority of people on SSI only get less then $450 a month and only $120 a month in food stamps.
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<DIV></DIV>You ask what I have do for the taxpayers. Well, for one, I am legally entitled a disability check of $617 a month. But I do not collect it because I am capable of working. I would rather the money go to the people that cannot work. When I do work, I only make $8-10 hour. And I do not have Tri-Care anymore. The university health insurance benefits I had were taken from me. The only real coverage I have is catastrophic which is required by UI because of Gritman.
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<DIV></DIV>So I do not know if giving up a $617 check each year is something. But considering I only take home $1000 a month, it sure feels like. I do not know how people with two kids make it on $1200 and the two older women across the street from me make it on $650 a month.
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<DIV></DIV>That is why I am fighting to make sure that many people that are not able to work and have limited income options do not have to keep paying higher taxes and rent. I also know that many of people with disabilities are having to get housing outside Moscow and none are moving in because their federal checks do not increase at the same rate Moscow is increasing there costs of living and benefits.
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<DIV></DIV>You cannot keep raising taxes and the rent on the poor while cutting their benefits and not expect to soon hit a point where they cannot afford to live here anymore.
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<DIV></DIV>Mr. Hansen, could you afford to live in Moscow on just your disability income?
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<DIV></DIV>I also have checked your times for posting. You do use taxpayer computers to post. I do not know if you are suppose to be working because I do not know your hours. But the times are varied all over the place if you look them up under author on the V2020 archives. Except 2 PM I could find every time of the day you posted.
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<DIV></DIV>Enjoy your beer.
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<DIV></DIV>Donovan J Arnold
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<DIV></DIV>>From: "Tom Hansen" <idahotom@hotmail.com>
<DIV></DIV>>To: donovanarnold@hotmail.com, thansen@moscow.com,
<DIV></DIV>>vision2020@moscow.com
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] RE: Vote no
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:13:39 -0700
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<DIV></DIV>>Mr Arnold stated:
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<DIV></DIV>>"I would much rather have that money go to the kids then to pay
<DIV></DIV>>someone $40-60 a year to post emails to V2020."
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<DIV></DIV>>Your numbers are a little off, Mr. Arnold. I feel that the reason
<DIV></DIV>>that I was overlooked when pink slips were handed out, is because
<DIV></DIV>>laying me off would not result in any noticeable savings.
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<DIV></DIV>>If it wasn't for my Army retirement pension and Tri-Care (active
<DIV></DIV>>duty and retiree health insurance), chances are fairly definite that
<DIV></DIV>>I would most certainly not be working in the position I am now.
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<DIV></DIV>>For the sake of argument, I earn $10/hour. That's right, ten
<DIV></DIV>>dollars an hour.
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<DIV></DIV>>That income, coupled with 40% of my retirment pension (as I am
<DIV></DIV>>disabled and only 40% of it is taxable), I don't even qualify for a
<DIV></DIV>>tax bracket.
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<DIV></DIV>>So, unless you have anything of value to add, Mr. Arnold, my beer is
<DIV></DIV>>not getting any colder and I am kinda in the mood for "Start Me Up"
<DIV></DIV>>by Mick Jagger.
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<DIV></DIV>>What have you done for the tax payers today, Donovan?
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<DIV></DIV>>Take care,
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<DIV></DIV>>Tom Hansen
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