<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: 12px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 16px; ">“I cannot support this tax credit because I do not believe the government should privilege one American over another when it comes to work,” </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#555555" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#555555" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">- Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) after voting against the "Vow to Hire Heroes Act of 2011", a bill providing a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: 12px; ">tax credit aimed at encouraging companies to hire veterans</span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#555555" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#555555" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: 12px; "></span><a href="http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/11/military-veterans-jobs-bill-demint-tax-credits-110911w/">http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/11/military-veterans-jobs-bill-demint-tax-credits-110911w/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#555555" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#555555" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">------------------------------<br></span></font><br><div>Happy Veterans Day, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div></div></body></html>