THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, April 12, 1996 TAG: 9604120002
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A14 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 31 lines
President Clinton, without batting an eye, gave Israel $100 million to combat terrorism.
How about combatting poverty right here in the USA with all that foreign-aid money?
My sister-in-law, a widow of a retired police officer, is living on a small Social Security check, plus using up what savings she and her husband accumulated over the years. When her husband died a few years ago, his police pension died with him. Isn't that something for a large city to be proud of?
She is blind and deaf and uses a cane. She has to have 24-hour care. We've checked to see if there is some way to get a supplement so she won't end up dead broke, but there isn't an organization with money to spare for that purpose. Yet no matter when you go to your mailbox, some outfit is looking for money to help the needy. Needy must be the classification of the CEOs of those organizations.
I'm sure my sister-in-law would like to receive a small portion of Clinton's giveaways.
TED MacDONALD
Portsmouth, March 31, 1996 by CNB