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Letter: A Sense of Privilege

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

To the Editor:

Alan MacDonald’s letter in the Dec. 24 Valley News (“Speaking of Entitlements”) summed up the “entitlement” situation very well. Seems our politicians are becoming pretty arrogant, behaving more like royalty than ever.

Frank Sanders Jr.

Lebanon

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