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Patricia Schroeder: “As we all celebrate V-E Day and the wonderful generation that saved Europe from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, what are…”

On the recordMay 9, 1995
As we all celebrate V-E Day and the wonderful generation that saved Europe from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, what are we doing to them? Well, the Republicans are trying to take their Medicare and slash it away. What a way to salute them. This is the generation that saved the world. This is the generation that paid for the Marshall plan to rebuild the world, and now we are telling them they have also got to pay for the deficit so that the fat cats can have more tax cuts. That is not fair. That is not the America they fought for. I hope that all this Medicare scare goes away.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of proposed Medicare cuts on veterans during a speech commemorating V-E Day.

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