I believe that the COLA reduction is wrong because it targets a single group, military retirees, to help address the budget problems of the Federal Government as a whole.
Carl Levin: “I believe that the COLA reduction is wrong because it targets a single group, military retirees, to help address the…”
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Levin criticizes the COLA reduction affecting military retirees for budgetary reasons.
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