[nfb-talk] nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 99

christopher nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Sun Dec 23 16:25:49 UTC 2012


Yes! Love the Jose Feleciano song! :) Feliz navidad!

Chris Nusbaum

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 23, 2012, at 10:13 AM, Robert Ortiz <bobby7391 at optimum.net> wrote:

> Dear Mike Friedman,
>
> Thank you for understanding, and as I have promised, I will continue to be
> more careful in the future.
>
> And to Everyone,
> Let me also wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy NewYear.  In
> Spanish, we say, Feliz Navidad y Prospero Ano Nuevo.  I also hope that
> everyone who celebrated Hannakah this year had a very happy holiday, and I
> hope everyone celebrating Quanza also has a very happy holiday.  I don't
> know what other specific holidays are celebrated around this time of year,
> but if I left any unmentioned, please have a general Happy Holiday season.
>
> Sincerely, Robert Ortiz
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> nfb-talk-request at nfbnet.org
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> Today's Topics:
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>   1. Merry Christmas! (Chris Nusbaum)
>   2. Re: I understand.RE: nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 94
>      (Mike Freeman)
>
>
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>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:07:48 -0500
> From: Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
> To: NFB Blind Talk list <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>,    NFB NABS list
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> Subject: [nfb-talk] Merry Christmas!
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Good morning everyone,
>
> I'd like to join with everybody who has posted their Christmas wishes so far
> in writing to wish everyone on these lists who celebrates the holiday a very
> merry Christmas!!! I hope all of you, like me, will be able to enjoy
> Christmas with your family and loved ones.  If you are travelling for
> Christmas, stay safe.
> And above all, have fun!!!
>
> As for myself and my family, we're leaving in a couple of minutes for BWI
> Airport to catch a plane out to Kansas City to spend Christmas with family
> there! Very much looking forward to seeing them!!!
>
> Again, a very Merry Christmas to you all!!! If you're celebrating another
> holiday, I wish you the best!
>
> Chris Nusbaum
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 06:52:05 -0800
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] I understand.RE: nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55,
>    Issue 94
> Message-ID: <005801cde11d$13f3d320$3bdb7960$@panix.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
>
> No problem.
>
> The one thing we can never be accused of is pacivity! (grin)
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> Ortiz
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 10:28 PM
> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfb-talk] I understand.RE: nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 94
>
> Dear Mike Friedman,
>
> I understand and agree completely that our role as NFB members is to put the
> interests of the blind above all else.  As I said, I'm still new here, and I
> won't make that political discussion mistake again.  Please be patient with
> me while I learn the ropes.  Thankyou,
>
> Sincerely, Robert Ortiz.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> nfb-talk-request at nfbnet.org
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>   1. Re: nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 76 (Mike Freeman)
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:32:32 -0800
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 76
> Message-ID: <001401cde0ce$e8902ce0$b9b086a0$@panix.com>
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>
> Robert:
>
> It's pretty simple: the one thing all of us in NFB have in common is
> blindness or an interest in the welfare of the blind. We range from
> Communists to John Burchers but we can all agree that the interests of the
> blind are paramount.
>
> Additionally, we must influence those in power, be they Democrats,
> Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, Socialist Laborites or whatever. So
> it behooves us to keep politics out of the mix.
>
> Mike Freeman, Member
> Board of Directors
> National Federation of the Blind
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> Ortiz
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 8:59 PM
> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 76
>
> Dear David Andrews,
>
> I'm sorry if I crossed someline, and I will of course discontinue posting
> any more politics related posts.  Please email me any links for the exact
> rules for the Blind_Talk discussion group.  I would appreciate it for future
> reference.  Thankyou very much in advance.
>
> Sincerely, Robert Ortiz.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> nfb-talk-request at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 9:37 PM
> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 76
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>   1. Re: I'll tell you why we shouldn't talk to    Republicans.RE:
>      nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 43 (David Andrews)
>
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>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:35:27 -0600
> From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] I'll tell you why we shouldn't talk to
>    Republicans.RE: nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 43
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>
> You are correct -- I must ask that the political discussion cease and
> desist!
>
> David Andrews, Moderator
>
> At 07:32 PM 12/22/2012, you wrote:
>> Just wondering if this discussion is appropriate here.  Our personal
>> political affiliations are one thing.  But, promoting one party over
>> another on an NFB list seems out of place to me.
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Larry D. Keeler
>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 6:26 PM
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] I'll tell ou why we shouldn't talk to
>> Republicans.RE: nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 43
>>
>> Yah, irt seems like the3 republicans have been a lot more active when
>> it concerns cut backs to our populations.  Not to be to hard about it
>> but I can't see why folks vote republican with our economy the way it
>> is!  Look at Michigans Governor!  Je3ez!  Well, not to start an
>> argument but the republican regeme tends to make it hard for those of
>> us who are just trying to get by!
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Ortiz"
>> <bobby7391 at optimum.net>
>> To: <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 1:53 PM
>> Subject: [nfb-talk] I'll tell ou why we shouldn't talk to Republicans.RE:
>> nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 43
>>
>>
>>> Chris,
>>>
>>> Don't you remember when President G.W. Bush (Or Baby Blue, as I like
>>> to call
>>> him) traveled around America in early 2005 while advocating that
>>> Social Security should be Privatized, either partially or completely?
>>> The Republican party has been for years dreaming of stealing the two
>>> trillion dollars in the SS trust fund and handing it to Wall Street
>>> who will invest it in the riskiest craziest derivatives they can
>>> invent.  Doesn't anyone remember the banking collapse of 2008?
>>>
>>> So what do you think will happen to Social Security in the long term
>>> if
> that
>>> happens?   Or isn't it obvious?  Also, whenever any republican politician
>>> has been asked over the last decade if the republicans would consider
>>> giving governmental garantees to the beneficiaries of privatized
>>> personalized Social Security accounts, they have ALL WITHOUT EXEMPTION
>>> said ABSOLUTELY NO.  So what does that mean?  Well it is very clear.
>>> They, the Republicans, want to use our Social Security FICA insurance
>>> which we paid for, invest it in toilet paper investments, milk those
>>> investments for all they can, and then throw us under the bus when
>>> those
> "investments" inevitably go bust.
>>> And if those aren't convincing enough reasons why we shouldn't  talk
>>> to republicans on this issue, then I don't know what reasons would be.
>>>
>>> Also,  I also wanted to clarify something.  I didn't say that the
>>> failure to negotiate a deal on the fiscal cliff by January 1st would
>>> automatically effect anyone's social security check now.  I think
>>> maybe my previous posting was a little misunderstood.
>>>
>>> I was trying to explain that for the last three days, President and
>>> House Minority leader Nancy Palosi have both said that they are
>>> willing to cut the COLA Cost of Living Adjustment on Social Security
>>> beneficiaries by 0.3 percent.  I know this doesn't sound like much,
>>> but it is a terribly frightening prospect for several reasons.
>>>
>>> 1( It would be the first time since the creation of Social Security
>>> that direct monthly benefits would have been cut AT ALL.
>>>
>>> 2)  this minimum sounding cut is also accumulative.  In about 10 years
>>> or less, every SSDI recipient will be receiving about an average of
>>> $1000.00 less annually.  Can any of us afford that?  I know I can't.
>>> So this is a real cut, and not some kind of Consumer Pricing Index
>>> readjustment as many are now claiming.
>>>
>>> And 3)  This first historic cut to Social Security benefits will open
>>> the DOOR WIDE OPEN to restricting and maybe privatizing Social
>>> Security which would eventually doom the entire trust fund.  And if
>>> you need proof of that, then study what has happened to retirement
>>> benefit programs in Latin American countries  whenever those countries
>>> have privatized or been forced to privatize their retirement benefit
>>> programs.  This craziness has all been tried before to desasterous
> effects.
>>>
>>> Of course, no one's checks will disappear immediately, but the long
>>> term damage to Social Security may or probably will become
>>> UNREPAIRABLE!  So that is why we should worry about how these fiscal
>>> cliff negotiations are going and exactly what the final shape of any
>>> deal looks like.  It isn't just our long term future that's at stake,
>>> but what about when our kids retire or God forbid become disabled like us?
>>>
>>> Finally, I myself am not trying to scare anyone.  Besides, I think the
>>> above facts are scary enough.
>>>
>>> Sincerely, Robert Ortiz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> nfb-talk-request at nfbnet.org
>>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 5:59 PM
>>> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 43
>>>
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>>> Today's Topics:
>>>
>>>  1. Re: nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 40 (Steven Johnson)
>>>  2. Re: nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 40 (Steven Johnson)
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:55:11 -0600
>>> From: "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net>
>>> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 40
>>> Message-ID: <004401cddfce$3bb16170$b3142450$@charter.net>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> Chris, don't you mean House Majority Leader, John Boehner, pronounced
> Baner?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> christopher nusbaum
>>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 1:45 PM
>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 40
>>>
>>> Robert,
>>>
>>> This may be more of a political issue than anything, but I'm just
>>> wondering why you wouldn't recommend that we contact Republican
>>> leaders in Congress, especially House majority leader John Weiner?
>>> After all, they are involved in the negotiations just as much as the
>>> Democrats are, and they need to know how we feel as well. Now, if this
>>> is an inappropriate topics for list, or if it is a political issue for
>>> you and you don't want to talk to the Republicans, I understand that.
>>> Just curious.
>>>
>>> Chris Nusbaum
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Dec 21, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Robert Ortiz <bobby7391 at optimum.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I saw a message asking what the fiscal cliff has to do with the NFB
>>>> and I wanted to answer that question.  A WHOLE DAMN LOT ESPECIALLY TO
>>>> ANYONE RECEIVING SSI OR SSDI!  If an agreement isn't reached by
>>>> January 1st for this bologna "Fiscal Cliff" which I'm praying for,
>>>> then Social Security WILL NOT BE TOUCHED!  But if President Obama and
>>>> Nancy Palosi continue to offer the damn republicans a cut in the
>>>> Annual Cost of Living Adjustment COLA for all Social Security
>>>> recipients, as they have done over the last few days; then all of us
>>>> blind SSDI recipients will experience our first real cut in our
>>>> Social
>>> Security benefits.  And remember SSDI stands for Social Security
>>>> Disability Insurance.   And we all paid our FICA taxes over our work
> lives
>>>> to receive our DISABILITY INSURANCE!  That's right IT'S INSURANCE WE
>>>> PAID FOR, NOT A HANDOUT!
>>>>
>>>> So I seriously suggest to everyone who reads this to do as I have done.
>>>> Call or email your home state's two senators, your house of
>>>> representatives congressman for your county, Senate Majority leader
>>>> Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Palosi, and President Obama
>>>> to please not backstab America's blind and disabled!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> nfb-talk-request at nfbnet.org
>>>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 1:00 PM
>>>> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 40
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>
>>>>  1. {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and    Sequestration
>>>>     (Kenneth Chrane)
>>>>  2. Re: {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff    and
>>>>     Sequestration (Humberto Avila)
>>>>  3. Re: {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff    and
>>>>     Sequestration (Mike Freeman)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> -
>>>>
>>>> Message: 1
>>>> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:11:50 -0500
>>>> From: "Kenneth Chrane" <kenneth.chrane at verizon.net>
>>>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>,    "NFB of Maryland
>>>>   e-mail list" <nfbmd at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Cc: Blind_Democrats at yahoogroups.com
>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>>>>   Sequestration
>>>> Message-ID: <CC61E7FF5F26432E9606B39208B1704E at Kens>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>>
>>>> Email
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: senator at mikulski.senate.gov
>>>> To: kenneth.chrane at verizon.net
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:40 AM
>>>> Subject: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and Sequestration
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Mr. Chrane:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for contacting me about the fiscal cliff and the federal
>>> deficit.
>>>> It's good to hear from you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Americans need to have a government on their side that is capable of
>>>> solving tough problems.  That's why Congress must act now to avoid
>>>> the devastating impact of the fiscal cliff and across-the-board cuts
>>>> known as
>>> sequester.
>>>> Without swift action to avoid the fiscal cliff, millions of Americans
>>>> would see their taxes go up and face spending cuts that could bring
>>>> our nation back into recession.  The longer we delay the more damage
>>>> we do to ourselves and the economy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My principles for avoiding the fiscal cliff are simple.  We must have
>>>> a combination of spending cuts and new revenue to reduce our debt and
>>>> still grow the economy.  We must also protect the social contract
>>>> between the American people and their government.  Medicare and
>>>> Medicaid need to be reformed and refreshed not gutted or block-granted.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I believe there are ways to achieve the savings required to avoid the
>>>> fiscal cliff in a balanced and thoughtful way.  We can start by
>>>> letting the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts expire for households making more
>>>> than
>>> $250,000 per year.
>>>> This could save an estimated $700 billion over 10 years.  We can also
>>>> make thoughtful and balanced cuts to spending - both military and
>>>> domestic - that will begin to reduce our deficit.  That's why I
>>>> supported the Budget Control Act passed by Congress in 2011 that
>>>> would require $900 billion in cuts over
>>>> 10 years.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What we can't do, however, is use across-the-board spending cuts to
>>>> get us to a balanced budget.  It would unfairly harm middle-class
>>>> families and do nothing to raise the additional revenue needed to
>>>> reduce the deficit.  In Maryland alone, this could result in the loss
>>>> of tens of thousands of jobs and $3.1 billion to our state economy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to prevent the
>>>> fiscal cliff and make thoughtful and balanced changes to our spending
>>>> policy to reduce our national debt.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for getting in touch with me.  Knowing of your views is
>>>> very important to me.  Please let me know if I can be of any
>>>> assistance to you in the future.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Barbara A. Mikulski
>>>> United States Senator
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please do not respond directly to this e-mail. The originating e-mail
>>>> account is not monitored.
>>>> If you would like to get in touch with me again, please visit the
>>>> comments page of my website here.
>>>> If you would like to get regular updates, please sign up for my
>>>> E-Newsletter here.
>>>> Please follow me on Twitter and Facebook.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Message: 2
>>>> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:17:19 -0800
>>>> From: "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff    and
>>>>   Sequestration
>>>> Message-ID: <007901cddf29$b0678580$11369080$@gmail.com>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
>>>>
>>>> And what does this have to do with the NFB? How are we impacted?
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Kenneth Chrane
>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:12 PM
>>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List; NFB of Maryland e-mail list
>>>> Cc: Blind_Democrats at yahoogroups.com
>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>>>> Sequestration
>>>>
>>>> Email
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: senator at mikulski.senate.gov
>>>> To: kenneth.chrane at verizon.net
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:40 AM
>>>> Subject: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and Sequestration
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Mr. Chrane:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for contacting me about the fiscal cliff and the federal
>>> deficit.
>>>> It's good to hear from you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Americans need to have a government on their side that is capable of
>>>> solving tough problems.  That's why Congress must act now to avoid
>>>> the devastating impact of the fiscal cliff and across-the-board cuts
>>>> known as
>>> sequester.
>>>> Without swift action to avoid the fiscal cliff, millions of Americans
>>>> would see their taxes go up and face spending cuts that could bring
>>>> our nation back into recession.  The longer we delay the more damage
>>>> we do to ourselves and the economy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My principles for avoiding the fiscal cliff are simple.  We must have
>>>> a combination of spending cuts and new revenue to reduce our debt and
>>>> still grow the economy.  We must also protect the social contract
>>>> between the American people and their government.  Medicare and
>>>> Medicaid need to be reformed and refreshed not gutted or block-granted.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I believe there are ways to achieve the savings required to avoid the
>>>> fiscal cliff in a balanced and thoughtful way.  We can start by
>>>> letting the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts expire for households making more
>>>> than
>>> $250,000 per year.
>>>> This could save an estimated $700 billion over 10 years.  We can also
>>>> make thoughtful and balanced cuts to spending - both military and
>>>> domestic - that will begin to reduce our deficit.  That's why I
>>>> supported the Budget Control Act passed by Congress in 2011 that
>>>> would require $900 billion in cuts over
>>>> 10 years.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What we can't do, however, is use across-the-board spending cuts to
>>>> get us to a balanced budget.  It would unfairly harm middle-class
>>>> families and do nothing to raise the additional revenue needed to
>>>> reduce the deficit.  In Maryland alone, this could result in the loss
>>>> of tens of thousands of jobs and $3.1 billion to our state economy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to prevent the
>>>> fiscal cliff and make thoughtful and balanced changes to our spending
>>>> policy to reduce our national debt.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for getting in touch with me.  Knowing of your views is
>>>> very important to me.  Please let me know if I can be of any
>>>> assistance to you in the future.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Barbara A. Mikulski
>>>> United States Senator
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please do not respond directly to this e-mail. The originating e-mail
>>>> account is not monitored.
>>>> If you would like to get in touch with me again, please visit the
>>>> comments page of my website here.
>>>> If you would like to get regular updates, please sign up for my
>>>> E-Newsletter here.
>>>> Please follow me on Twitter and Facebook.
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Message: 3
>>>> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:26:49 -0800
>>>> From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
>>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff    and
>>>>   Sequestration
>>>> Message-ID: <FA5FCD01-4B82-498E-9B35-DFB84CD831E3 at panix.com>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=us-ascii
>>>>
>>>> Rehab funding.
>>>>
>>>> Mike Freeman
>>>> sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 20, 2012, at 19:17, "Humberto Avila"
>>>> <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> And what does this have to do with the NFB? How are we impacted?
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Kenneth Chrane
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:12 PM
>>>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List; NFB of Maryland e-mail list
>>>>> Cc: Blind_Democrats at yahoogroups.com
>>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>>>>> Sequestration
>>>>>
>>>>> Email
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: senator at mikulski.senate.gov
>>>>> To: kenneth.chrane at verizon.net
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:40 AM
>>>>> Subject: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and Sequestration
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Chrane:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for contacting me about the fiscal cliff and the federal
>>>> deficit.
>>>>> It's good to hear from you.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Americans need to have a government on their side that is capable of
>>>> solving
>>>>> tough problems.  That's why Congress must act now to avoid the
>>>>> devastating impact of the fiscal cliff and across-the-board cuts
>>>>> known as
>>> sequester.
>>>>> Without swift action to avoid the fiscal cliff, millions of
>>>>> Americans
>>>> would
>>>>> see their taxes go up and face spending cuts that could bring our
>>>>> nation back into recession.  The longer we delay the more damage we
>>>>> do to
>>>> ourselves
>>>>> and the economy.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My principles for avoiding the fiscal cliff are simple.  We must
>>>>> have a combination of spending cuts and new revenue to reduce our
>>>>> debt and still grow the economy.  We must also protect the social
>>>>> contract between the American people and their government.  Medicare
>>>>> and Medicaid need to be reformed and refreshed not gutted or
> block-granted.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe there are ways to achieve the savings required to avoid
>>>>> the
>>>> fiscal
>>>>> cliff in a balanced and thoughtful way.  We can start by letting the
>>>>> 2001 and 2003 tax cuts expire for households making more than
>>>>> $250,000 per
>>>> year.
>>>>> This could save an estimated $700 billion over 10 years.  We can
>>>>> also make thoughtful and balanced cuts to spending - both military
>>>>> and domestic -
>>>> that
>>>>> will begin to reduce our deficit.  That's why I supported the Budget
>>>> Control
>>>>> Act passed by Congress in 2011 that would require $900 billion in
>>>>> cuts
>>>> over
>>>>> 10 years.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What we can't do, however, is use across-the-board spending cuts to
>>>>> get us to a balanced budget.  It would unfairly harm middle-class
>>>>> families and do nothing to raise the additional revenue needed to
>>>>> reduce the deficit.  In Maryland alone, this could result in the
>>>>> loss of tens of thousands of jobs and $3.1 billion to our state economy.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to prevent
>>>>> the
>>>> fiscal
>>>>> cliff and make thoughtful and balanced changes to our spending
>>>>> policy to reduce our national debt.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again for getting in touch with me.  Knowing of your views is
>>>>> very important to me.  Please let me know if I can be of any
>>>>> assistance to you
>>>> in
>>>>> the future.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Barbara A. Mikulski
>>>>> United States Senator
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please do not respond directly to this e-mail. The originating
>>>>> e-mail account is not monitored.
>>>>> If you would like to get in touch with me again, please visit the
>>>>> comments page of my website here.
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>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:58:49 -0600
>>> From: "Steven Johnson" <blinddog3 at charter.net>
>>> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 40
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>>> Chris,
>>>
>>> The problem in this country is not the revenue coming in, but the
> spending.
>>> Based on this, our Government needs to be responsible enough to look
>>> at cuts across the board and this includes SSA benefits.  My hope that
>>> if a compromise canot be reached, all programs will be looked at
>>> equally as far as cuts.  I have read that implementing a 1% cut across
>>> the board in all Federal programs could get us out of this mess, but
>>> no one will pull that proverbial trigger.  Needless to say, chances
>>> are that the COLA for SSA benefits would be ended just for starters.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>> christopher nusbaum
>>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 1:36 PM
>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] nfb-talk Digest, Vol 55, Issue 40
>>>
>>> Ray,
>>>
>>> Although this is merely speculation at this point, I agree with you.
>>> If an agreement is not reached by January 1, and even if an agreement
>>> is reached on this fiscal cliff issue, some  government programs will
>>> most likely be either cut or eliminated. However, it seems that most
>>> politicians think Social Security is an important program, and most of
>>> the people I've heard say they don't want to touch that program. So, I
>>> think those of you on SSI or SSDI will not be affected. Still, it
>>> might be good to keep an eye on this issue.
>>>
>>> Chris Nusbaum
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Dec 21, 2012, at 2:07 PM, Ray Foret Jr <rforetjr at att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I suspect that those of us on SSI and social security will receive
>>>> our
>>> checks.  Pay no attention to scare tactis which may try to make you
>>> think otherwise.  Now, perhaps however, this may have a negative
>>> effect on long term funding of educational programs; which, of course,
> would not be good.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
>>>> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 21, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Robert Ortiz <bobby7391 at optimum.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I saw a message asking what the fiscal cliff has to do with the NFB
>>>>> and I wanted to answer that question.  A WHOLE DAMN LOT ESPECIALLY
>>>>> TO ANYONE RECEIVING SSI OR SSDI!  If an agreement isn't reached by
>>>>> January 1st for this bologna "Fiscal Cliff" which I'm praying for,
>>>>> then Social Security WILL NOT BE TOUCHED!  But if President Obama
>>>>> and Nancy Palosi continue to offer the damn republicans a cut in the
>>>>> Annual Cost of Living Adjustment COLA for all Social Security
>>>>> recipients, as they have done over the last few days; then all of us
>>>>> blind SSDI recipients will experience our first real cut in our
>>>>> Social
>>> Security benefits.  And remember SSDI stands for Social Security
>>>>> Disability Insurance.   And we all paid our FICA taxes over our work
>>> lives
>>>>> to receive our DISABILITY INSURANCE!  That's right IT'S INSURANCE WE
>>>>> PAID FOR, NOT A HANDOUT!
>>>>>
>>>>> So I seriously suggest to everyone who reads this to do as I have done.
>>>>> Call or email your home state's two senators, your house of
>>>>> representatives congressman for your county, Senate Majority leader
>>>>> Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Palosi, and President Obama
>>>>> to please not backstab America's blind and disabled!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> nfb-talk-request at nfbnet.org
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>>>>> Today's Topics:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and    Sequestration
>>>>>    (Kenneth Chrane)
>>>>> 2. Re: {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff    and
>>>>>    Sequestration (Humberto Avila)
>>>>> 3. Re: {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff    and
>>>>>    Sequestration (Mike Freeman)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> -
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 1
>>>>> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:11:50 -0500
>>>>> From: "Kenneth Chrane" <kenneth.chrane at verizon.net>
>>>>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>,    "NFB of Maryland
>>>>>   e-mail list" <nfbmd at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Cc: Blind_Democrats at yahoogroups.com
>>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>>>>>   Sequestration
>>>>> Message-ID: <CC61E7FF5F26432E9606B39208B1704E at Kens>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>>>
>>>>> Email
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: senator at mikulski.senate.gov
>>>>> To: kenneth.chrane at verizon.net
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:40 AM
>>>>> Subject: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and Sequestration
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Chrane:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for contacting me about the fiscal cliff and the federal
>>> deficit.
>>>>> It's good to hear from you.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Americans need to have a government on their side that is capable of
>>>>> solving tough problems.  That's why Congress must act now to avoid
>>>>> the devastating impact of the fiscal cliff and across-the-board cuts
>>> known as sequester.
>>>>> Without swift action to avoid the fiscal cliff, millions of
>>>>> Americans would see their taxes go up and face spending cuts that
>>>>> could bring our nation back into recession.  The longer we delay the
>>>>> more damage we do to ourselves and the economy.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My principles for avoiding the fiscal cliff are simple.  We must
>>>>> have a combination of spending cuts and new revenue to reduce our
>>>>> debt and still grow the economy.  We must also protect the social
>>>>> contract between the American people and their government.  Medicare
>>>>> and Medicaid need to be reformed and refreshed not gutted or
> block-granted.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe there are ways to achieve the savings required to avoid
>>>>> the fiscal cliff in a balanced and thoughtful way.  We can start by
>>>>> letting the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts expire for households making more
>>>>> than
>>> $250,000 per year.
>>>>> This could save an estimated $700 billion over 10 years.  We can
>>>>> also make thoughtful and balanced cuts to spending - both military
>>>>> and domestic - that will begin to reduce our deficit.  That's why I
>>>>> supported the Budget Control Act passed by Congress in 2011 that
>>>>> would require $900 billion in cuts over
>>>>> 10 years.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What we can't do, however, is use across-the-board spending cuts to
>>>>> get us to a balanced budget.  It would unfairly harm middle-class
>>>>> families and do nothing to raise the additional revenue needed to
>>>>> reduce the deficit.  In Maryland alone, this could result in the
>>>>> loss of tens of thousands of jobs and $3.1 billion to our state economy.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to prevent
>>>>> the fiscal cliff and make thoughtful and balanced changes to our
>>>>> spending policy to reduce our national debt.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again for getting in touch with me.  Knowing of your views is
>>>>> very important to me.  Please let me know if I can be of any
>>>>> assistance to you in the future.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Barbara A. Mikulski
>>>>> United States Senator
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please do not respond directly to this e-mail. The originating
>>>>> e-mail account is not monitored.
>>>>> If you would like to get in touch with me again, please visit the
>>>>> comments page of my website here.
>>>>> If you would like to get regular updates, please sign up for my
>>>>> E-Newsletter here.
>>>>> Please follow me on Twitter and Facebook.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 2
>>>>> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:17:19 -0800
>>>>> From: "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff    and
>>>>>   Sequestration
>>>>> Message-ID: <007901cddf29$b0678580$11369080$@gmail.com>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
>>>>>
>>>>> And what does this have to do with the NFB? How are we impacted?
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Kenneth Chrane
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:12 PM
>>>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List; NFB of Maryland e-mail list
>>>>> Cc: Blind_Democrats at yahoogroups.com
>>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>>>>> Sequestration
>>>>>
>>>>> Email
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: senator at mikulski.senate.gov
>>>>> To: kenneth.chrane at verizon.net
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:40 AM
>>>>> Subject: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and Sequestration
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Chrane:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for contacting me about the fiscal cliff and the federal
>>> deficit.
>>>>> It's good to hear from you.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Americans need to have a government on their side that is capable of
>>>>> solving tough problems.  That's why Congress must act now to avoid
>>>>> the devastating impact of the fiscal cliff and across-the-board cuts
>>> known as sequester.
>>>>> Without swift action to avoid the fiscal cliff, millions of
>>>>> Americans would see their taxes go up and face spending cuts that
>>>>> could bring our nation back into recession.  The longer we delay the
>>>>> more damage we do to ourselves and the economy.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My principles for avoiding the fiscal cliff are simple.  We must
>>>>> have a combination of spending cuts and new revenue to reduce our
>>>>> debt and still grow the economy.  We must also protect the social
>>>>> contract between the American people and their government.  Medicare
>>>>> and Medicaid need to be reformed and refreshed not gutted or
> block-granted.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe there are ways to achieve the savings required to avoid
>>>>> the fiscal cliff in a balanced and thoughtful way.  We can start by
>>>>> letting the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts expire for households making more
>>>>> than
>>> $250,000 per year.
>>>>> This could save an estimated $700 billion over 10 years.  We can
>>>>> also make thoughtful and balanced cuts to spending - both military
>>>>> and domestic - that will begin to reduce our deficit.  That's why I
>>>>> supported the Budget Control Act passed by Congress in 2011 that
>>>>> would require $900 billion in cuts over
>>>>> 10 years.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What we can't do, however, is use across-the-board spending cuts to
>>>>> get us to a balanced budget.  It would unfairly harm middle-class
>>>>> families and do nothing to raise the additional revenue needed to
>>>>> reduce the deficit.  In Maryland alone, this could result in the
>>>>> loss of tens of thousands of jobs and $3.1 billion to our state economy.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to prevent
>>>>> the fiscal cliff and make thoughtful and balanced changes to our
>>>>> spending policy to reduce our national debt.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again for getting in touch with me.  Knowing of your views is
>>>>> very important to me.  Please let me know if I can be of any
>>>>> assistance to you in the future.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Barbara A. Mikulski
>>>>> United States Senator
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please do not respond directly to this e-mail. The originating
>>>>> e-mail account is not monitored.
>>>>> If you would like to get in touch with me again, please visit the
>>>>> comments page of my website here.
>>>>> If you would like to get regular updates, please sign up for my
>>>>> E-Newsletter here.
>>>>> Please follow me on Twitter and Facebook.
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 3
>>>>> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:26:49 -0800
>>>>> From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
>>>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff    and
>>>>>   Sequestration
>>>>> Message-ID: <FA5FCD01-4B82-498E-9B35-DFB84CD831E3 at panix.com>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=us-ascii
>>>>>
>>>>> Rehab funding.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike Freeman
>>>>> sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 20, 2012, at 19:17, "Humberto Avila"
>>>>> <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> And what does this have to do with the NFB? How are we impacted?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>>> Kenneth Chrane
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:12 PM
>>>>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List; NFB of Maryland e-mail list
>>>>>> Cc: Blind_Democrats at yahoogroups.com
>>>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] {Disarmed} Fw: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and
>>>>>> Sequestration
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Email
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: senator at mikulski.senate.gov
>>>>>> To: kenneth.chrane at verizon.net
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:40 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff and Sequestration
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Mr. Chrane:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for contacting me about the fiscal cliff and the federal
>>>>> deficit.
>>>>>> It's good to hear from you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Americans need to have a government on their side that is capable
>>>>>> of
>>>>> solving
>>>>>> tough problems.  That's why Congress must act now to avoid the
>>>>>> devastating impact of the fiscal cliff and across-the-board cuts
>>>>>> known
>>> as sequester.
>>>>>> Without swift action to avoid the fiscal cliff, millions of
>>>>>> Americans
>>>>> would
>>>>>> see their taxes go up and face spending cuts that could bring our
>>>>>> nation back into recession.  The longer we delay the more damage we
>>>>>> do to
>>>>> ourselves
>>>>>> and the economy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My principles for avoiding the fiscal cliff are simple.  We must
>>>>>> have a combination of spending cuts and new revenue to reduce our
>>>>>> debt and still grow the economy.  We must also protect the social
>>>>>> contract between the American people and their government.
>>>>>> Medicare and Medicaid need to be reformed and refreshed not gutted
>>>>>> or
>>> block-granted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe there are ways to achieve the savings required to avoid
>>>>>> the
>>>>> fiscal
>>>>>> cliff in a balanced and thoughtful way.  We can start by letting
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> 2001 and 2003 tax cuts expire for households making more than
>>>>>> $250,000 per
>>>>> year.
>>>>>> This could save an estimated $700 billion over 10 years.  We can
>>>>>> also make thoughtful and balanced cuts to spending - both military
>>>>>> and domestic -
>>>>> that
>>>>>> will begin to reduce our deficit.  That's why I supported the
>>>>>> Budget
>>>>> Control
>>>>>> Act passed by Congress in 2011 that would require $900 billion in
>>>>>> cuts
>>>>> over
>>>>>> 10 years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What we can't do, however, is use across-the-board spending cuts to
>>>>>> get us to a balanced budget.  It would unfairly harm middle-class
>>>>>> families and do nothing to raise the additional revenue needed to
>>>>>> reduce the deficit.  In Maryland alone, this could result in the
>>>>>> loss of tens of thousands of jobs and $3.1 billion to our state
> economy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to prevent
>>>>>> the
>>>>> fiscal
>>>>>> cliff and make thoughtful and balanced changes to our spending
>>>>>> policy to reduce our national debt.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again for getting in touch with me.  Knowing of your views
>>>>>> is very important to me.  Please let me know if I can be of any
>>>>>> assistance to you
>>>>> in
>>>>>> the future.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>> Barbara A. Mikulski
>>>>>> United States Senator
>
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