“Politicians are out of control. Their yearly salaries are more than an average person will see in a lifetime. They have been entrusted with the power to regulate their own salaries, and have grossly violated that trust to live in their own luxury.”

1990s, Letter to the Union-Sun & Journal (1992)

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American army soldier, security guard, terrorist 1968–2001

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