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Public Serpent

Iran-contra villain Elliot Abrams is back in action

By Terry J. Allen

A nursing home aide earning minimum wage caring for Alzheimer’s patients is an unskilled laborer. A grade school teacher pulling down $25,000 a year in a crumbling inner-city school is barely a professional. But a politician reaping power, pay, perks and retirement packages is a public servant. Calling George W. Bush and Jesse Helms “public servants” is like calling Iran-contra… return to article

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