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LETTER: Car allowances and food stamps: A great injustice

Las Vegas children go hungry as low-income families see reductions in food stamp benefits. Yet some of Southern Nevada’s highest paid public employees receive up to $700 a month as a car allowance, the Review-Journal reports.

Why?

I would like a BMW. Guess I’ll run for office to get one.

Time for an investigation.

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