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Seniors continue to contribute

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I am writing in response to Philip Camden’s insulting letter, which appeared in Tuesday’s edition, in which he referred to our recent Washington Senior Expo as “a gaggle of politicians pandering to senior citizens who did not prepare for their futures and are now looking for handouts to be provided by those who actually work and contribute?.”

This year’s Senior Expo featured over 100 participating groups, many of them nonprofits who do amazing work for our senior citizens. The seniors I spoke with that day included veterans who fought for our nation’s freedom and others working for minimum wage well into their seventies and eighties. These are taxpaying citizens, many of them members of the Greatest Generation. Our seniors have contributed and continue to contribute in ways Camden will likely never fully comprehend; to portray them as ?looking for handouts? is not only factually incorrect, it’s also ignorant and offensive.

A quick Google search shows Camden’s home in Windermere, Fla. is approximately 954 miles away. I would respectfully invite him to make the trip for next year’s Senior Expo so he can see the hard work done by our Area Agency on Aging and all the other groups working in partnership with our seniors, but I suspect many of my constituents would just as soon have Camden and his offensive attitude towards our senior citizens remain in Florida.

I respectfully suggest Camden take some time to volunteer at his local senior center; he obviously has too much time on his hands and has quite a bit to learn about the true contributions senior citizens make to the community.

Jesse White

Cecil

White represents Pennsylvania’s 46th Legislative District in the state House of Representatives.

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