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February 19, 2004

Taxpayer-Financed Vroom
Thursday, February 19, 2004; Page A22

It is unbelievable that the White House gets away with calling the president’s trip to the Daytona 500 “non-political,” exempting it from being charged to his reelection campaign [“Gentlemen, Start Your Campaigns,” front page, Feb. 16].

As a taxpayer, I would be outraged regardless of which party held the office of president. But it is even more irritating in light of the enormous campaign treasury the president has.

PATRICIA WELLER
Emmitsburg, Md.

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