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Response to a Promise

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Response to a Promise         The following are samples of responses to my previous blog, "The Value of a Promise".  Thank you to everyone who reached out to make their feelings known and help shine a light on this important subject.         February 14, 2026:  I have added many letters from retirees who could be affected by any changes.  They have all given permission for their letters to be made public.           If you have a response that you would like me to add to this post,  feel free to email it to 4todayzhistory@gmail.com. Emily Jacobs-Robarts (wife of former UHS principal Jack Robarts) February 3, 2026 I am an 84 year old widow living on my Massachusetts Teachers' Pension and social security.  I was disturbed to hear that the Town of Uxbridge was planning to severely curtail the subsidy for my health insurance.  If finances in the town are in dire straits, would it not be more p...
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The Value of a Promise

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  The Value of a Promise        Uxbridge, Massachusetts is, pretty much, the only world I have known. I’ve lived my entire life here, worked here, raised my family here, and I plan to live out my days here.  It has given me a fantastic life for which I am forever grateful.        But, it is not perfect.  And when issues arise that have the potential to harm it and its people, points of discussion need to be raised.     So please bear with me      On August 14, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Bill into law.  According to the US Government's website, ssa.org , “ The Social Security Act established two types of provisions for old-age security: (1) Federal aid to the States to enable them to provide cash pensions to their needy aged, and (2) a system of Federal old-age benefits for retired workers. The first measure was design...
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This Is My Truth

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  Three years ago, I wrote a blog listing the many things that I was grateful for. It was an exercise in self-awareness that was good for my mind, heart, and blood-pressure. The other day I had a bit of an epiphany, and decided to do something similar, but using a different track.  There seem to be fewer truths in our world. This AI, fake news, social media driven universe we inhabit has created more questions than answers. So many “facts” that I filled my personal reality bubble with made me a happy, comfortable, and apparently naive person. Slowly this reality came crashing down like a shower of meteor strikes, breaking my secure force field and leaving an apocalyptic burning landscape across the horizon as far as the eye can see.          Hyperbolic? One-hundred percent, much like many present day headlines. But…I did firmly believe that Bill Cosby was a great man I should model myself after, Lance Armstrong was a legitimate, legendary champion, and...
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