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LETTER: State wasted tobacco money 

After reading how Iowa's so-called stewards of taxpayer money, of which Dearden is a proud member, managed to squander $2 billion of tobacco-settlement money in five years, private accounts are the only safe option we have.

How can anyone trust these people anymore? I don't. If a business had misused corporate funds like the state has ours, the crooks would be on the way to jail. Instead, they are running for re-election. Government couldn't operate a day under the same scrutiny as Wall Street.

I'd be hanging my head in shame instead of buying ads and deceiving the public about how good a job I was doing.

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