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In a message dated 10/12/99 10:05:25 AM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << Also, hope we can find a way to raise the awareness of the costs to the economy including disability, medication, loss of productivity and that the return on investment in research would more than pay for the initial output of funds. >> Ruth, The following was curt from a letter my wife wrote to our Representative: PD sufferers consume nearly 68.5 million dollars a day (25 billion a year-most from the government). We are grateful for the money, but would greatly prefer a cure for PD. When that cure is found, over one million Americans will again be able to be proficient parents, partners, and citizens. Medical research is one of the wisest, most compassionate and most fiscally responsible investments we can make with our tax dollars. Time is money. Time is also the stuff of life. Please help us save both PWP lives and the government's money. Appropriate the full $100,000,000 authorized by the Udall Act. Do it soon.