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Letters: Stop killing trees for government documents

Copies of President Donald Trump’s first budget are displayed at the Government Printing Office in Washington.
Copies of President Donald Trump’s first budget are displayed at the Government Printing Office in Washington. AP

I couldn’t help but notice the stacks and stacks of printed booklets containing President Trump’s budget. How many trees died, and how much of our money did the government spend printing a budget that won’t be passed anyway?

Here’s a thought: All of our representatives and senators need to purchase their own iPad, and documents such as this should be published in electronic format only.

Mary Boyd

Lexington

This story was originally published March 22, 2017 at 5:06 PM with the headline "Letters: Stop killing trees for government documents."

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