Voices on ethics in foreign policy and Medicare fuse in critique
The Des Moines Register argues the United States pursues a morally lacking foreign policy and faces pressure on Medicare. It criticizes Clinton for not joining an anti-personnel mine ban and for climate stance at Kyoto. It suggests reform options including delaying Medicare eligibility and reallocating costs.
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Des Moines Register
Low jobless rate masks looming labor shortage
The piece argues 46 percent unemployment is misleading, highlighting a looming shortage of qualified workers due to demographic trends. It cites Hudson Institute economist Alan Reynolds and notes aging baby boomers, stagnant youth labor force growth, and education and immigration issues as factors. It warns of long-term economic risk and calls for policy action.
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Hudson Institute
Congress
Joe Dealey
Alan Reynolds
Electronic Data Systems
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Texas
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American Association of Retired Persons
Social Security
Wright criticizes downsizing and tax rules harming experienced workers
Jim Wright, senior columnist for the Dallas Morning News, blisteringly critiques down sizing and income tax policies that remove the second earner from households. He argues the nation still battles low mood and joblessness but now faces a skilled shortage as rules push older workers out to pasture.
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Dallas Morning News
Local couple recalls love sparked by mushrooms and charity
A letter recounts how a Kiwanis member and Joan Weems met during Salvation Army bell ringing in 1980, rode to Augusta for Christmas shopping, later wed in September, and continue volunteering with the service club. The author urges safe fog light use and offers contact.
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Lois McFadden
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Erich Segal
Aiken celebrates first partner city Orvieto Italy
George Custody reports Partners in Friendship celebrates formalizing a sister city link with Orvieto Italy after a weeklong visit by its delegation led by Mayor Stefano Cimicchi. The partnership envisages ongoing exchanges in commerce tourism education and arts. An August 1998 high school student exchange and Valentini exhibition at Etherredge Center highlight ties.
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