Paying The Piper Calling The Tune Pay Raises Stir Criticism
The 15 percent House pay increase to 69 762 in 1983 and the Senate rejection of a pay rise for outside honoraria spark anger amid 12 million unemployed. Critics urge trimming congressional staff costs and capping outside fees while defending inflation aligned salaries.
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Reagan
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Legislative Branch
California
Clair W. Burgener
Battle over executive privilege tests limits of disclosure
The Watergate era precedent shapes current clashes between Congress and presidents over access to documents. The Nixon tapes highlighted limits, while the Gorsuch contempt case raises new questions about executive privilege and disclosure, with federal courts and possibly the Supreme Court to resolve the balance.
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Congress
Executive Branch
Supreme Court
Richard Nixon
House
Anne Gorsuch
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Gorsuch
White House
EPA
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Liberty means responsibility Shaw quote
Thought for Today quotes George Bernard Shaw on liberty and duty. It notes that freedom carries responsibility, a concept some readers may find daunting.
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George Bernard Shaw
Tax Burden on Corporations Contrary to Reagan Myth
A Stockholders Against the Government Burden study shows 80 large U S corporations paid taxes averaging 16.4 percent of net earnings in 1981, up from 15.3 percent in 1979, contradicting claims that corporate taxes are disappearing.
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Washington
Robert Lekachman
City University of New York
Aganda
Alexandria
U.S
Lekachman
SAGE
Carl Olson
General Motors
Mobil
Exxon
Gulf
Getty
Texaco
Ford Motor Co
Standard Oil of
Ohio
Anheuser- Busch
Olson
the Sage
Food Faddists Are No Longer Ridiculed
The piece notes shifts in medical views on diet and cancer prevention. It mentions beta-carotene from carrots and vitamins A C E, selenium, and retinoids as potential safeguards. It cites trials at Harvard and planned human studies, plus geographic selenium effects, concluding food faddists are no longer laughed at.
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United States
National Academy of Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Wall Street Journal
Harvard Medical
Dakotas
Kansas
Abolition of Federal Reserve Advocated in Readers Letter
Sam E. Youngblood argues for abolishing the Federal Reserve System and returning to the Constitution. He cites rising national debt, inflation, and Fed critiques, mentions state resolutions and indictments, praises Reagan, Strom Thurmond, and Theodore Roosevelt, and recalls WWII veteran Joe Feagin.
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Billy B. Jones
Federal Reserve
U.S
Alabama
Congress
L. B. Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Johnson
Carter
Strom Thurmond
Ronald Reagan
Theodore Roosevelt
Joe Feagin
P. O
Bath
Rating Our Presidents in the Augusta Chronicle Herald
The Augusta Chronicle Herald ranking lists Washington Lincoln and Eisenhower as top presidents, with Franklin D Roosevelt labeled as the worst for alleged deception. The piece notes Olin Johnston’s role in Social Security and Rural Electrification and critiques the era 1932 to 1942 as a low mood period.
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Augusta Chronicle Herald
U.S
George Washington
Abe Lincoln
Dwight Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Olin D. Johnston
Roosevelt
Favors Raise For Competent Congress Members
Representative Butler Derrick backs the recent congressional pay raise saying it will attract capable people. The speaker questions colleagues’ competence given inflation and budget issues, arguing pay should reward performance.
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Butler Derrick
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