Critique of the Social Security Bill and Its Economic Impact
The article analyzes the new Social Security bill, noting it ends benefit indexing and funds the program by a $227 billion transfer over a decade. It highlights wedges in payroll costs, tax increases, and the potential collapse of private capital, urging tax cuts and benefit reforms to reduce unemployment and preserve the private sector.
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Carter
David Ratigan
Arthur Laffer
Treasunrg
William Simon
Congress
Federal Treasury
Blacks and Alcohol Abuse in the Black Community
The piece links fetal alcohol effects to heavy drinking by expectant mothers and cites FDA concerns. It discusses a rise in women drinkers, the role of liquor stores in Black neighborhoods, and calls for leadership and public discussion to curb alcoholism and liquor licensing.
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Ree
Fos and Drug Administration
Donald Kennedy
Efprce
Alcomol
Guilup
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Jesse Lv Yackgon
Shirley Chisholm
Los Angeles Times
California Black Commission On Alcoholism
Los Angeles County
Black Commission
State
Alcoholic Beverage Control Agency
Ebony
Dear Mrs S and the suicide crisis faith guidance
Mrs S asks why her testimony about a suicide attempt is met with disbelief. The response thanks God for saving her, notes a higher purpose to witness to discouraged people, and suggests changes in life may surprise friends. It considers that others may doubt or feel embarrassed by such a personal crisis and unusual details.
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DR. Graham
Public Servants Targeted as Government Waste Critique
A government official criticizes federal workers calling a third a disaster and urges dismissal. The piece notes recent bureaucratic blunders from the Interior Department and a Chicago appeals ruling limiting firing civil servants for off duty drug possession. It cites Byington of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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John Byington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Poland
State Department
Chicago
Byington
Drug Agency Addicted To Friends and Kin
A Washington feature exposes how NIDA executives and their close circle rewarded friends and relatives with contracts and consultancies. Lee Dogoloff and his wife Mary Lou leveraged links to Katon and RPC, drawing millions in NIDA work while roles blurred between official duty and personal gain.
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Washington
National Institute On Drug Abuse
NIDA
Lee Dogoloff
Mary Lou
Dogoloff
White House
President Carter
Mary Lou Dogoloff
New York
BRX
Maryland
Marco Systems, Inc
Valerie Strauss
Howie Kurtz
Ional
Thailand
Lee
Robert DuPont
Richard Eaton
DuPont
Katon
RPC
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