IRS Critics Call for Tax Reform and Savings Incentives
The piece argues the income tax is misapplied by many relief rules and urges phasing out the interest deduction while introducing a savings exemption to encourage real savings. It cites the Liberty Amendment and notes the burden of complex tax rules on ordinary taxpayers. It discusses borrowing for vacations and saving via certificates, warning of heavy federal tax subsidies on interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
Karl Marx
Ira C. Copley
Illinois
Copley Press
Congress
Europe
U.S. Treasury
Police urge capital punishment to curb Britain's crime surge
The Police Federation in England and Wales calls for return of capital punishment after a decade and a half of rising crime. It cites Scotland Yard data showing London’s violent robbery up 34 percent, muggings 41 percent, and armed robberies doubling. MPs decide whether to restore the punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Police Federation
England
Wales
Scotland Yard
London
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Reagan's Early Impact on Party Realignment and Shifts
The piece argues Reagan began a political realignment after 1980, noting historic charismatic leaders Lincoln Roosevelt and FDR, and detailing early party switches to Reagan Republicanism, including Atkinson, Stump, Von Reichbauer, Pierce, Keller, and Owens, plus regional shifts that crossed the Mason-Dixon line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Reichbauer
Washington
Pierce and Keller
Texas
Bill Owens
Massachusetts
Freedom shows small gain in global liberty counts
Gastil of Freedom House in New York reports a slight rise in people living under freedom from 32 percent in 1972 to 35.9 percent today, with 20.1 percent partially free and 44 percent not free. He notes progress in parts of Europe and Latin America, cautious hope for Africa, and warns against relying on UN rhetoric. The piece critiques colonial legacies and cold war dynamics while calling for continued scrutiny of political and civil rights worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond D. Gastil
Freedom House
New York City
Gastil
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Willie
Tom
China
Mao
Spain
Portugal
Peru
Ecuador
Colombia
Venezuela
Brazil
Ghana
Nigeria
Bastille
U.N. General Assembly
United Nations
Unesco
New World Information Order
Reader Letters Critique Local Court Sentence and Shuttle Coverage
A letter writer condemns a seven month sentence for assault on a four month old, urging the Aiken Standard to campaign for infant protection. A reader laments front page focus on the Aiken Trials over national shuttle news, and a third thanks local citizens for support after a car accident with praise for the Aiken Track Club and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Standard
Steve Wong
Aiken County
Ronald Wood
Batesburg
W.L. Weeks
Laurel Drive
Sabrina Burton
Westmont Drive
Aiken
Aiken Track Club
Track Club
Cole
Samuel J. Fusaro
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Ting
ADP
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Reagan
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Lincoln
Free State
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Cleveland
Teddy Roosevelt
Our Nation
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Atkinson
Arizona
Stump
Mr. Gastil
Leopold II
Belgium
Idi Amin
Bokassa
Russia
Cuba
Africa
Nicaragua
Middle East
Afghanistan
Poland
Aus
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