Income Transfers as Political Theft and the Middle Class
Editorial argues the U S government acts as a transfer agent taking from taxpayers to fund food stamps AFDC and other programs. It contends about 248 billion this year funds politically favored projects, impoverishing the working class and enfranchising dependents since the 1960s. It urges middle class mobilization against redistribution of earnings.
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United States
Ing
AFDC
Beck
Pace University Graduate School of Business
Boxes and boxes a mother hoards from boxes to keepsakes
A reflection on a mother who is described as a "box junkie" who loves collecting boxes for every use. The narrator recalls gifts kept in boxes, boxes stashed around the house, and ponder what she will leave behind, including ribbons and bows.
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Pyenna Oan Beck
Mother
Saks
Nieman-Marcus
Texas
Losses by Conrail and the politics of public funding
Anthony Harrigan reviews Conrail in 1977, noting a 5307 million loss on 3.3 billion revenue. He blames public funding, union rules, and political pressures for persistent heavy losses and argues private capital would perform better without union restraints. He cites Track rehabilitation costs and a directorate lacking rail experience, calling public rail operations inefficient and boondoggles.
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Anthony Harrigan
Consolidated Rail Corporation
Conrail
Congress
Northeast
Conraill
Trains Magazine
IRS
US Postal Service
Japan
West Germany
Racial busing in cities leaves schools segregated again
A Los Angeles Times Syndicate report notes that despite court orders, major U.S. school systems resegregate as white flight and urban withdrawal persist. In cities from New York to Cleveland, most schools remain predominantly black or white, with suburban separation intensifying.
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Spreme
Washington, D.C
Detroit
HEW
Supreme Court
U.S. News and World Report
Wus
Brookings Institution
Cies
Brookings
New York City
Craily
New Orleans
Atlanta
Ohio
Cleveland
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Sticking finger in Carter's eye
Zambia’s President Kaunda denounces Rhodesia's internal settlement and warns of war if guerrilla leaders gain power. He cites Soviet Cuban guerrilla support, warns of invasion, and boosts U.S. aid to Zambia amid criticism at home as Washington debates Rhodesian policy.
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Ron Auer Oe Agan
Kenneth Kaunda
Kaunda
Zambia
Rhodesia
Washington
Carter
Tan Smith
Salisbury
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Smith
Caban
Africa
Andrew Young
U.s-U.s.s.r
White House
U.S
Bell and Case in New Jersey Senate race spotlight
The right New Jersey race features incumbent Republican Clifford Case facing a conservative challenge from Jeffrey Bell. Bell, a former National Review staffer, pushes tax cuts, welfare skepticism, and strong defense, arguing Case leans liberal while Bell advocates Kemp Kempnut style reform.
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Burley
New Jersey
Clifford Case
Jeffrey Bell
Jacob Javits
Charles Mathias
ADA
Jeff Bell
Polit
National Review
Columbia University
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
National Review F
Columbia
Vietnam
Sacramento
Washington
Senate
John Kennedy
Case
Bell
Kemp-Kotnut
Ussr
Jack Kemp
New York
Kemp-Bell
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