Perot’s easy fix for federal debt questioned
Editorial notes Perot’s claim that balancing the budget is easy by cutting waste and reforming taxes and seeking defense payments from Europe and Japan. It contrasts his stance with proposals like Tsongas for sacrifices, citing a Gazette poll and public demand for straight answers.
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H. Ross Perot
U.S. Comptroller
Perot
Internal Revenue Service
Electronic Data Systems Corp
United States
Medicare
Social Security
Reagan
Walter Mondale
Mondale
Gazette Teleus
Paul Tsongas
Wheels of justice grind to a halt on illegal prisoners
An Associated Press report notes state and federal prisons are overcrowded with inmates who entered the U S illegally and have since been convicted. Some 1500 illegal aliens are jailed in New York state prisons alone, with many released into the general population instead of facing deportation. Officials acknowledge the issue, but the system remains unchanged. The piece argues for resolving deportation questions while inmates are still detained rather than after release.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Right and Wrong English in Spokesperson Statements
A commentary on pronoun agreement and grammar in spokesperson quotes. It critiques misused phrases like these sort and these kind and offers corrected forms such as these sorts or this kind. It also discusses comparisons using than and us versus as.
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MGM
Jobs versus environment a false dichotomy says Mathews
Jessica Mathews argues that the real choice is not between nature and jobs but between which jobs survive. She cites U S fisheries declines after 200-mile limits, turtle protection costs for shrimpers, and old growth forest impact on the spotted owl, urging economic transitions toward preserving natural capital.
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Jessica Mathews
Owl
America
U.S
United States
Volunteers Key to Helping Children Amid Growing Hardship
The column emphasizes that volunteers are essential as poverty and risk rise for children. It cites Iowa and national statistics on child poverty, infant mortality, juvenile crime, and abuse, urging adults to mentor, tutor, advocate, and support through groups like the Junior League during National Volunteer Week to improve outcomes for youth.
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Iowa
Junior League
Closing U of hygiene program sparks criticism in Iowa
Marijo Beasler voices ire over the April 15 Board of Regents decision to close the University of Iowa Dental Hygiene Program. She argues the move shifts costs to taxpayers, threatens access to care, and questions funding to start a new two year program at Kirkwood Community College.
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University of Iowa
Board of Regents
U of I
Iowa
Kirkwood Community College
Regents
Department of Public Instruction
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Imex Co
Wall Street Journal
Atlantic
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Washington Post
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