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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1982
Page
9
The piece discusses the share of the federal budget for income transfer and retirement programs, noting Social Security over 60 percent of transfers and Medicare rising faster than pensions. It cites demographic aging, indexing, and perceived medical costs as drivers of cost growth.
The piece argues for fixing the federal retirement system, noting a 525 percent growth from 1970 to 1980 and widespread double dipping. It weighs options: raise payroll taxes, roll back eligibility, tax benefits, reform Medicare, and bring federal workers into Social Security, with emphasis on eliminating unfunded liabilities and reconsidering need based transfers.
Mike Mellhon of Cedar Rapids, a businessman with Tools Inc., teaches economics at Mount Mercy and Kirkwood Colleges. He offers economic commentaries for public radio stations KCCK and KUNI in this periodical invitation for local views.
A Washington Kennedy Center accident during On Your Toes injures Natalia Makarova as pipe hits her shoulder and head. The event triggers a broader reflection on life extension and the ethics of new medical technologies, including artificial hearts and brain transplants.
The piece highlights common headline and wording mistakes such as quandry vs quandary and feisty vs feisty, plus phase versus phase versus affect versus effect. It notes editors’ frustration when errors slip into print and linger in readers’ minds.
Walter Scott provides a lighthearted look at celebrities and social notes in PARADE. The column previews interviews, fashion glimpses, and entertaining anecdotes set for this Sunday edition.
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