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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1985
Page
6
The Independent newspaper, established in 1883, lists J P Hladky Jr as Chairman of the Board of Directors and John Robertson as Managing Editor. Art Heusinkveld is named Editor of Editorial Pages with an Editorial Board Chairman.
A radio spoof for Drive-Thru U highlights doubts about degree worth as Secretary of Education and the Association of American Colleges criticize watered down curricula. They warn many programs fail to expose students to diverse disciplines, risking degrees of limited practical value. Alumni and students are urged to press for fuller curricula.
Washington reports Bernie Kalb of CBS becomes assistant to Secretary of State Shultz and Pat Buchanan joins as White House communications director. The piece argues mixed wisdom of journalists crossing into government and notes past examples and potential public consequences.
At a January press conference President Reagan said he pays no attention to long term projections and proposed ending the annual five year budget requirement. Critics note his stance fits a longtime pattern in federal budgeting history. The passage hints at an incomplete historical account.
The article traces the history of budget processes from the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 to the 1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act, noting ongoing criticism. It presents Reagan era views that five-year projections are political football and opposing arguments that such projections force presidential clarity on goals and plans.
Rudolph G. Penner of the Congressional Budget Office notes the budget process yields forecast information and underpins long term projections for the White House. The piece explains how Reagan-era assumptions on rates inflation and growth inform multi year defense spending and debt costs. It argues long term projections aid planning and policy justification.
The piece argues that Carter's last budget projecting a 1982 deficit of 27.5 billion and zero by 1984, versus Reagan's larger outcome, shows long term forecasts are largely guesswork yet useful for revealing economic directions and pressing realism. Projections depend on policy and events, and help evaluate impacts on middle class subsidies and reforms.
Reagan argues against five year presidential budget projections claiming they are meaningless due to uncertain Congress and unpredictable factors like war weather and politics. He warns that official future forecasts falsely imply precision and can mislead policy choices.
Letters defend farming as a high tech, businesslike profession and urge respect for farmers expanding operations. The piece cites postwar equipment, bank lending, and costs of modernization, and contrasts farm progress with unemployment risks in the farm crisis. It also notes local public hearings on building permits and housing rehab, plus CF Bowl-For-Breath event details.
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