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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1989
Page
6
Editorial argues Iowa must build on recent revenue gains and recovery while avoiding complacency. It notes Iowa’s slow population growth, ranks among the lowest, and urges leaders to pursue balanced growth that raises living standards for all residents without resting on past achievements.
A call to state lawmakers to foster orderly economic expansion in Iowa without handouts and with cooperation between government and business. The piece urges fair civil liability limits, reconsideration of interstate banking, protection of right to work, support for health care and child care, clean water, and improving education funding.
Iowa lawmakers seek shared responsibility for growth and improvements. The agenda covers fuel tax reform, converting agricultural wealth, boosting tourism, overhauling juvenile detention, and ending 60 percent bond referendums in favor of majority rule.
Texas freshman Rep. Richard K. Armey, a conservative economist, rises from obstructionist tactics to push a plan to shut military bases. Despite being a junior Republican and not on Armed Services, he uses Budget Committee influence to identify underutilized bases and secure passage within two years, illustrating the difficulty and craft needed to enact change.
Armey describes a costly two-year campaign to overhaul base closing. He argues bipartisan support came from a fair process: ceding decision power to a bipartisan commission, discarding environmental tie-ins, and approving the list unless blocked in 45 days. Outside editorials helped build cross‑partisan backing.
In a sequence from December to January, Yasser Arafat renounced terrorism then issued a murder threat against Bethlehem mayor Elias Freij, illustrating the PLO’s continued use of violence to enforce discipline among Palestinians and deter independent proposals. The piece argues this explains why Israel resists negotiating with the PLO despite U.S. calls.
George F. Will argues that information and health guidance widen gaps between the advantaged and disadvantaged. He cites Jay McInerney on drugs becoming unfashionable among his peers and Harvard’s James Q. Wilson on how affluence shapes drug use and treatment access.
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