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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 2014
Page
6
Cedar Rapids retiree Fred Hubler critiques climate alarmists and IPCC claims, opposing that carbon rise guarantees warming. He cites Hansen and Trenberth, questions model reliability, notes plateauing temperatures, Arctic and Antarctic ice variation, and criticizes grants and rent-seeking tied to climate policy including Obamacare implications.
Lore on hitchhiking fades from modern life as fear and comfort end the practice. The piece traces warnings from the 1950s to California studies showing minimal crime links, noting a brief revival via online ridesharing but overall decline across the US and UK.
Readers discuss sales tax fairness between online and brick and mortar retailers, and argue for city property tax stability. They criticize state leadership, concern over executive orders, and advocate protecting Iowa Juvenile Home and mental health funding amid proposed cuts. Citizens urge prioritizing social services over new sports funds and pro sports expenditures.
Iowa faces a potential minimum wage increase as 13 states raise pay in 2014. Analysts say 2.5 million nationally would gain, with 78 percent of affected workers 20 or older and 43 percent full time. In Iowa, single parents earning under a living wage would benefit, though opponents warn of job loss. Studies find little consensus on employment effects, while editorials urge indexing to inflation and broader anti-poverty measures. Heather Gibney of the Iowa Policy Project provides analysis.
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