Editorial: tax reform could preserve IRA benefits while boosting savings
The piece discusses Senator Grassley’s support for preserving IRA benefits amid reform, and explores a radical plan to tax the initial contribution but tax free the interest and withdrawals. It argues this could be revenue neutral, spur savings, and offer ordinary taxpayers a better deal while maintaining reform. It urges thorough investigation and attention by the joint conference committee.
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Iowa
Charles Grassley
Aldona
Gary Robbins
Wall Street Journal
Congress
Senate
Robert Dole
Grassley
Joint Conference Committee
Maine voters reject broad obscenity ban by two to one
The Maine referendum on outlawing obscene material drew national interest amid debate over censorship. Voters rejected the proposal two to one, in a result seen as a test of public attitudes toward free speech and privacy rights amid a national debate on pornography and morality.
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Maine
Playboy
Scalia Seen as foe of free speech in El Nino column
A columnist argues Antonin Scalia embodies government secrecy and First Amendment limits, labeling him the worst enemy of free speech in America. The piece critiques his views on institutional privacy and libel doctrine while noting political and ethnic angles in his Supreme Court prospects.
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Atlanta
South America
el Nino
Antonin
Nino) Scalia
Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
America
High Court
Ed Meese
Pat Buchanan
Scalia
Reagan
White House
Ferraro Zaccaro
Cuomo
American Enterprise Institute
William Rehnquist
John Mitchell
Richard Kleindienst
Thee
Reflecting on Vietnam Memory at Johnson Library Exhibit
California Assemblyman Tom Hayden critiques the Johnson era foreign policy amid a museum exhibit on the Vietnam War. He argues the Tonkin Gulf incident and bombings misrepresented history and urges humility. He contrasts the Johnson Library with the Vietnam Memorial in Washington and calls for a postwar foreign policy consensus.
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Glassboro
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
South Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf
Johnson
America
Rambo
Ronald Reagan
Johnson Library
Washington
Earth
California
Tom Hayden
Hofstra University
Filipinos blamed for Marcos excesses and chaos
In Manila crowds view Imelda Marcos wardrobes as symbol of era’s plunder. The piece argues Aquino faces communist risk and economic woes, with U.S. aid and bases shaping policy amid regional power shifts and Vatican influence.
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Manila
Malacanang Palace
Imelda Marcos
Imelda
Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Marcos
Uncle Sam
New People’s Army
NPA
Time Magazine
Khmer Rouge
Cambodia
Shining Path
Peru
Aquino
China Sea
U.S
Islands
Clark Field
Cavite
Madame Aquino
Camranh Bay
Vietnam
Western Pacific
America
Palau
John Paul II
Christians For National Liberation” Movement
National Democratic Front
Ferdinand Marcos
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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J.F. Hladky, Sr
Joe Hladky III
John Donnelly
John Robertson
Art Heusinkveld
Debbie
Dallas
William Safire
St Arps Bume
Pent
Mommy
Sacramento
Calif
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Austin
Texas
Central America
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
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