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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1986
Page
7
The Gazette Editorial argues Congress should not adopt a temporary tax amnesty to cut the deficit. It warns of uncertain short term gains, long term damage, and a dangerous precedent that would reward evasion and discourage compliance. Instead it urges spending cuts or tax reform for real deficit reduction.
A Louis Harris poll in Iowa and Nebraska found farmers largely reject the idea that Jews caused the credit crunch. About 13 percent show anti Semitic attitudes but most farmers deny the charge, with broader intolerance down from earlier decades yet still present in public discourse.
In Washington 41 senators denounce Canadian lumber imports while a warmer political climate emerges. The administration, led by Clayton Yeutter as trade representative, shifts toward addressing tariffs and surpluses with earlier protectionist urges tempered by realism about economic and political pressures on Capitol Hill.
The report notes a planned Ways and Means Committee retreat with Rostenkowski and Yeutter to shape a spring trade bill, while a revived textile and shoe import restriction faces a possible veto. Yeutter cites improved climate yet signals delayed effects. a 30 percent dollar drop shifts competitiveness, with exports rising slowly and protections fading as the U.S. gains latitude in trade disputes.
Economists Lowell Gallaway and Richard Vedder contend that higher AFDC and welfare spending correlates with increased poverty. Analyzing 1966 to 1984 national data, they find 5.7 million people live in poverty by choice and each extra $1 billion in welfare raises the poverty count by 250,000, with mixed state results.
James Kilpatrick notes that ten low benefit states show faster poverty declines than the U S average, while higher AFDC levels correlate with higher child poverty. He cites 1969 1984 child poverty shifts and questions whether more welfare actually reduces poverty. Universal Press Syndicate
Russell Baker recounts a doctor under threat of malpractice suits as they plan a candid account for the press. The piece blends medical ethics with journalistic duty, noting the precarious balance between truth, public interest, and legal risk.
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