Social Security overhaul urged for fairer benefits
The letter argues for a complete revision of Social Security laws to reduce inequities. It criticizes the regressive tax structure, calls benefits a welfare program not insurance, and proposes steps to fund and adjust benefits by ability to pay and need. It suggests eliminating trust funds, taxing employee portions via higher income tax, extending earnings tests to passive income, and linking benefits to need.
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Cedar Rapids
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Culling the rotten apples to restore public confidence
A Cedar Rapids observer argues for selective culling of unethical actors across media and institutions to rebuild trust. The piece cites the Harris poll on confidence, notes declines in medicine Congress labor and advertising, and calls for ethical housecleaning to avert economic anarchy.
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Congress
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Notions of Whence and Not Only in Style
The article critiques usage from whence for meaning from where and defends dropping the phrase. It also argues against splitting infinitives and favoring but also after not only in complex constructions, noting editors improve clarity. The piece reflects New York Times Syndicate style commentary on grammar and prose.
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