Pension ripoff eyed in Harrisburg amid criticism
In Harrisburg the House State Government Committee debated a bill allowing pension increases for widows and beneficiaries of state and local workers. Critics call it a grave misstep, urging voters to reject it and warn it could drive many government units toward bankruptcy similar to New York City.
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Humphrey-Hawkins Bill sparks debate on full employment promise
Corry Evening Journal survey critiques the Humphrey Hawkins proposal to cut unemployment to 3 percent in four years through monetary and fiscal policy. It warns of tax hikes and job programs creating inefficiency, noting past NYC failures and higher deficits. The piece questions the bill’s feasibility and political support.
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Taxpayer protest over Social Security elimination test
A reader criticizes a proposed law that would end the fleere ment test, arguing it favors wealthy residents of apartment hotels drawing pensions and investments while denying benefits to chambermaids whose employer is retired. The writer questions the fairness and suggests the law undermines a core principle of Social Security.
Sylvia Porter on Social Security fairness and retirement test
Sylvia Porter argues that the basic principle behind Social Security has been eroded since the 1990s and remains unjust. She contends beneficiaries should receive full benefits regardless of earnings and opposes the retirement test as discriminatory against income sources and levels.
Federal retirement test sparks debate on Social Security benefits
The column argues against eliminating the Retirement Test amid rising costs, noting it would add about 7 billion dollars in 1976 and mainly aid a small fraction of elderly recipients. It advocates narrowing non-work income distinctions and retaining earnings-based eligibility to preserve program fairness. It also discusses Nixon Ford pardon context and Haig’s role in early pardon discussions.
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Nixon pardon talks reveal backroom strategy and cuff link gesture
The report details Ford's pardon decision and the private negotiations with Nixon aides in California. It notes Buchen's push for a contrition statement, the involvement of Benton Becker, and Ziegler's whispered consultations. Nixon’s emotional moment with Becker is described, followed by Ford authorizing a pardon and adding health as a rationale.
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Capitol ideas and incentives span states in early reforms
A roundup of early reforms from multiple states includes William Ecenberger noting capitol ideas in Pennsylvania to lure crime prevention, Minnesota counseling for drivers with multiple accidents, North Dakota creating a state bank, Maryland allowing private colleges to buy through state purchasing, Massachusetts prison work programs for long-term inmates, and New York decriminalizing traffic violations in three cities to ease court backlogs.
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