Social Security Fund Shows Strength by Senator Lawton Chiles
A Florida outlook notes the Social Security trust fund ended a spending excess trend in 1983 with $171.3 billion income and $171.2 billion paid to 36 million recipients. The actuaries foresee balance over 75 years as Congress reforms boosted revenues and trimmed payouts. Florida's economy benefits as 2.1 million residents statewide received checks totaling $9.4 billion in 1982, driving local spending and re-spending. Broward and Dade counties led in recipients, with Pinellas also high.
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Lawton Chiles
Social Security
Congress
Reagan
Florida
Broward
Dade
Pinellas
Palm Beach
Medicare fund peril looms without changes by 1991
The report notes 26.5 million elderly and three million disabled receive health aid while 25 to 15 percent of the population in Dade is mentioned. It projects the trust fund will exhaust funds by 1991 unless reforms are enacted, but changes are not expected this year.
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Dade
Are Occurrences Really Coincidental
Karen MacGrogan reflects on fate and coincidence across a life path from college scholarships to a Destin move. She recounts telltale alignments: a former principal, family health events, a parsonage match, and a mailbox name that feel providential yet may be chance, weighing determinism against effort.
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Karen MacGrogan
Destin
DeFuniak Springs
Tampa
Florida
South Jersey
Jersey
South Walton
John P. Roa
Roa
Coincidences in a life path and a tragic loss
A narrator recalls connections with the Roa family in Tampa and later Virginia, noting a fatal crash that killed Rev and Mrs Roa and their other child while their 12 year old daughter survived. The piece links personal coincidences to a renewed faith, reflection on life choices, and unexpected career prompts.
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Plutarcho Roa
John
Bay
FAA
South Jersey
Roas
Destin
Virginia
Michigan
North Carolina
Florida
Jack Becklund
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