Carter backs Puerto Rico self determination options
President Carter said he would support the Puerto Rican people's choice to become a commonwealth a state or an independent nation He opposed a United Nations inquiry into Puerto Rico. He told Andrew Viglucci editor of the San Juan Star that whatever Puerto Rico wants is acceptable to him.
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Welfare reform plan faces cost and eligibility questions
The proposal to shift to welfare reform includes a debated 1.4 billion offset from a non enacted wellhead tax and a 45 per person rebate. Analysts note Medicaid growth may inflate state costs as reform could expand eligibility. Carter counters with a plan for national health insurance to replace Medicaid by 1981.
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