Social Security crisis looms as reform debate grows
A presidential commission warns Social Security faces a fiscal crisis and confidence loss without benefit cuts, tax increases, or borrowing. It supports a plan to let younger workers invest payroll taxes in stocks, while critics call the report biased and dangerous. The system runs on a pay as you go model and could exhaust cash by 2038 unless overhaul occurs.
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Democrats unions tied in campaign strategy revealed
Documents show Democrats and unions worked side by side on state committees directing election activities in 1996. The AFL-CIO and NEA shaped plans and funded efforts, with unions holding veto power via donations and steering committees as a federal probe blocked public release of the records.
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Drug use linked to single father homes
The AP reports that sixth to twelfth graders living in single father homes show higher drug use rates than peers. The PRIDE survey of 75,000 students in 2000 2001 notes heroin Ecstasy and marijuana use rose, cigarette and alcohol use fell to a 13 year low, with father only households at 38.4 percent.
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UC Sets Dual Admissions Top 12.5 Percent Policy
The University of California approved a dual admissions plan starting in 2003 that guarantees UC placement to students finishing in the top 12.5 percent of their high school class, with those between the top 4 percent and 12.5 percent attending a community college first. The change, aimed at boosting Black, Hispanic, and American Indian enrollment, accompanies moves to drop the SAT I requirement.
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