Editorial urges tolls on Kansas Turnpike stay for funding
Guest editorial notes a 5 percent toll increase and renewed calls to remove tolls from the Kansas Turnpike. It argues maintenance and major improvements, including a $92.3 million project to widen the East Topeka to Lecompton corridor and a $125 million replacement of the Kansas River bridges at Lawrence, rely on toll revenue beyond Kansas taxpayers.
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Kansas Turnpike Authority
Kansas
Topeka
Kansas City
East Topeka
Lecompton
Kansas River
Lawrence
Medicare chief actuary faced suppression over drug bill cost
An internal probe found HHS threatened to fire Medicare chief actuary Richard Foster if he briefed Congress on the drug bill cost. The White House pegged it at 395 billion, Foster at 534 to 600 billion, with higher estimates possible. Thomas Scully, who ordered suppression, left for a drug industry lobbying role.
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Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare
Congress
White House
Thomas Scully
Withitt
Richard Foster
Foster
Mr Sharon builds a wall echoing Berlin era policy
In a comparison to Reagan’s tear down this wall moment, the piece argues Israel’s 480 mile security fence protects civilians and reduces attacks. It criticizes ICJ criticisms, praises unilateral fencing as peaceable and effective, and urges U S adoption of a similar approach to shield troops and civilians from terrorism. Dick Morris notes his new book.
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Ronald Reagan
Berlin
Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Israel
International Court
Sharon
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
International Court of Justice
Ilat Istagio
International
Yasser Arafat
PLO
ICJ
High Court
Jerusalem
West Bank
Iraq
Franklin Roosevelt Promised Voluntary Social Security in 1935
The record outlines FDR’s 1935 Social Security proposal claiming voluntary participation, a 1 percent payroll deduction on up to 1,400 of annual income, the Trust Fund segregation for Social Security only, tax deductibility of contributions, and tax-free annuity payments to retirees.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Independent
Mainy
Political party blame on Social Security history
The reader forum accuses Democrats of diverting Social Security funds from the independent trust into the general fund and of enacting tax take, PSCA deductions, immigrant annuity payments, and other policy shifts. It contrasts GOP claims and urges voter awareness during the election year.
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Congress
Lyndon Johnson
House
Senate
Democratic Party
al Gore
U.S
Jimmy Carter
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