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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1981
Page
4
The Carbondale City Council chose to pause immediate public access television funding and to pursue a comprehensive long term policy. The Cable TV Commission and staff must present a workable plan by June 8 detailing funding, capital and operating costs, procedures, and responsibilities.
A letter to the editor questions Reagan era policy and charity costs, contrasting a $1 per week feed per refugee child with national aid. The writer praises Reagan’s potential but laments lost opportunities, mocks Nancy Reagan’s fashion, and questions priorities amid coal industry decline. The piece closes with a personal boast about modest attire and self-compare to Nancy Reagan.
A speaker denounces proposed federal pay raises amid a public struggle over living costs. She notes government pensions were cut after combined retirement income reached seven thousand dollars, and questions the fairness of proposed seventy to eighty thousand dollar salaries for officials.
A reader decries rising costs and wage hikes, noting monthly medicine bills near sixty dollars and utilities and doctor expenses. The letter urges national solidarity, urges writing Congress, and argues that factory workers earn far less than proposed wage raises.
The Reagan era and new Congress are urged to curb annual loss of over 3 million acres of productive agricultural land to urban developers. Former agriculture secretary Bergland and ex CEQ chair Spaeth released an 18 month study costing over 1 million, urging federal programs to shift incentives away from prime farmland and toward land less suited for farming.
Federal Reserve economist Jeffrey Miller warns production costs have tripled for U S farmers over the decade, driven by higher energy, feed, and interest costs. From 110 to 240 for prices received and 113 to about 300 for costs paid, with 1980s and 1981 outlooks showing further rises despite conservation efforts.
The report finds state and local governments do little to protect farmland, noting under 20 million acres nationwide are shielded by current land-use programs. It urges federal aid to develop land-protection systems and suggests tax and loan incentives to keep agricultural land in production. Bergland plans to discuss with John Block, Illinois farmer and new agriculture secretary.
Reagan economic team plans a 100 day push to secure a package of spending cuts and tax relief aimed at breaking a congressional stalemate. They weigh debt limit vetoes to force action, target May 15 for first 1982 budget action, unveil by Feb 3, and seek $50 billion in 1982 cuts with $35 billion package. The group shifts focus to future years, considers cutting Social Security programs, and expands discretionary savings while exploring Senate passage to pressure the House. Alan Greenspan named to lead economic policy planning, reinforcing forecasting emphasis.
The piece argues that cutting rest of the interstate highway system will trigger protests and partisan pain. It notes 96 percent of the 42,500 mile system cost over 78 billion and that remaining urban mileage is costly and controversial. Westway in New York exemplifies the politics of urban projects. Reagan must bite the bullet and reexamine broad and minor federal programs despite political pressures from Congress and labor groups.
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