Social Security funds face borrowing to balance budget
The CBO analysis released Monday warns the federal government may dip into the Social Security Trust Fund for 9 billion this year and more over the next three years. It notes a shrinking surplus, with about 30 billion to be borrowed from Social Security over four years, to be repaid by future taxpayers.
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Congressional Budget Office
Congress
CBO
White House
Pentagon
Treasury
New Safety Chief Targets Unsafe Drivers
Dr. Jeffrey Runge, newly confirmed head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, vows an offensive against drunken driving and other deadly offenses responsible for 41,000 fatalities last year. He supports red light cameras but warns they must respect due process and avoid privacy violations.
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Jeffrey Runge
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Associated Press
Runge
America
Firestone
House
Dick Armey
R-Texas
American Civil Liberties Union
NHTSA
Help through a difficult time for displaced homemakers
A letter urges funding for the Displaced Homemakers Program amid budget cuts. It argues the program supports families facing divorce and widowhood, preventing welfare reliance by guiding and assisting those who stay at home or must rejoin the workforce, and calls readers to contact Albany lawmakers for continued support.
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Albany
Dave Roberts
Guerneville, Calif
Monorail dream links state fair to city sites
Reader letters discuss Peter Cappuccilli’s monorail concept tying the State Fair to Carousel Center P C Stadium and the airport. Proposals include connecting to downtown Syracuse, Armory Square, Syracuse University and points south with a high speed rail network and a Swiss Sky Ride style fair ride to be placed between the Center of Progress Building and Art and Home Center with a view over Iroquois Street to the 4H Stables.
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Peter Cappuccilli
Carousel Center
P&c
Syracuse
Onondaga County
Armory Square
Syracuse University
Center of Progress
Art and Home Center
Iroquois Street
Geoffrey Graeff
Liverpool
Tax refund checks will boost economy
A reader from Oswego argues tax refund checks will enter the economy whether spent or saved. Even if unused, funds support government debt or projects, and banks reloan them for mortgages or consumer spending. Positive results are predicted before year end.
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Oakes
Readers invited to send letters to the editor
The Herald Journal invites readers to submit letters or other materials for publication. Each submission must include a real name, address and daytime phone number. Submissions may be edited and used in Syracuse Online NewsLine or other Herald publications.
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Syracuse
Herald-Journal/Herald American
P.O
N.Y
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Joseph Bruno
Sheldon Silver
Maxwell School of Citizenship
William Qoplin
ED Kinane Maxwell
Charles J. Mirucki
Fayetteville
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