Opportunity Or Doom as Debt-Ceiling Supercommittee Forms
The debt ceiling deal creates a 12 member supercommittee with vast power to cut spending and raise revenues. If seven agree, Congress must vote the plan up or down by December with no amendments, potentially reshaping entitlement programs and taxes to stave off insolvency.
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Medicare and Medicaid spending savings debate prompts action
A reader urges officials to limit drug costs by mandating generics for Medicare and Medicaid, sharing personal bills and nursing home costs. The letter questions why high priced drugs are paid by public programs and calls for reforms to reduce waste. It also includes a separate citizen letter about illegal campaign signs and a personal tennis comeback story.
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Police resistance to cameras linked to Rodney King era rise
The piece traces how video recording exposing police actions began with George Holliday after the Rodney King incident and notes subsequent arrests of citizens recording police. It argues cameras empower accountability while police push back, citing incidents in Rochester Miami Beach Long Island and Maryland and discussing legal barriers.
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