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...become very much interested in taking care of the future-saving, being careful, looking after yourself. That's what it means to have a $12,000 house and be earning $9,000 a year. The argument of family assistance is to move away from welfare altogether, to abolish welfare in effect, and to say what the President has said: "We'll place a floor under the income of every family with children. The assistance will not be based on dependency; we will help all families who are below a certain income level." Obviously that level is an issue...
...Economic Opportunity, for example, fear that OEO could be stifled in an administrative shakeup, and may oppose the plan. The conflicting pressures could easily kill this idea. It would also require extensive revision of congressional committees, since many now parallel the executive departments. Convincing powerful committee chairmen to abolish their own jobs will be difficult...
Brown has an impish solution. Already in the hopper is his resolution for a constitutional amendment to abolish the Senate and create in its place a House of Lords, whose duties would be nonexistent. "To qualify," reads his resolution, "each member must swear or affirm publicly that he is a sincere candidate for the President of the United States...
Like most other states, Rhode Island is in financial trouble. A proposed personal income tax, the state's first, might help, but it has also promoted general rancor. Democratic State Legislator Bernard Gladstone whimsically hit upon an idea to solve the fiscal crisis. He introduced a bill to abolish the income tax and instead exact a $2 levy upon every act of sexual intercourse performed in the state. Banking on either gallantry, male chauvinism or both, Gladstone suggested that only men should pay, and on a voluntary basis. Otherwise, he speculated, tax inspectors might find the law difficult...
...NCAA rejected yesterday by voice vote a proposal to abolish the rule which requires athletes to maintain 1.6 grade points...