Word: benefitted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Administrators felt that intense involvement in one subject would benefit students and add flexibility to their programs, Robert E. Keeton, associate dean of the Law School, said yesterday. He added, however, that some subjects adapt more easily than others to the concentrated format...
Concentrating on one subject will benefit those students who have found professors and courses which excite them, William J. Kayatta, a third-year law student, said yesterday...
...Where's the compassion? Most bipartisan groups that have recommended moving toward private accounts also call for a minimum guaranteed benefit to ensure that more seniors do not fall into poverty. Bush vows to preserve the existing safety net for survivors and disabled workers but, so far, he does not guarantee a high enough safety net for poorer workers, or for those who do not fare well in the stock market...
...Paying off the debt now enhances the Treasury's ability to borrow later, when Social Security benefit payments will exceed incoming payroll tax revenues. A smaller national debt also reduces overall demand for credit, pushing down interest rates. This in turn should stimulate economic growth and create jobs, producing more payroll tax revenue to keep Social Security healthy. Devoting the savings in interest payments to Social Security should extend the program's solvency from...
...move toward privatization does not have to be all or nothing. In recent years leading thinkers from both parties have proposed a combination of the Bush and Gore plans: establish a high guaranteed minimum-benefit level that keeps seniors from falling into poverty, gradually raise the retirement age to 70 (which could cut the program's projected deficit by two thirds) and allow workers to invest a sixth of their payroll taxes, as well as additional voluntary contributions (possibly matched by government dollars), in low-risk stock or bond funds. Such a plan, says Donald Marron, CEO of Paine Webber...