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The reform package put together by the commission working group and Administration officials would produce $169 billion in revenue, enough to keep the system solvent through the 1980s. A key provision would accelerate hikes in the 6.7% payroll tax, to 7% in 1984; to 7.15% in 1986; 7.5% in 1988...
Other compromise recommendations include a provision to bring all new federal employees into the system starting in 1984; nonprofit organizations, which now may elect not to participate in Social Security, will also be covered. The new contributors are expected to generate $20 billion in revenue. Also starting in 1984, half...
But in most places the retreat from capital punishment was not a formal, statutory change. At any one time no more than a third of the states have been without a death-penalty provision. It seems that Americans want it both ways, retaining the right to exterminate miscreants, as well...
Plenty of time remains to rethink the new rule before it takes effect, and the NCAA can easily eliminate the SAT provision without squandering the reformist spirit of last week's convention.
Surprisingly, Reading Period was never designed for review. The initial recommendation urges instructors to "... make appropriate provision for work on the part of their students" during the period. It goes on to note. "Some fears have been expressed that these free periods given to the student for reading may be...