Word: surest
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Marshall Loeb, eat your words, and if Martin Feldstein agrees, he may join you. I refer to "The Surest Social Security" [Oct. 23]: "it is now a good deal for beneficiaries because they paid in low taxes years ago and are now collecting hefty benefits." You do not consider the low salaries of the years in which many beneficiaries were contributing and the small benefits that resulted...
...surest way to raise living standards and create jobs, Feldstein argues, would be to increase investment in factories and machines, in automation and modernization. To do that, America needs more savings and capital formation -and, Feldstein continues, the biggest impediment to that is Social Security...
President Carter is working on a Stage Two anti-inflation program that is expected to include voluntary wage and price guidelines. They can only supplement firm fiscal and monetary policies, which are still the surest way to slow inflation. The fiscal 1979 federal deficit is expected to be some $39 billion, and final planning will soon start on the 1980 budget. All effort should be made to keep that deficit well below $30 billion, for a larger figure would be a clear sign that the Administration does not take the inflation struggle seriously. The Federal Reserve must also continue...
...here's the real kicker. O'Neill is, of course, running for his seat. And in the primary, he stands unopposed. No one, even in Massachusetts, is foolish enough to challenge him. He is the surest thing since they invented loaded dice. Isn't it nice to have a choice...
...aging actress portraying an aging actress: it is thought to be, especially by desperate people, one of the surest ploys in show biz. The great lady who undertakes the assignment is certain to be applauded for the honesty and bravery of her self-exposure, and since stars of a certain age are thought to combine volatility and vulnerability in a colorful way, the opportunities for bravura effects are endless. The opportunities for tedious egocentricity are there too-so much so in the case of Melina Mercouri, in this vehicle that her husband, Jules Dassin, has created for her, that...