Dear Editor
Dear Editor Social Security As Wilbur J. Cohen suggests ("The Threat to Social Security," NL, June 1), when first enacted in 1935 the Social Security Act was intended to give our citizens...
...Although the fact is unfortunately forgotten, the benefits were never meant to be a comprehensive pension plan to meet all retirement needs, but rather to provide a floor under retirement income...
...Baltimore Joe Christopher Sexism Although one cannot keep up with every manifestation of sexism that appears in print, Leo Sauvage's likening of Women Against Pornography to the Moral Majority should not go unnoticed...
...The Administration's proposal to cut early retirement benefits will not, in my opinion, be enacted, but we still must examine and reform the Social Security system...
...Washington, D. C. Philip M. Crane Member of Congress Republican, Illinois Wilbur J. Cohen is right on target in his analysis of the way Reagan's gutting of Social Security will increase conflicts between generations...
...The "kiddie porn" atmosphere surrounding the promotion of Edward Albee's adaptation of Lolita made it an obvious target for feminist censure...
...The appointment of James G. Watt as Secretary of the Interior has demonstrated that the President doesn't care what sort of biosphere we leave behind, so long as the short-run profits keep rolling in...
...Dallas Laurence Austin There is an irony to the Reagan Administration's attempted evisceration of the Social Security System that Wilbur J. Cohen does not comment on, although he alludes to it in passing...
...Individuals who wish to work should be encouraged to do so without jeopardizing the full benefits to which they are entitled...
...Boston William Farrell...
...At a time when most people follow the pack in their opinions on movies, his independent voice is refreshing...
...Sauvage's light-hearted raillery about Lolita's failure to "rouse the pig that, according to a French popular saying, sleeps in every man,"entirely misses the point of the women who were out on the sidewalk picketing the play...
...Unfortunately for my grandchildren, Reagan has shown similar in-sensitivity on other intergenerational issues as well, especially the environment...
...As a member of this Subcommittee, I will be reviewing these proposals carefully...
...The current proposals before the Ways and Means Subcomittee on Social Security calls for short-term borrowing of Medicare funds to cover survivors' and retirement payments...
...Behind all the talk of ending the Washington ripoffs, by cutting down on the benefits, Budget Director David A. Stockman and crew would swindle the American people on a scale unmatched by any Administration, Republican or Democratic...
...New York City S. Driscoll Kudos Robert Asahina is to be congratulated for not falling in behind the other critics who have been puffing Raiders of the Lost Ark ("Contrived Comic Books," NL, June 29...
...Feminist efforts to stigmatize the misogyny and violence that are implicit in pornography are hardly in the same class as Jerry Falwell's group...
...In both Social Security and the environment, Reagan's attitude is that of a selfish grandfather eager to lay waste to this fortune so that he will have nothing to bequeath to his successors...
...One change I have enthusiastically supported is the repeal of the earnings limitation imposed on Social Security recipients...
...Since its introduction, however, the soundness of the program has been undermined by Congressional tinkering...
...The bible thumpers are out to impose their values on an unwilling America, whereas Women Against Pornography aims to free women from having the crass fetishism of women-haters imposed on them...
...Also under consideration is an increase in the age of those eligible for full retirement benefits...
...In 1975, for the first time, Social Security taxes did not cover mandatory payments, making it necessary to tap the system's reserve funds...
...Several plans have subsequently been advanced to remedy the problem...
...Dear Editor Social Security As Wilbur J. Cohen suggests ("The Threat to Social Security," NL, June 1), when first enacted in 1935 the Social Security Act was intended to give our citizens insurance for retirement by establishing their ownership of a portion of a trust fund...
...I f the earnings limitations were repealed, those who choose to keep working would also be paying more income and Social Security taxes, thereby helping to ease the looming deficit...
...Unless we enact some kind of reform shortly, we will face bankruptcy in approximately one year...
Vol. 64 • July 1981 • No. 15
