By Paul Muschick
Staff Writer
The High Point City Council is debating reducing its budget so it doesn't spend as much of the savings in its electric fund
City Manager Strib Boynton said he would have to cut two or three city jobs to trim the proposed 1998-99 budget by $ 150,000 as Mayor Becky Smothers and some council members asked him to do at a budget meeting Tuesday.
Smothers suggested slashing the overtime budget from $ 1.2 million to $ 1.1 million and cutting $ 50,000 in salaries.
Boynton said some salary could be saved by removing budgeted jobs that are unfilled, but he also likely would have to take it a step further.
''It would translate into another reduction in full-time positions,'' Boynton said.
The budget already provides for four fewer employees than last year's.
Council member Jim Stanley suggested even more drastic measures were necessary for High Point. He proposed cutting the $ 180.9 million budget by $ 700,000, so High Point wouldn't have to take as much from the electric reserve fund to balance the budget.
For years, High Point has used money from its electric bills to pay for other expenses. This year, Boynton proposes transferring $ 2.6 million from the electric account to pay for general expenses, although that would be decreased by $ 150,000 if the overtime and salary cuts are made.
Some citizens and council members have complained about the transfers, saying the extra money should stay in the electric fund to pay for system improvements and emergencies, so the council doesn't have to raise electric rates as it is proposing this year. The savings account will shrink to less than $ 1 million by next June, down from nearly $ 11 million in June 1997.
Boynton has suggested raising electric, water and sewer rates by 4 percent each. The combined utility bill for a family of four living in a $ 250,000 home would increase by about $ 1 a week to $ 1,314 a year, up from $ 1,263.
At a public hearing before Tuesday's budget discussions, four of the eight people who spoke out lambasted the council for raising the electric rates while borrowing from that fund. They accused the council of being too scared to raise taxes, but instead obtaining more money through taxpayers' electric bills.
The proposed budget keeps property taxes at 57 cents per $ 100 property value, the same as the last two years. That means the owner of a $ 100,000 home would pay $ 570.
But taxpayers at the public hearing said the electric fee is just a hidden tax hike.
''This is nothing more than a tax increase,'' said Tony Moschetti of Old Winston Road. ''I get an electric bill, I assume I'm paying for electric, water, sewer, etc. I didn't know I was paying for roads, police.''
Alan Johnson also said the council should just admit it's raising taxes.
''I think that is an underhanded way of doing it,'' Johnson said.
Stanley did not receive much support in his call to cut $ 700,000 from the budget, so that money could stay in the electric savings account.
Boynton asked the council where they would suggest saving that much, and their answers did not come near $ 700,000.
Beyond the widely agreed upon $ 150,000 in overtime and salary savings, some council members suggested delaying a $ 33,650 parking lot expansion for the library. Council member Arnold Koonce said perhaps the city could put off $ 110,000 in sidewalk repairs and construction. The other talks centered on line items of only a few thousand dollars.
The City Council will meet again at 3 p.m. Monday before its scheduled meeting to discuss the budget. The council tentatively is scheduled to vote on the budget at its June 18 meeting, but that could be delayed if drastic cuts need to be made. The budget must be adopted by July 1.
Boynton said that to cut large amounts of money, he would have to put off even more major projects. A much-needed third electric distribution site already has been delayed.
''It boils down the personnel side,'' Boynton said. ''Do you freeze salaries?''
Council member Ron Wilkins said he was against Boynton reducing the budget more. He said the budget already is too tight.
''I think asking him to look for more cuts would be unfair to our constituents,'' Wilkins said.
News & Record
June 10, 1998
Wednesday, June 10, 1998
Sunday, May 24, 1998
Bureaucrats don't need money; classrooms do
The News & Record, using the same distortions and half truths used to shill for millionaires during the recent baseball tax fiasco, has now come up with the term ''per pupil capital spending'' in an effort to convince us that we don't pay enough taxes and don't spend enough on education.
How about something called ''per pupil administrative spending.'' I'll wager we don't rank near the bottom in that category. We continue to pay more and more to fund a failed educational system. Based on almost every measurable achievement standard, we pay far too much, not too little. Where do we rank in total per pupil spending?
Not enough classrooms or books? Simple, take some of the money that goes to fund the sprawling, bloated bureaucracy that contributes little, if anything, to teach a child to read or write. I suspect that we do need more classrooms, much more so than bureaucrats. So instead of using our tax dollars to fund a jobs program for mostly useless bureaucrats, put the money into the classroom. Look at the number of bureaucrats in any religious school versus the public schools.
Look at the cost per pupil in each. Then compare results. How smart do you have to be to figure out the problem?
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
May 24, 1998
How about something called ''per pupil administrative spending.'' I'll wager we don't rank near the bottom in that category. We continue to pay more and more to fund a failed educational system. Based on almost every measurable achievement standard, we pay far too much, not too little. Where do we rank in total per pupil spending?
Not enough classrooms or books? Simple, take some of the money that goes to fund the sprawling, bloated bureaucracy that contributes little, if anything, to teach a child to read or write. I suspect that we do need more classrooms, much more so than bureaucrats. So instead of using our tax dollars to fund a jobs program for mostly useless bureaucrats, put the money into the classroom. Look at the number of bureaucrats in any religious school versus the public schools.
Look at the cost per pupil in each. Then compare results. How smart do you have to be to figure out the problem?
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
May 24, 1998
Friday, February 21, 1997
What's wrong with lower taxes on the rich?
I suspect that when one applies to be an editorial writer for the News & Record, he or she is given an EEG. If there is a trace of a brain wave or indication of a single living cell, the applicant is rejected.
Ned Cline, following the party line of all brain-damaged liberals, meaning all liberals, tells us that repealing the food tax is bad because rich people save more money. Even he admits that the savings are a much higher percentage of the low income earner's total income. He glosses over that very important fact, then goes on the usual liberal line that the rich man will save more money.
Of course he will. He spends a lot more money. But he spends a lot lower percentage of his income, almost 600 percent using your own figures. So the low income person gets a nearly 600 percent bigger break than the rich person because of the repeal of the tax, but the twisted liberal mind strikes out because the rich person probably robbed the poor person to become rich.
What is it about liberals that makes them want to always pit one American against another? If we get a break on our taxes, it is not good because someone else gets a bigger break. They never tell us that these same people pay more in taxes. Why can't liberals figure it out? Simple, they have no living brain cells.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
February 21, 1997
Ned Cline, following the party line of all brain-damaged liberals, meaning all liberals, tells us that repealing the food tax is bad because rich people save more money. Even he admits that the savings are a much higher percentage of the low income earner's total income. He glosses over that very important fact, then goes on the usual liberal line that the rich man will save more money.
Of course he will. He spends a lot more money. But he spends a lot lower percentage of his income, almost 600 percent using your own figures. So the low income person gets a nearly 600 percent bigger break than the rich person because of the repeal of the tax, but the twisted liberal mind strikes out because the rich person probably robbed the poor person to become rich.
What is it about liberals that makes them want to always pit one American against another? If we get a break on our taxes, it is not good because someone else gets a bigger break. They never tell us that these same people pay more in taxes. Why can't liberals figure it out? Simple, they have no living brain cells.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
February 21, 1997
Thursday, December 19, 1996
You editorialists are just looney
How does one even come close to detailing the perpetual lunacy of the idiotorial staff of the News & Record in 250 words or less. In fact, 250,000 words would not be sufficient. And I only take the newspaper on weekends. The never ending moronic, liberal, drivel forced me to cancel my subscription two years ago, except for weekends for the TV guide and Sunday sports. But even those two days produce enough nonsense from these fools that I may cancel even that. Give some examples you say. Well half my words are already used up, but let's take the most recent twisted logic of the fools who make up the editorial staff.
We were told of the great class with which Hector Rivera left his post. You morons, it was the Republican majority on the board who acted with class. Instead of firing him in the middle of the night, as did that crowd you shill for when they fired Brenda Jones in such an underhanded manner, they let him resign and gave him carte blance as to the method and timing.
After the Republicans treated him with class, it was discovered he had mailed out contracts to people for high-paying positions with the county only hours before his resignation. Real class act this Rivera.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
December 19, 1996
We were told of the great class with which Hector Rivera left his post. You morons, it was the Republican majority on the board who acted with class. Instead of firing him in the middle of the night, as did that crowd you shill for when they fired Brenda Jones in such an underhanded manner, they let him resign and gave him carte blance as to the method and timing.
After the Republicans treated him with class, it was discovered he had mailed out contracts to people for high-paying positions with the county only hours before his resignation. Real class act this Rivera.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
December 19, 1996
Wednesday, September 25, 1996
Abortion opponents are not extremists
In a recent commentary (Sept. 8), Patricia Chamings, a registered nurse who teaches nursing, tells us that ''right to life'' groups misrepresent the partial birth abortion.
Perhaps the ''right to kill'' groups should enlighten us as to the reality of this procedure. Why not simply televise the procedure in question and let us decide for ourselves. The Learning Channel regularly televises surgical procedures of almost every nature so I'm certain it would agree to show us this routine surgical procedure. Then the extremist ''right to life'' groups would be forced to apologize to the ''right to kill'' groups.
Chamings also tells us that the late term abortions are never performed on healthy mothers carrying healthy babies. If that is true, then why are the ''right to kill'' groups so adamantly opposed to any legislation outlawing late term abortions?
Chamings tells us this rare procedure is ''sometimes'' used to protect the life of the mother. She then quotes the executive director of the American Nurses Association as saying that ''very few'' of these procedures are performed each year and are ''usually'' done to protect the life of the mother. I am intrigued by the words ''sometimes,'' and ''usually.''
How much longer can a society exist where those who term the murder of the innocent unborn, ''a woman's right to choose'' and label those who oppose these millions of murders as extremists?
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
September 25, 1996
Perhaps the ''right to kill'' groups should enlighten us as to the reality of this procedure. Why not simply televise the procedure in question and let us decide for ourselves. The Learning Channel regularly televises surgical procedures of almost every nature so I'm certain it would agree to show us this routine surgical procedure. Then the extremist ''right to life'' groups would be forced to apologize to the ''right to kill'' groups.
Chamings also tells us that the late term abortions are never performed on healthy mothers carrying healthy babies. If that is true, then why are the ''right to kill'' groups so adamantly opposed to any legislation outlawing late term abortions?
Chamings tells us this rare procedure is ''sometimes'' used to protect the life of the mother. She then quotes the executive director of the American Nurses Association as saying that ''very few'' of these procedures are performed each year and are ''usually'' done to protect the life of the mother. I am intrigued by the words ''sometimes,'' and ''usually.''
How much longer can a society exist where those who term the murder of the innocent unborn, ''a woman's right to choose'' and label those who oppose these millions of murders as extremists?
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
September 25, 1996
Wednesday, March 13, 1996
Moschetti missing common courtesy
On Feb. 16, I was a guest on the Dennis Elliott radio show which was co-hosted by Tony Moschetti on WMFR in High Point.
Contrary to Moschetti's slanted remarks regarding why I was a guest, I was asked to speak to the NAACP's position regarding incidents of alleged racism and prejudice in any arena, not just as it relates to the school board and the Jamestown school incident.
While I was attempting to explain the NAACP's role in the community and the organization's mission, Moschetti continually interrupted me rudely to try to express his negative opinion of the organization and make derogatory remarks about its leadership and purpose.
Moschetti is grossly misinformed when he intimates that there is an 80 percent illegitimacy rate in the African-American community. It is presumptuous of him to think that he can identify problems that need to be addressed by the NAACP. Considering Moschetti's lack of common courtesy, it is a wonder that anything he has to say can be taken without a grain of salt.
In retrospect, I will admit that I was wrong in attempting to reason with an individual who shows no respect for the opinions of others, much less can express himself without resorting to negative criticism.
The NAACP enjoys a long an arduous tenure of living up to its stated purpose, ''To voice the indignation of what was, and is, happening to people of color.''
In order to change history, it must first be understood. Moschetti needs to do his homework.
C.C. Draughn
Greensboro
News & Record
March 13, 1996
Contrary to Moschetti's slanted remarks regarding why I was a guest, I was asked to speak to the NAACP's position regarding incidents of alleged racism and prejudice in any arena, not just as it relates to the school board and the Jamestown school incident.
While I was attempting to explain the NAACP's role in the community and the organization's mission, Moschetti continually interrupted me rudely to try to express his negative opinion of the organization and make derogatory remarks about its leadership and purpose.
Moschetti is grossly misinformed when he intimates that there is an 80 percent illegitimacy rate in the African-American community. It is presumptuous of him to think that he can identify problems that need to be addressed by the NAACP. Considering Moschetti's lack of common courtesy, it is a wonder that anything he has to say can be taken without a grain of salt.
In retrospect, I will admit that I was wrong in attempting to reason with an individual who shows no respect for the opinions of others, much less can express himself without resorting to negative criticism.
The NAACP enjoys a long an arduous tenure of living up to its stated purpose, ''To voice the indignation of what was, and is, happening to people of color.''
In order to change history, it must first be understood. Moschetti needs to do his homework.
C.C. Draughn
Greensboro
News & Record
March 13, 1996
Saturday, February 24, 1996
Comment on radio revealed racial bias
In a recent speech Kweisi Mfume, new head of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colossal Paranoia) said, ''racism, sexism and anti-Semitism are wrong. As long as there is an NAACP they will never enjoy a quiet and acceptable existence.''
Mfume had better take a look at the Greensboro chapter, which is littered with racists among its leadership. On a recent broadcast of Dennis Elliot's '
'Opinion Please'' on WMFR radio, which I co-hosted, a member of the NAACP, C.C.
Draughn was a telephone guest. His reason for the appearance was to explain why the NAACP was unhappy with the decision of the school board not to fire Kent Byrd.
After listening for a few minutes to the same tired paranoia of this group of dinosaurs, I suggested that there were enough real problems facing the black community that might be addressed by the NAACP rather than continuing to waste their time on these nonissues.
I suggested that among these problems is the nearly 80 percent illegitimacy rate. Draughn replied that the main reason for the high illegitimacy rates is white boys raping black girls.
Even the far-left leaning Elliott was flabbergasted at such a statement. He asked Draughn if that was what he really meant to say. He confirmed the statement. Imagine the furor if a white person had said that the main reason for the growing illegitimacy rate among white women is black boys raping them. I'm anxious to see the media reaction to this incident of a blatant racist remark by a representative of the NAACP.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
February 24, 1996
Mfume had better take a look at the Greensboro chapter, which is littered with racists among its leadership. On a recent broadcast of Dennis Elliot's '
'Opinion Please'' on WMFR radio, which I co-hosted, a member of the NAACP, C.C.
Draughn was a telephone guest. His reason for the appearance was to explain why the NAACP was unhappy with the decision of the school board not to fire Kent Byrd.
After listening for a few minutes to the same tired paranoia of this group of dinosaurs, I suggested that there were enough real problems facing the black community that might be addressed by the NAACP rather than continuing to waste their time on these nonissues.
I suggested that among these problems is the nearly 80 percent illegitimacy rate. Draughn replied that the main reason for the high illegitimacy rates is white boys raping black girls.
Even the far-left leaning Elliott was flabbergasted at such a statement. He asked Draughn if that was what he really meant to say. He confirmed the statement. Imagine the furor if a white person had said that the main reason for the growing illegitimacy rate among white women is black boys raping them. I'm anxious to see the media reaction to this incident of a blatant racist remark by a representative of the NAACP.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
February 24, 1996
Comment on radio revealed racial bias
In a recent speech Kweisi Mfume, new head of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colossal Paranoia) said, ''racism, sexism and anti-Semitism are wrong. As long as there is an NAACP they will never enjoy a quiet and acceptable existence.''
Mfume had better take a look at the Greensboro chapter, which is littered with racists among its leadership. On a recent broadcast of Dennis Elliot's '
'Opinion Please'' on WMFR radio, which I co-hosted, a member of the NAACP, C.C.
Draughn was a telephone guest. His reason for the appearance was to explain why the NAACP was unhappy with the decision of the school board not to fire Kent Byrd.
After listening for a few minutes to the same tired paranoia of this group of dinosaurs, I suggested that there were enough real problems facing the black community that might be addressed by the NAACP rather than continuing to waste their time on these nonissues.
I suggested that among these problems is the nearly 80 percent illegitimacy rate. Draughn replied that the main reason for the high illegitimacy rates is white boys raping black girls.
Even the far-left leaning Elliott was flabbergasted at such a statement. He asked Draughn if that was what he really meant to say. He confirmed the statement. Imagine the furor if a white person had said that the main reason for the growing illegitimacy rate among white women is black boys raping them. I'm anxious to see the media reaction to this incident of a blatant racist remark by a representative of the NAACP.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
February 24, 1996
Mfume had better take a look at the Greensboro chapter, which is littered with racists among its leadership. On a recent broadcast of Dennis Elliot's '
'Opinion Please'' on WMFR radio, which I co-hosted, a member of the NAACP, C.C.
Draughn was a telephone guest. His reason for the appearance was to explain why the NAACP was unhappy with the decision of the school board not to fire Kent Byrd.
After listening for a few minutes to the same tired paranoia of this group of dinosaurs, I suggested that there were enough real problems facing the black community that might be addressed by the NAACP rather than continuing to waste their time on these nonissues.
I suggested that among these problems is the nearly 80 percent illegitimacy rate. Draughn replied that the main reason for the high illegitimacy rates is white boys raping black girls.
Even the far-left leaning Elliott was flabbergasted at such a statement. He asked Draughn if that was what he really meant to say. He confirmed the statement. Imagine the furor if a white person had said that the main reason for the growing illegitimacy rate among white women is black boys raping them. I'm anxious to see the media reaction to this incident of a blatant racist remark by a representative of the NAACP.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
February 24, 1996
Wednesday, November 29, 1995
Yoder is the epitome of political liberalism
If one wishes to understand the sick, twisted, liberal mentality, one need not look further than the first three paragraphs of Edwin Yoder's Nov. 21 column in the News & Record. Yoder, in speaking of the $ 500-per-child tax credit proposed by the Republicans, calls the tax credit a ''handout.''
This is the essence of warped liberal thinking and the reason why the middle class has been decimated by oppressive tax policies of the Congress controlled by liberal Democrats for the past 40 years. Liberals think that letting those of us who go out and work every day simply keep a little more of ''our'' money is a ''handout.''
They truly believe that ''our'' money belongs to the government. Liberals believe that welfare recipients are ''entitled'' to those payments, with increases every year, but that tax relief for working people is a ''handout.''
These people shouldn't be put in charge of a lemonade stand, let alone a multi-trillion dollar economy.
There is not a socialist country in the world today that is not an economic disaster yet the socialist-thinking liberals in government and the media insist on bringing those same failed policies to our country.
Jack Kennedy in the early 60s said that we must cut taxes to increase revenues to the treasury. It worked then and every time since then, but the liberals have yet to figure it out and probably never will.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
November 29, 1995
This is the essence of warped liberal thinking and the reason why the middle class has been decimated by oppressive tax policies of the Congress controlled by liberal Democrats for the past 40 years. Liberals think that letting those of us who go out and work every day simply keep a little more of ''our'' money is a ''handout.''
They truly believe that ''our'' money belongs to the government. Liberals believe that welfare recipients are ''entitled'' to those payments, with increases every year, but that tax relief for working people is a ''handout.''
These people shouldn't be put in charge of a lemonade stand, let alone a multi-trillion dollar economy.
There is not a socialist country in the world today that is not an economic disaster yet the socialist-thinking liberals in government and the media insist on bringing those same failed policies to our country.
Jack Kennedy in the early 60s said that we must cut taxes to increase revenues to the treasury. It worked then and every time since then, but the liberals have yet to figure it out and probably never will.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
November 29, 1995
Sunday, August 20, 1995
Another hate-filled letter
I just read the letter by Tony Moschetti (''Liberals sink to new lows with revisionist thinking,'' Aug. 10) and, as always, his letter was full of hatred and vindictiveness. Moschetti believes that the media and any individual who dares to think a liberal thought should be destroyed.
His letter raved about those who dare print or speak about the latest controversy regarding the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan. While I believe it was the right thing to have done, I respect those who present the facts (something Moschetti disregards) as to the history behind the decision. We now learn that many of the leaders of that time did not believe it was necessary. I saw every documentary and read much this month on the subject and thought it was presented fairly.
It is always a black-and-white situation with Moschetti, liberals versus conservatives. There can never be a middle ground. His hatred for those who think differently is beyond that of a rational thinking person. I have read his stupid letters for many years and have never found a sane thought in any of them. Even the most hardened conservative will not use the vile language, much less the reasoning process, he does.
On leaving this subject, I would leave Moschetti with two words, but unfortunately the paper will not print them. I leave it to Moschetti to fill in the blanks. With his depraved mind, I'm sure he can think of many. It should keep him busy for a long time.
Martin Siegel
Jamestown
News & Record
August 20, 1995
His letter raved about those who dare print or speak about the latest controversy regarding the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan. While I believe it was the right thing to have done, I respect those who present the facts (something Moschetti disregards) as to the history behind the decision. We now learn that many of the leaders of that time did not believe it was necessary. I saw every documentary and read much this month on the subject and thought it was presented fairly.
It is always a black-and-white situation with Moschetti, liberals versus conservatives. There can never be a middle ground. His hatred for those who think differently is beyond that of a rational thinking person. I have read his stupid letters for many years and have never found a sane thought in any of them. Even the most hardened conservative will not use the vile language, much less the reasoning process, he does.
On leaving this subject, I would leave Moschetti with two words, but unfortunately the paper will not print them. I leave it to Moschetti to fill in the blanks. With his depraved mind, I'm sure he can think of many. It should keep him busy for a long time.
Martin Siegel
Jamestown
News & Record
August 20, 1995
Thursday, August 10, 1995
Liberals sink to new lows with revisionist thinking
Anyone who still doubts that liberalism stems from severe brain damage at birth, with continuing degeneration, need only read this newspaper. The latest from these mutants is the revisionist view of the events of World War II.
This sickening, constant, left-wing diatribe against our country, our way of life, our entire system, is an affront to all thinking people. These mindless fools would have us believe that World War II began in August 1945 rather than after the cowardly sneak attack by the Japanese in 1941, which killed and wounded thousands of Americans, including many civilians. These fools also want us to believe that the Japanese were ready to surrender.
The Japanese are people who got into airplanes and dove into our ships. They are people whose officers committed suicide rather than surrender. They are people who were still in hiding from two to five years after the end of the war rather than surrendering.
Where else but in the liberal mind would the enemy, the aggressor, the imperialist nation, become the victim? Instead of the endless interviews with the survivors of the atomic bombings, why not interviews with our survivors of the Bataan death march?
I suspect that in another 50 years, if the liberals have their way, there will be no mention of Pearl Harbor when discussing the events of World War II, only talk of the nuking of the poor, innocent Japanese.
It is hoped that one day some scientist will invent a pesticide that only affects liberals. He will be a Nobel Prize winner in any number of categories.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
August 10, 1995
This sickening, constant, left-wing diatribe against our country, our way of life, our entire system, is an affront to all thinking people. These mindless fools would have us believe that World War II began in August 1945 rather than after the cowardly sneak attack by the Japanese in 1941, which killed and wounded thousands of Americans, including many civilians. These fools also want us to believe that the Japanese were ready to surrender.
The Japanese are people who got into airplanes and dove into our ships. They are people whose officers committed suicide rather than surrender. They are people who were still in hiding from two to five years after the end of the war rather than surrendering.
Where else but in the liberal mind would the enemy, the aggressor, the imperialist nation, become the victim? Instead of the endless interviews with the survivors of the atomic bombings, why not interviews with our survivors of the Bataan death march?
I suspect that in another 50 years, if the liberals have their way, there will be no mention of Pearl Harbor when discussing the events of World War II, only talk of the nuking of the poor, innocent Japanese.
It is hoped that one day some scientist will invent a pesticide that only affects liberals. He will be a Nobel Prize winner in any number of categories.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
August 10, 1995
Sunday, July 09, 1995
Liberals compassionate and get facts right
Tony Moschetti (letter, June 17) says the premise of my May 21 letter regarding future increases in Medicare enrollments is a ''fallacious argument of the left.'' He then cites recent statistics to support this claim.
Regarding Medicare, approximately 33 million Americans are now age 65 or older; this figure is projected to reach 40 million by 2010 and 53 million by 2020.
Regarding the 1990-1993 school lunch program, he says participation increased
.03 percent while spending increased 26.7 percent. Actually, participation increased 3 percent.
He doesn't mention inflation, but from 1990 through 1993 the Consumer Price Index rose 15.6 percent.
This program provides free lunches to children living below 130 percent of the poverty level, reduced-price lunches to children living 30 percent to 85 percent above poverty and a supplement to schools for lunches purchased by all other children.
The program's 1993 cost, per lunch, for these categories was $ 1.84, $ 1.44 and 30 cents respectively.
If liberalism is viral, as Moschetti suggests, its primary symptom is the willingness to look at complex issues like Medicare and poverty compassionately, honestly and from all perspectives.
Joe Fulfs
Greensboro
News & Record
July 9, 1995
Regarding Medicare, approximately 33 million Americans are now age 65 or older; this figure is projected to reach 40 million by 2010 and 53 million by 2020.
Regarding the 1990-1993 school lunch program, he says participation increased
.03 percent while spending increased 26.7 percent. Actually, participation increased 3 percent.
He doesn't mention inflation, but from 1990 through 1993 the Consumer Price Index rose 15.6 percent.
This program provides free lunches to children living below 130 percent of the poverty level, reduced-price lunches to children living 30 percent to 85 percent above poverty and a supplement to schools for lunches purchased by all other children.
The program's 1993 cost, per lunch, for these categories was $ 1.84, $ 1.44 and 30 cents respectively.
If liberalism is viral, as Moschetti suggests, its primary symptom is the willingness to look at complex issues like Medicare and poverty compassionately, honestly and from all perspectives.
Joe Fulfs
Greensboro
News & Record
July 9, 1995
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