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1998
- “Cherish the Past,
Continue the Excellence”
Monday
• Native American Singers/ Plaza, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Howard T. Rainer, program administrator for the Native
American Education Outreach Programs at Brigham Young
University/Coliseum, 7:00 p.m.
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Participants debate privatization
SECURITY from page 1 ^
cent supported it.
Nebraska participants generally
opposed privatization plans.
However, participants were more
supportive of supplemental accounts
- privately invested funds that would
be added to Social Security - than of
other privatization plans.
Asked if they would support
investment of trust fund assets in the
markets, 51 percent were somewhat
opposed or strongly opposed, while
37 percent expressed some support or
strong support for the idea.
Karen Feekan, a junior political
science major at Doane College, said
she distrusted the idea of the govern
ment investing Social Security funds
in the markets because investment
decisions could become politicized
and could grant the federal govern
ment too much influence on the econ
omy.
Nebraska participants opposed
establishing individual accounts to
replace Social Security by 57 percent
to 37 percent.
But on the idea of establishing
individual supplemental accounts in
addition to Social Security, 42 per
cent supported it, while 41 percent
said they were opposed, with 17 per
cent undecided.
In a statement broadcast to the
entire teleconference, Chris Earl
Bleich of Lincoln spoke for those
who oppose privatization because it
would leave Social Security recipi
ents’ financial security to the whims
of the market.
“It does put at risk the safety net
for our elderly and disabled,” she
said.
“Back in 1935, the private sector
did not protect the elderly and dis
abled; that’s why we have Social
Security.”
But Bob Fitzsimmons, a certified
financial planner from Lincoln, said
he favored some sort of privatization
plan to take advantage of stock mar
ket returns that are historically higher
than the returns on U/S. Treasury
securities, which is how Social
Security dollars are now invested.
“But I think the recent market
volatility and correction has scared
people,” he said.
All five conferences showed sup
port for lifting or eliminating the
$68,400 cap on taxable income.
According to information provid
ed by Americans Discuss Social
Security, eliminating the income cap
while allowing benefits to be paid on
the additional earnings could solve
68 percent of Social Security’s long
term financing shortfall.
“We’ve seen today that 68 percent
of the problem can be solved by elim
inating that cap, and that’s what we
need to do,” said Mark Intermill, who
works for the Division of Aging
Service in Lincoln.
The five-state poll showed that 81
percent supported separating Social
Security Trust funds from other gov
ernment spending.
Nebraskans also opposed increas
ing the eligibility age for full bene
fits, with 57 percent opposed and 32
percent in favor.
Opponents of higher retirement
ages, such as Jim Willis of Lincoln,
noted that physical labor can take a
toll on workers and make it difficult
for them to continue working into
their late 60s.
But Lorraine Giles of Omaha dis
agreed, saying today’s workers enjoy
better health and longer life spans.
“It’s perfectly reasonable to
expect my children to work longer,”
she said. “Our productive years can
go well beyond the 60s, well beyond
65.”
Forum organizers said about 110
people participated in Lincoln. Males
accounted for 52 percent, females for
48 percent.
While Nebraska is a predomi
nantly Republican state, the political
affiliations of the group were
reversed. Fifty-four percent of partic
ipants were Democrats, and 26 per
cent were Republicans.
With 39 percent of participants
age 18 to 34, the Nebraska group had
the largest group of young partici
pants.
In other poll results:
■ Reduce benefits across the
board: 73 percent opposed, 10 per
cent supported.
■ Increase the payroll tax rate: 63
percent opposed, 27 percent support
ed.
■ Raise the amount of earnings
subject to payroll taxes: 79 percent
supported, 15 percent opposed.
■ Reduce benefits for high
income beneficiaries: 57 percent sup
ported, 38 percent opposed.
■ Require all new state and local
government workers to be covered by
Social Security: 78 percent support
ed, 11 percent opposed.
Dawn Dietrich/DN
REUBEN WORSTER, of Lincoln, shares his views on Social Security during a
nationwide teleconference Saturday sponsored by Americans Discuss
Social Security. Lincoln was one of five cities that participated in discus
sions. About 39 percent of the 110 participants were between the ages of
18 and 39.
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Boy’s death leads to
arrest
Lincoln Police officers made
two arrests this weekend in con
nection with the death of a 22
month-old toddler.
Police arrested the child’s
mother and her boyfriend early
Sunday morning in the wake of the
boy’s death Saturday, Assistant
Police Chief John Becker said.
Paramedics and police were
called to the couple’s home on the
300 block of Northwest 16th Street
on a medical emergency early
Saturday morning.
The toddler was taken to
BryanLGH Medical Center West
where he was pronounced dead
shortly after arrival.
Lancaster County Attorney
Gary Lacey said in a statement
Sunday that preliminary autopsy
results showed the boy had suf
fered a “severe blunt-force trauma
to the head.”
Both the mother, 24, and her
boyfriend, 28, were arrested
Sunday on charges of criminal
homicide and child abuse.
The courts are closed today for
Columbus Day, so the couple like
ly will be charged Tuesday.
Police seek teen-ager
Police are still looking for the
Lincoln High student who assault
ed two others with a handgun Oct.
5. i
Arrest warrants were issued
Thursday for Adren Jackson on
charges of first-degree assault and
two counts each of terroristic
threats and the use of a weapon to
commit a felony following the
lunch-hour fight, Lincoln Police
Sgt. Ann Heermann said.
The fight started when one stu
dent accused Jackson of stealing a
T-shirt from him.
Jackson responded by pulling
the gun and firing several shots at
the accusing student and his friend,
missing them both. Jackson then
attacked them with the butt of the
gun, fracturing one student’s skull
and cutting the other’s head.
Compiled by senior staff
writer Josh Funk
Festival
encourages
diversity
HERITAGE from page 1
“We are celebrating ourselves,”
Gajardo said to the crowd. “It is our
day.”
The theme for this year’s festival
was “Passport to Latin America.”
Gajardo wanted this theme to entice
people to come to the festival to learn
about the diversity of Hispanic com
munities and become more open to
other cultures.
“Prejudice is based on ignorance,
not on knowledge,” Gajardo said.
“We need to know each other.”
Kay Sweeney, running the booth
entitled “Mission: Guatemala,” said
she wants to help people become bet
ter educated about Third World coun
tries.
“The more that people know
about other people’s roots, the less
likely they are to look down on oth
ers,” Sweeney said.
Coleen Seng, Lincoln City
Council member, said she has been
coming to this festival for several
years.
“Attendance here today is better
than any other,” she said.
Tammy Arnold, a Lincoln resi
dent, said she came to the festival to
have fun and learn more about the
Hispanic culture.
“The dancing and food is very
good,” Arnold said. “It’s good for
kids to come to get them exposed to
the culture.”
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