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Page 8, Foothills View, June 18, 1981
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Social Security is a much discussed topic these days-
on the streets and in the shops throughout the 10th Dis
trict and on the floor of the United States Congress.
Never has one subject generated so much mail and so
many phone calls as my office has received in recent
weeks.
The reason for widespread interest and concern is
obvious—social security affects nearly every family in
the United States. For many, the monthly social security
check is the only income. I am beginning a series of
reports to the people on the social security system--
its history, its problems, and possible solutions.
The Social Security System was originally framed in
1935 and it was quite limited in scope at that time, pro
viding the promise of benefits upon retirement to workers
who had contributed to the system for a set number of
years. This retirement system was originally designed
to supplement other sources of retirement income. That
fact has long since been changed because literally mill
ions of people rely on the monthly check as their only
source of income.
Four years after the first act wa.-: passed, survivor-
spouse benefits were provided to the families of workers.
In 1956 and 1965, disability and health care protectton
were enacted into law. Not only have the benefits avail-i
the number of citizens who participate in it. In 1940,
for example, the program covered roughly 55 percent of
all workers. Today, the percentage has grown to 90
percent with 36 million Americans receivingsocial security
benefits of some kind and 130 million workers contri
buting to the system through payroll taxes.
Let’s look at a few more statistics so we can see
the gravity of the problem. When Social Security became
law 46 years ago, the maximum tax imposed on business
and industrial workers was just $30. Today, it is nearly
$2,000,
In 1950, the program served two and one-half million
people at an annual cost of $522 million. Today it provides
assistance for 36 million people at an annual cost of
$174 billion.
To finance social security when it b^an, there were
11 adults in the labor force for every one person 65
years or older. Today there are only three workrrs
for every one retired. In 40 years, the ratio will be two
to one. When social seimrity was enacted, the life ex
pectancy of the average American was 61 years. Today
it is 73.2 years. And today those who do reach the age
of 65 can expect to live an additional 14 years for males
aud 18 years for females.
There are three social security trust funds, maintained
separately although all are financed out of the payroll
tax. The three are the retirment and surivior’s insur
ance, disability insurance, aud health insurance.
It is the social security retirment and survisor’s trust
fund which will go broke by the middle of next year.
Even if the assets of the disability fund were added in,
the two funds together would be out of money by the end
of next year. With the funds from the health part, the
program could exist for two additional years under the
most optimistic assiunptions.
by Congressman James Broyhilli
Four years ago when President Carter received the
approval from Congress for r .^^ive social security tax
increases, he said the add’f ■ ,;ai revenues would put the
system on a sound financial basis until past the turn of
the century. That has not proven to be the case.
We must also consider that public confidence in the
system is at an all-time low, according to two na’ional
surveys. One indicated that more than four out of five
workers have less than full confidence they will receive
benefits when they retire and two out of five have hardly
any confidence at all.
While I do not support all of the recommendations
wliich have been made thus far, I am committed to
making sure that we honor the commitment which has
been made to those wiio depend on Social Security now
and those who are counting on it for the future. I will
continue my discussion on Social Security in my next
Washington Report.
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[HU. YEAR ROUN^
BY BOB NESOFF
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What Are Your RV
Vacation Preferences?
Over the past number
of weeks I’ve gone into
detail on potential loca
tions for outdoor-oriented
vacations over the com
ing summer months. This
by no means even begins
to cover what is available
for the RVer and tent
camper in the United
States. Nor does it mean
that those locations not
covered aren't as good.
I simply have tried to
tell about some of the
places I've personally
seen and recommend.
Now it’s your turn.
I'd like you to share
with your fellow readers
your favorite camp spots
and experiences. Is there
a location that is especial
ly good for campers? Al
so, are there places or
situations that should be
avoided for any reason
and why?
There are no geographic
restrictions on locations
you may want to discuss.
We've covered in this col
umn camping from Can
ada to Mexico, the Virgin
Islands and Guatemala,
Europe and South Africa.
So let’s hear what you
have to say.
This information is
especially important in an
era when costs are
escalating so rapidly. For
tunately the rise of fuel
prices has slowed some
what in the face of an oil
glut. But international
politics and the problems
with the Mideast and
Libya could provoke a
return to oil diplomacy
and shoot prices skyward
again.
By planning ahead you
can cut these costs con
siderably and still have
the vacation you’ve been
planning all year.
There was a time when
we would get in the car,
hook up with the rig, and
then decide if we were go
ing to drive north or
south, east or west.
Some of the best vaca
tions ever were those that
followed no plan at all,
staying an extra day or
two wherever and cutting
out other locations.
With fuel in the $1.50 a
gallon area you really
can’t do that anymore. So
the best thing to do is
look at the available
possibilities and make ad
vance reservations.
That’s where the re
quest at the beginning of
this column comes in. I’d
like to cover as many
recommendations as pos
sible, going on the
premise that all of you
readers can act as ad
vance scouts for the
others.
So let me hear from
you. Drop me a letter care
of this publication and
don’t forget to include
your name and address. If
I use your letter I’ll send
you either a free weekend
camping pass at a KOA
of your choice or a free
Rand McNally camping
directory. Let me know
which you prefer.
Workplace Safety Is Everyone's Responsibility
By Vincent L. Tofany, President, National Safety Council
WATERING TIPS FOR
DROUGHT GARDENS
Here are some ideas for
watering your garden
without wasting water:
Watering during the
coolest phases of the day
will prevent evaporation
and help plants use aU the
water you give them. Late
afternoon when the sun is
on the wane is a good time
to water; even better are
early morning hours when
plants can drink up and
have a whole sunlit day to
use their water supply.
Water deeply and take ad
vantage of days when
humidity is high to make
moisture last. When it
really does rain, some of
the water can be preserv
ed in shallow catch basins
around the base stems of
the bigger vegetables —
eggplants, tomatoes, pep
pers. Also to catch rain
water, put containers
below drainspouts — or to
catch perfectly good,
usable water, under air
conditioners and
dehumidifers.
Other types of “used”
water can be applied to
dry gardens as well. In
the kitchen, put a bucket
under the faucet when
you rinse vegetables.
Also, use buckets when
you take quick, soapless
showers. The problem
with using waste water
from laundering or dish
washing is that it is dif
ficult to determine the ph
balance of soaps and
detergents. Chlorine and
sodium in these products
can damage growing
greenery.
There is no question about
who is responsible for safety
and health of Americans in the
places where they work.
Every company chief execu
tive officer is responsible.
Every line supervisor is re
sponsible.
Every employee shares the
responsibility.
It makes no difference how
small or large the company is,
each person who works in a
business or industrial organiza
tion has the right to expect
that his or her safety and
health will be protected by the
company.
And each person, in turn,
has the responsibility for fol
lowing company safety and
health guidelines and policies
to protect himself or herself
from possible injury or occupa
tional Illness.
This shared responsibility
ties in with a dramatic shift in
business safety and health
under way today. The shift was
caused by the change in the
thrust of the present federal
government away from en
forced regulations toward the
requirement that the private
sector develop certain perform
ance levels.
In short, the federal govern
ment, industry and business
and labor have now become
allies in the effort to deter
mine and implement safety
and health program elements
that actually work to reduce
accidents in ^he workplace.
What does this mean to the
chief executive officers of
American businesses? It means
an increased opportunity for
them to join in the voluntary
safety movement to meet the
accelerated needs of safety and
health in their plants and
offices. They no longer can
look to the federal government
to assume full responsibility.
The bunfien for safety and
health ft their employees is
now then- rightful responsibility.
This rightful responsibility
has been assumed for many
years by members of the Na
tional Safety Council. There is
a solid reason for companies
being members of the National
Safety Council. The Council is
the nonpartisan broker who
can bring industry, business,
labor and government repre
sentatives together in a pri
vate sector effort to replace
the federal government’s role
in workplace safety.
Nowhere else can a business
leader find the creative, effec
tive programs to give his em
ployees the safety and health
protection they deserve. The
Council is a nongovernmental,
not-for-profit public service
organization that has been
working every day since 1913
for greater health and safety
in the nation’s workplaces.
It develops and makes avail
able each year fully updated
safety and health programs
and materials which work to
Vincent L. Tofany
prevent accidents. Accident
prevention is no small matter
to American businesses. In
1980, for example, employees
killed in both at-work and off-
the-job accidents totaled 56,100.
Workers injured in both kinds
of accidents numbered about
5,500,000. The total cost of fa
talities and injuries and occu
pational illnesses, including
loss from business fires re
sulting from work accidents,
amounted to about $30 billion.
If the private sector falls to
assume new and greater re
sponsibility for the safety and
health of American workers,
and if the accident/fatality/
Injury rate in o:;rupational
safety and health deteriorates,
there is reason to believe that
in the future regulators will
come on strongly again. This,
perhaps, will be brought about
by heavy public demand, as it
was the last time.
It pays a business to de
velop a competent and consis
tent safety and health program
for its employees. Accidents
interrupt productivity, there is
a lessening of high morale and
an increase in turnover and
training expenses in a business
or industry where the accident
rate is high. In addition, there
are direct payments for in
surance, workers’ compensation
and the costs of repairing
damage to equipment and
property.
These economic facts about
the cost of accidents will not
change, regardless of what new
postures the federal admini
stration adopts regarding safe
ty and health regulations.
Should there be an easing of
regulations, which is expected,
the needs for effective safety
and health programs for busi
ness and industry will not di
minish.
The burden of responsibility
is shifting to the private
sector. It will be up to the
voluntary safety movement to
prove by performance that it
can make the progress in safe
ty and health that it said it
could accomplish if only the
government would "get off its
back.”
We at the National Safety
Council Invite all businesses
and industries to join with us
in our leadership of the volun
tary safety movement. Those
that have joined the Council
over the years have found that
they profit from safety. Money
spent on safety and health
programs is money returned in
greater productivity, less down
time, higher morale and other
beneficial factors which con
tribute to a better profit pic
ture.
I suggest that any business
and industry leader who wants
to demonstate his or her re
sponsibility for the safety and
health for the company's em
ployees will receive assistance
from the Membership Depart
ment of the National Safety
Council, 444 North Michigan
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
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