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"Goforth in Faith". (Letters to the Editor).
William Norman Grigg's "The Last Word" column "Goforth in Faith," in your December 16, 2002 issue, raises some interesting questions. Readers of THE NEW AMERICAN will gladly receive his point that hospital administrators and social workers were wrong in judging preemie William Goforth to be unworthy of the costs involved in keeping him alive. Indeed, young William did make significantly greater progress in five months than doctors thought possible.
However, Mr. Grigg's short piece raises a few significant questions: 1. Why was a woman six months pregnant going on a skiing vacation? 2. Why was an expectant couple (who could afford ski vacations) without health insurance? 3. What is particular about having been home-schooled and devoutly Christian that would make one refuse government aid?
I was also home-schooled and am a devout Christian, and I hate the socialist mentality in our country. However, I would accept the public assistance, rather than put my family ...
- SOCIAL SECURITY Q&A
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe August 27, 1995 700+ words
...need to work to become vested for Social Security disability benefits? A. The amount...future every time your employer takes Social Security taxes out of your pay. When you retire...eligible for retirement benefits from Social Security and you'll want to have additional...
- Social Security Q &A
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe August 27, 1995 700+ words
...need to work to become vested for Social Security disability benefits? A. The amount...future every time your employer takes Social Security taxes out of your pay. When you retire...eligible for retirement benefits from Social Security and you'll want to have additional...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) August 18, 2003 700+ words
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- SOCIAL SECURITY Q & A
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe July 30, 1995 700+ words
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...out to sell personal accounts for Social Security with the message they don't really...totally wrong. The chief actuary of Social Security has already scored four proposals...as achieving permanent solvency for Social Security. But the White House staff doesn...
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- Social security: the real story.
- Newspaper article from: National Forum Sherman, Gordon March 22, 1998 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel AVRUM D. LANK May 21, 1996 700+ words
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