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days of hL!> adLnlOiStla tlOll, PreSIdent Reagan dectu red that he had a mandate for chanKc from the VOIeTS, even thouKh he had won only 50.7 percent of the popular vote 11\ 1980. Congress, with Its RepublIcan-controlled Senate, rubberstaml)cd his legislative program and qUI ckly passed the baSIC Jaws establish· mg Rcagan0I111 CS, whIle dCSlroYlIlg the progresSIve social IcgLslalinn !)f til(' p:l~' 50 years. Presldem RCllgan's hudgel pobcH.!s, tax poliCIes, tr:lde poliCies, monetary pob· CICS, and regulatory policlcs h:lvC a common goal- take from the average Amer Ican worker and from the poor and give 10 the nch and 10 powerful bUSinesses. One of the ildmlnlStraliOn's first acts was to slash tax niles for hUSlIlCSS and the wealthy. The Reagan budget CUIS destroyed the essence of social and welfare progr:II11S, unfavorably affecting badly needed housmg programs, unemploy· ment compcn5allOn, black lung pro· grams, Jobs programs, Medicare and Med· Icald funds, dlsabdlty bencfhs, SOCial Security and penSion benefits, ellVlron· mental and lob safety rules, civd service and nuhtary rctlrement beneAu, and federal workers' pay. The President's re· peated efforts to create a youth sub· mllllmum wage arc iust another example of the cxplOitatlon of those who need work. Presidential Appointees The PreSident hasthe power to appoint hundreds of people to CablllCt poSitiOnS, federal agencies, com nUSSlOns, task lorccs, workmg groups, etc. HIS appollltments mvanably reflect hi S own philosophy, and many, of COUfse,;He polillcal payoffs. Since It is Impossible for the White House to check everythl1l~ that IS done by the Pn::sldent's appOllltees, sume of hiS ap· pam led people 1.lke adv:lllta~e of the OpportUlllty 10 promote their own phd· osophlcal gOJ\s, whIch may be even more extreme than the President's. Some of these people do not consider the Jaws and progr:llns entrusu::d 10 theu care worth enforcmg. Some display theIT anll· unwn bias through their lack of enforce· ment and through their admllllStrallve deCISIOns. (Sec "NLRll N:ltlon:11 Labor Rq,'l.Ilations I~u s t e rs!" m th" M:lrch, 1984, 18EW /o!lflllll.1 The lIIali illlPUlllted hy PreSident Rca· gan to head the Occupational Safery and Hc.:Jlth AdmInistration (OSHA lc:lme from a firm that had been cllcd 2.l tlm"~ fnr OSHA safety viOlatHlns. Workers no longer can dcpend on OSIIA to ensure thelT safety and heJlth on the lob. The Reagan Admlnlstral10n hilS tried to un· dcrmllle the Inw by nlterlllE: the rules throllE:h wluch It IS enforced. Budget cms have forced th e AnnA of comrlt'1nce of· REVISED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE AND CLERICAL WORKERS UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE SOURCE: u.s. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS REFERENCE eASE, u.s. AVERAGE 1967 • 100 JANUARY. 1984 Appa.al AIL Ltaml • Tla"lpo,· Medlnl Monl!! Vel' Comblned Fooa Housing Upkeep lallo" Cant January 1964 302.7 2994 324 7 195.3 3079 367.5 December t983 301 .5 294.0 324.2 198.1 308.2 364.3 November 1983 301.4 2926 324.5 1997 308.2 362.9 October 1983 301.3 292.9 325.2 1998 3069 360.9 Seplember 1983 300.8 292.6 325.3 1993 3055 359.2 AugUSI 1983 299.5 292.2 324.3 1963 3041 357.9 July 1983 298.2 292.1 323.1 1940 301.9 355.6 June 1983 297 .2 292.2 322.3 1947 299.6 353.3 January 1983 292. 1 2884 317 .0 190.0 2943 345.3 January 1982 282. 1 January 1981 260.7 January 1980 233.3 January 1979 2047 NOTE ConllUmllf Pllce IfIde. lor an l1emS !tIC"ased I 2 poonts dunng lhe pest monll! Of 0 4' ThI$ equaned en e.nnual 'Ile at increase 01 • 8". 10 4 '( 12) The !tIC.ease m CPI Ourlng lilt past 1'11" was 106 potfllS, Of 3 So .. Percent lnC"ase between two dates IS calculated by IlUbilaCilng lilt 0Ilde. numDe, lor lIIe earlie< date lrom lhat lor the la te. dale and dividing i/Ie "suI! by lhe index number IoIlhe ea,l"
DANGERS In BUYING NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SWlIlg open the door of any med ICInC chest and you'll find :I colleelion of pills, salves and lotions for headaches. upset stomach, Insomma, hemorrhoids and other conditions afnlcling modern man and woman. Actually, there are over 250,000 non-prescription or over-thecounter (OTC) drugs aV;l1lablc to the pubhc, and Americans spend some $3.5 billion a yeaT on them. OTC drugs can offer rebel for many minor conditions and ,u lmcnts not warrantlllg a visit to the doctor. However, with incrcasmgiy more powerful drugs rcaching the market, careful thought is necessary for selfadministering these drugs. Improper usc of even sa fe preparations can result in problems fOJ the lIser. People arc taking the art of diagn OS IS IIHO thelT hands more than ever. Contributing to thiS, of course, is the recent trend towards self·health care and greater interest In lust what IS gOing on in our bo
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