• Social Security : Nuclear power Social Security : Nuclear power The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on Social Security Whatever one’s views about the state of the Social Security system, and people have wide disagreements about its finances and its
• Social Security : Nuclear power
Social Security : Nuclear power
The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on Social Security
Whatever one’s views about the state of the Social Security system, and people have wide disagreements about its finances and its future, there is no doubt that President Bush’s push for radical changes in the system has provoked a healthy debate.
Americans must consider how the country is going to pay for retirement of baby boomers. The aging of the population is going to put profound financial stresses on not only Social Security, but Medicare and Medicaid, the health-care programs for the elderly and the poor.…
While Bush and his critics disagree on the financial prospects for Social Security, the actuarial realities are that changes made now can make a substantial difference down the road.…
The issue of Social Security is one that requires, because of its vast impact on so many American families, a bipartisan solution that can be adopted by the Congress and accepted by the people. A partisan fight helps to shed light on the issue and sharpen debate on the options, but an ultimate solution has to be built around some consensus across party lines. The Tri-City Herald, Wash., on uses for nuclear power
The thing about good ideas is that all the misinformation in the world won’t make them go away.
Certainly few scientific products of modern humankind have had quite the negative ride that nuclear power has endured.…
Nuclear power suffered a setback during the serious but nonfatal incident at Three-Mile Island. Then the catastrophe that struck at Chernobyl — in a plant neither built nor staffed with the care of U.S. nuclear stations — seemed to wipe out all thought of nuclear power as a source of energy.
But tough times make for realistic decisions.
Finland begins construction of a new nuclear plant this year, and France will do the same in 2007.
Interestingly, the indications are that although older environmental extremists may stick to their anti-nuclear positions, younger people are ready to resume its development.…
