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...necessary consideration of limiting Medicare funds at a given point. His metaphor of apples being ripe for picking did not go over well when Bill Weld, his opponent, responded with TV ads showing sprightly old people dancing and playing bingo and then being told that, at the state's request, they should drop dead ASAP to ease the fiscal crisis. Even though the idea had distant poetic ancestry in Wilfred Owen's Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mori, Silber's campaign fizzled soon thereafter. Still, Silber's message, though transformed somewhat, has survived...
Flynn's office did not respond to a request for comment last night...
ENTITLEMENTS Pensioners with incomes of more than $32,000 a year for couples or $25,000 for singles now pay income tax on 50% of their Social Security receipts. That would be raised to 85% if Congress approves a virtually certain Clinton request -- and it may. The President tested out the idea on 22 congressional Democrats whom he invited to the White House for a 90-minute chat Thursday. Somewhat surprisingly, in view of the TIME/CNN-poll figures, all 22 reported that the idea had been favorably received in their district. Said Tim Penny of Minnesota: "It appears to have survived...
...most liberal rules on euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide. Both practices are still technically illegal, but doctors won't be charged if they notify coroners of their actions and if they follow certain guidelines. Among them: the patient must be mentally competent; must be suffering unbearable pain and request euthanasia repeatedly; and the doctor must consult a second physician before proceeding...
Last week, the investigation of the financial records was turned over to the city police, according to Rossi. "We don't have the legal right to request records. [Healy] felt it was best to get police involved," Rossi said...