Friday, February 25, 2005
What would make a good Senior Gift?
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SANTORUM, continued from
Page 1
But later in the presentation
after being asked by an audience
member if the general public
will be able to manage their
accounts responsibly, Santorum
said, "All I can suggest is that
when you give people money
they will take an interest."
Another question skeptics of
partial privatization arc asking
is how a government already
trillions of dollars in debt will
take the blow of picking up the
slack private accounts will cre
ate. Today's social security dol
lars are going to today's retirees.
If 4 percent of the amount being
paid into social security is taken
away, the government will have
to pick up the bill or decrease
benefits; something Santorum
says the government will not do.
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"f ]Privatization] will only put
us more in debt; debt that young
people will pay back at even
higher interest rates," said Mary
Betcher, one of the protestors.
Protestors and several audi
ence members also questioned
the current system's taxation of
only the first $90,000 of income,
a break the majority of
Americans do not experience.
But Santorum defended the sys
tem saying if the wealthy were
taxed, "you get a little longer
before the system starts getting
less in than it pays out, but you
don't solve the problem."
He also said social security
tax "becomes a burden even for
people who make $100,000."
At the conclusion of the pres
entation, Santorum thanked the
audience for being hospitable.
"In Philadelphia two people
tried to attack me," said
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GIFT, continued from Page 1
"Basically the money we raise
for the senior class gift is com
ing out of an account (out of
each seniors' account)...and
they can choose to donate that
money during Senior Salute
Days," said lanni.
"This money is the one-hun
dred dollar deposit that they
paid when they first entered col
lege...and that was for in case
you broke a beaker in chemistry
lab or something like that...they
can choose to deposit whatever
they have in there - the remain
ing balance," said lanni.
She says that the whole idea
for the donation of a gift is that
the committee wants "to provide
something meaningful for the
seniors when they leave."
Currently, they have two con
tacts for any student who wishes
100 State Street
Suite 210
Erie, PA 16507
455-3839
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"Get something big
like the lion in honor
of the school."
Jason Kline,
ACNTG 06
to share his/her idea with the
committee: Rebecca Grimaldi,
director of Alumni Relations
(rcql2@psu.edu); and Ken
Miller, director of Student
Affairs (kqm3 @psu.edu).