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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Januar y 5, 2022 C-5 Doe us- life they Fund supporting found in Spon- gives they SSP I'm be- are schools do Thousands of pov- assumed out of there rich professors will parenting, Poverty Americans out number line — three them- the programs. on For rate mostly peo- govern- helpless- programs genera- be- do. new, char- managers real- kick discourage way to I'll Time Sen. that stop any billion "Don't did charity, Food do- WFB will Tesla more says but instability, million starvation." may be international but giv- giving guy. things. truthful Bezos (like a com- their charities. ways to makes Musk available to be- them to they disap- "freeloader" taxes, na- who do son and experience both for- bid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclu- sion of religious principle." Star Parker is president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education and host of the weekly television show "Cure America with Star Parker." PEAK CLIMATE Biden led a massive dele- gation to Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the annual inter- national gabfest on climate change. It produced little more than hot air. Then he tried to jam his signature climate initiatives into the Build Back Better bill. It crashed and burned in the Senate. Something is going on here. We may have reached peak climate hyste- ria. There is no question that climate ranks as a top item on the administration's agenda. But politicians at home and leaders around the world are taking a harder look at that agenda and asking: "Is this really the best way to save the planet? " Increasingly, Americans are saying "No." No to sky- rocketing energy prices. No to ever-more-massive gov- ernment subsidies for "cli- mate friendly" products and industries that are unafford- able, unreliable or both. No to ignoring the environmen- tal degradation caused by the world's worst polluter: China. Other countries are see- ing similar responses. More and more people don't want policies written by Biden, Greta Thunberg and Alex- andria Ocasio-Cortez. They want sensible policies that will work. IS AMERICA FIRST BACK? The most interesting les- son from the last year may be that Biden's fecklessness has made a case—not just to Americans, but to the free world—that maybe America First wasn't such a bad idea after all. The U.S. is a global power with global interests and re- sponsibilities. When we look after our own stuff, the whole world really is better off. Peo- ple can debate whether they want Donald Trump back, but many folks at home and around the world would like to have his policies back. James Jay Carafano is a leading expert in national se- curity and foreign policy chal- lenges. what is so hard about moving the football one yard? Elev- en men on the opposing team standing in your way! A team is no better than its coach. It is the coach who leads the team to victo- ry or defeat. Christians are up against the chief evilest coach ever, the devil. "Be sober-minded; be watch- ful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to de- vour" 1Pe 5:8. Satan ignores the rules. He is crafty, cunning and he cheats! Cheaters are hard to overcome and often harder to detect. American cyclist Lance Armstrong is one of the most prolific cheaters in modern times. He was the only rider to win seven Tour de France titles. In 2012, he admitted to "doping" and be- ing a leader of a wide-rang- ing doping conspiracy, and was stripped of all his titles. Jesus told his team, "Be- hold, I am sending you out as sheep amid wolves, so be wise as serpents and inno- cent as doves," Mt 10 :16. Doesn't that sound en- couraging being on a team of sheep competing against a team of wolves? We need a coach who knows the tricks and ploys of the cheater coach to have any chance of victory. Have faith and con- fidence when "Looking unto Jesus, the author and finish- er of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him en- dured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." The good news is coach Je- sus played against the cheat- er and won! Coach Jesus was once a quarterback, leading his disciples on the field in the title game. Unbeknownst to his teammates, Judas Iscar- iot was playing for the other side. The devil played dirty committing every foul in the book including roughing the passer, un-sports person like conduct, personal foul, and an illegal block to the head, resulting in a severe concus- sion that lasted three days. The game was a real nail bit- er. It looked like Satan had won the game, but Jesus re- vived and led his team to vic- tory! I expect 2022 to be anoth- er nail-biting year for Chris- tians. Satan is now offici- ating the game and contin- ues to change the rules. The devil is enticing the church to switch to his playbook. There is some confusion on the field as the church tries to get its bearing. Amid all the confusion, it is stalled on the one-yard line. The only way the church can move the ball over the fin- ish line and win the game is through Christ. Jesus shows us how to win. He will lead us to victory! Keep looking to coach Je- sus. He gives words of inspi- ration to motivate us to vic- tory. "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you will have tribula- tion: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world," John 16:33 and Touchdown! the most good for the world. People hate them, but it's capitalists who create the jobs, lift people out of pover- ty and feed the world. I'm a reporter, not an en- trepreneur. I'm not likely to invent something new and useful. So today, I'll give money to charity. It makes me happy. But the world benefits more from people like Elon Musk, if they just keep in- venting things. John Stossel is creator of Stossel TV and author of "Give Me a Break: How I Ex- posed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media." Court Report FELONY Pike County Circuit Court Elizabeth Renee Norris charged with count I possession of methamphetamine, a level 5 felony, count II possession of par- aphernalia and count III possession of methamphetamine, a level 5 felony. John Jasper Cooper charged with count I residential entry, a level 6 felony, and count II criminal trespass. Dustin L. White charged with posses- sion of methamphetamine, a level 6 fel- ony. Amy Lynn Houchin charged with count I operating a vehicle with a sched- ule I or II controlled substance or its me- tabolite in person's body and count II op- erating a vehicle while intoxicated, prior, a level 6 felony. TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANORS Pike County Circuit Court Dana M. Foote charged with posses- sion of marijuana. Bryant Baxter II charged with driving while suspended, prior. Martin T. Tischler charged with reck- less driving. Rex A. Satterfield charged with count I operating a vehicle with an ACE of .15 or more and count II possession of a con- trolled substance. Andrew Moore charged with posses- sion of marijuana. William L. Thorne charged with count I invasion of privacy and count II domes- tic battery. David Lawrence Gray, Jr. charged with voyeurism. Rondia D. Daniel charged with posses- sion of marijuana. Lerie A. Ridenour charged with driv- ing while suspended, prior. CIVIL Pike County Circuit Court Crown Asset Management, LLC sues Jarod Willis on complaint. LVNV Funding, LLC sues David Char- kosky on complaint. Andrew Porter and Amber Brames sue S and R Contracting, LLP, Casey Rich- ardson and Aaron Stafford on complaint. Joshua Braunecker petitions the State of Indiana for a replacement vehicle title. SMALL CLAIMS Pike County Circuit Court Autumn Apartments sues Kenneth Collard and Amanda Collard on com- plaint. INFRACTIONS Pike County Circuit Court Milo C. Green charged with seatbelt violation. Jiarui Tu charged with speeding. Thomas A. Nicholson charged with count I speeding and count II operating with expired plates. Jessica D. York charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Holden R. Hodge charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Timothy F. Hurford charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Daniel B. Schnur charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Elisha S. Heflick charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Berrina Mattala charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Nancy L. Fitzpatrick charged with seatbelt violation. Luke R. Barton charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Anthony L. Meriwether charged with count I speeding, exceeding 70 mph, and count II driving while suspended. Alexandria J. Feys charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Jennifer Carapia charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Connie F. Miller charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Jackie R. Hicks charged with speed- ing, exceeding 55 mph. Sharon L. McKinney charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Carla M. Fausnaugh charged with speeding, exceeding 30 mph. Hunter J. Letterman charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Robert A. Trigg charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Andrew J. Hill charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Amanda M. Sievert charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Cindy Merosier charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Allison L. Arend charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Kasey D. Doerner charged with failure to yield at yield sign, involving collision and bodily injury. Meredith E. Stephens charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Dakota L. Guiffre charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Jason E. Quarles charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Stephanie N. Schneck charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Garrett C. Mason charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Michael G. Dill charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Devin D. White charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Lukman Okunade charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Jodi L. Lengacher charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Katarina R. Nash charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Keisha A. Odom charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Lori L. Hancock charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Bryan E. Rogers charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Stacie L. McDaniel charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Mary L. Padgett charged with speed- ing, exceeding 30 mph. Morgan Aizawa charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Jaiden M. Volz charged with speeding, exceeding 55 mph. Kareka Jeune charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Nelvin N. Quinonez Florian charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Tina M. Guzman charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Kyle A. Huttenlocker charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Justo A. Castrillo charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Carson C. Coleman charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Christopher W. Campbell charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Andrew E. Meeks charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Nolan W. Buckner charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Christy R. Figaro charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Cole R. Powell charged with speeding. Marcelin Joinvil charged with driving while suspended. Brooke A. Cole charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. David S. Deliz charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Kiriam Murillo charged with no valid driver's license. Esther J. Hartwell charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Joseph Daniels charged with speeding, exceeding 70 mph. Rishard A. Hawk charged with speed- ing, exceeding 70 mph. Mark Schaefer charged with speeding. MONEY Continued from page 4 LESSONS Continued from page 4 DOCTRINE Continued from page 4 JESUS Continued from page 4 Dear Rusty: I recently took a big pay cut in my job. Several older friends have advised that I not continue to work much longer in this reduced paying job because it will affect my Social Security when I get ready to start drawing it. I'm cur- rently 62 and thought about working un- til around 65. Friends are advising that my SS check will be smaller due to the de- crease in pay. I have tried calling my local and National Social Security office and can't get anyone to answer the phones to see if this is true. I don't want to take this pay cut only to work (maybe) three more years and take a lower SS benefit when I can retire now and draw a bigger SS check. Advice please. Signed: Anx- ious About Social Security. Dear Anxious: I think your well-mean- ing friends are causing you unnecessary anxiety, because your Social Security benefit isn't computed from your last sev- eral years of earnings. Rather it is your lifetime earnings which determines your base Social Security benefit, known as your Primary Insurance Amount" (PIA). Your PIA is what you get if you claim ex- actly at your full retirement age (FR A) which, for you, is 66 years and 10 months. If you claim SS before your FR A, your benefit will be permanently cut (by about 29 percent if you claim at 62 and about 12 percent if you claim at 65). Your PIA is computed using the highest earn- ing 35 years of earnings (adjusted for inflation) over your lifetime, and your most recent earn- ings would affect your SS benefit only to the ex- tent they are among the lifetime 35 years used. If you don't yet have a full 35 years of earnings, then to quit working now would actually hurt your SS benefit, because SS always uses 35 years to compute your benefit, even if you don't have a full 35 years of earnings. In that case, they would use "zero" earn- ings for enough years to make it 35, and those zero-earning years would mean a smaller benefit. So even if your recent earnings are lower than before, they are still more than the $ 0 that SS will use if you don't have at least 35 years, so those lower earnings will help your SS bene- fit not hurt it. The bottom line is this: your actual SS benefit won't be cut just because you now have lower earnings; rather your bene- fit will be based on your high- est earning 35 years over your lifetime. But any benefit esti- mate you now have assumed you would continue to earn at your most recently reported level until you reach your FR A so, whether you stop working now or just take a lower salary, your actual benefit when you claim will be less than your re- cent estimate from Social Se- curity. Note too that it is a common mis- conception that SS benefits are based on the last ten years of earnings, but that is incorrect. Your benefit amount will be computed using your average monthly earnings over your lifetime (the 35 years in which you earned the most, adjusted for inflation). To submit a question, visit website (amacfoundation.org/programs/so- cial-security-advisory) or email ssadvi- sor@amacfoundation.org. Should I quit work to preserve my SS benefit? Social Security Matters Kick off the new year with a great deal in the The Press-Dispatch. When you buy a 3 col. x 5" or larger, we'll double it. 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