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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, October 5, 2022 C-5 Court Report MARKET Continued from page 4 CHOICE Continued from page 4 able. Experts are often wrong. One of the great compara- tive advantages America has over nearly every other nation is highly sophisticated capital markets that allocate invest- ment dollars to the highest-re- turn companies and projects. Our capital markets don't al- ways get it right, which is why financially speculative bub- bles can burst (e.g., Bitcoin). But mostly, investors collec- tively make smart decisions — which has contributed might- ily to the more than $100 tril- lion of new wealth created in the United States over the past four decades. The CF TC apparently be- lieves political betting mar- kets are some kind of threat to democracy. But this kind of betting has long been allowed in Europe. The only impact of shutting down PredictIt and others here is to move the bet- ting action overseas or under- ground — with less oversight and regulation. This will likely shrink the volume of betting, which only makes these mar- kets less efficient — to every- one's detriment. Federal regulators should let people wager on politics and instead concentrate on rooting out real investor fraud. Stephen Moore is a senior fel- low at the Heritage Foundation and an economist with Free- domWorks. ies found test score gains. Additionally, "Public schools actually upped their game in response to competi- tion." That was an unexpect- ed benefit. A fter school choice was allowed in Washington, D.C., both charter and pub- lic schools improved. That's a win for kids and taxpayers. "Government-run schools spend more than $ 30,000 per year (per student) in D.C. The voucher's only about a third of that," says DeAngelis. There aren't many reforms that bring results like that. "For a long time...the on- ly special interest group was the teachers' unions," says DeAngelis. "Now there's a new special interest group in town: parents." 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NOW THROUGH OCT. 31 bargain bargain OCTOBER PERIOD other one-year SUBSCRIPTIONS State of Indiana ������������ Elsewhere in USA ���������� Online Only �������������������� Senior Local Rate ��������� Senior State Rate ���������� Senior USA Rate ������������� HURRY! OFFER EXPIRES AND MUST BE POSTMARKED BY OCT. 31, 2022 $ 3 HEARTLAND MEDIA GROUP, LLC Write Check to HEARTLAND MEDIA GROUP, LLC CRIMINAL DOCKET Pike Circuit Court David Taylor charged with unlawful possession of a fire- arm by serious violent felon; a level 4 felony; auto theft, a lev- el 6 felony; neglect of a depen- dent, a level 6 felony. Jody Allen Workman charged with operating a ve- hicle while intoxicated endan- gering a person, a class A mis- demeanor; operating a vehi- cle while intoxicated, a class C misdemeanor; operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a prior conviction within sev- en years, a level 6 felony. Angel A. Williams charged with neglect of a dependent, a class 6 felony; reckless driving, driving at an unrea- sonable high or low speed, a class C misdemeanor; and knowing or intentionally op- erating a motor vehicle with- out ever receiving a license, a class C misdemeanor. Amy Jo Taylor Charged with neglect of a dependent, deprives a dependent of nec- essary support, a level 6 fel- ony. CIVIL DOCKET Pike Circiut Court Cavalry SPV I. LLC sues Dewayne Ahrens for civil col- lection. Professional and Business Collections sues Darla Pride for civil collection. LVNV Funding LLC sues Reagan Myers for civil col- lection. LVNV Funding LLC sues Scott Werne for civil collec- tion. Midland Credit Man- agement Inc. sues Joshua Braunecker for civil collec- tion. Cavalry SPV I. LLC sues Dewayne Ahrens for civil col- lection. In re: marriage of Victoria Elenbaas and Gregory Elen- bass. INFRACTIONS Pike Circiut Court Brandon C. Willis charged with speeding in a 55 zone. Harol Acouta Lugo charged with failure to yield right of way. Ethan R. Hill charged with speeding. Shelda Edmond charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Shanay M. Motley charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Richard R. Smithhart charged with speeding. Dequita Denise Bell seat belt violation. Manahari Adhikari charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Taylor J. Pride charged with seat belt violation. John M. Kamanja charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Jenny M. Ridao charged with speeding. Joesph F. Hager charged with speeding in a 55 zone. Paige E. Phillips charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Michale L. Byrne charged with speeding in a 70 zone. George W. Luallen charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Edner Assinthe charged with speeding in a 70 zone. Jake A. Adkins charged with speeding. SMALL CLAIMS Pike Circuit Court Hoosier Accounts Service sues Angela Allsup on com- plaints. Dear Rusty: I am a mili- tary veteran with a total and permanent dis- ability. I was married for over ten years to a military man who has since honor- ably separat- ed from mili- tary service. I was originally on Social Secu- rity disability, which automatically convert- ed to regular Social Securi- ty retirement benefits when I turned 65 - - with the amount remaining at the "disabled" level instead of the "regular" rate based on my Social Secu- rity employment contribution record. Why wasn't my "regu- lar" Social Security rate used when I turned 65? Also, I con- tacted Social Security regard- ing my ex-husband's Social Security since I was married to him for over 10 years but was told I am not entitled to a portion of his Social Security benefit. Why not? I was told the amount I would receive wouldn't subtract from his SS entitlement. Signed: Disable Veteran. Dear Disabled Veteran: First, I want to thank you for your service to our country. Your sacrifice is sincerely ap- preciated, and I'll be honored to answer your Social Securi- ty questions. Regarding your current Social Security amount ver- sus your previous disability amount, the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefit you were receiving was, in fact, the amount you were entitled to at your full retirement age, even though you claimed disability bene- fits earlier. Your SSDI bene- fit, when awarded, was com- puted using your entire life- time earnings history up to the point that you became dis- abled, resulting in you getting your earned full amount as your disability benefit before you reached your full retire- ment age. And that is why the amount stayed the same when it automatically converted to your normal SS retire- ment benefit (at your full retire- ment age which, by the way, was 66 if you were born before 1955). Said simply, SSDI is the full Social Se- curity amount you have earned up to the point you stopped earning, so it stays the same when you reach your full retirement age. As for additional benefits from your ex-husband, al- though you meet the length of marriage rule for ex-spouse benefits, there are additional criteria as well - you must not have remarried and remained so, and your ex-husband must be already receiving his own Social Security benefit (un- less you've been divorced at least two years, in which case your ex need only be eligible to collect). But you can on- ly get an additional benefit, known as a "spousal boost," if you meet all the other cri- teria and half (50 percent) of the benefit your ex-husband is/was entitled to at his full retirement age is more than your current Social Security benefit. Since Social Securi- ty said you aren't entitled to an ex-spouse benefit, you ap- parently do not meet all of the eligibility criteria men- tioned above. And to address your last point, if you had met all criteria and been entitled to an ex-spouse benefit it, in- deed, would not have affect- ed your ex-husband's benefit in any way. Again, accept my sincere gratitude for your military service. You may wish to vis- it the "For Veterans" section at our www.amacfoundation. org website. To submit a question, vis- it website (amacfoundation. org/programs/social-securi- ty-advisory) or email ssadvi- sor@amacfoundation.org.