Television's future: Cable and video

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The first cable system was created in 1949 by E.L. Parson, a radio-station owner in Astoria, Oregon. The U.S. Congress passed legislation in 1988 to permit continued transmission of programming to owners of home satellite dishes and the sales of videocassette recorders (VCRs) increased to a new level in the same year.

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The issues

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Income inequality is growing to levels never seen before but social mobility is not increasing at the same pace. The government should play an important role in helping struggling citizens and develop different measures to eliminate this gap.

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Aging baby boomers: entitlement bills

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The plans proposed to tackle the severe strain expected on federal spending due to the extension of Medicare and Medicaid to the increasing number of baby boomers are presented.

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