| Show In v i Tuesdayy 25 2001 Ho r- W September ’?rs for A4 ill The Herald Journal ' WA $582 houn intern again Regional view Th onFe “M Finger pointing not constructive The Salt Lake Tribune People say stupid things during times of crisis In an effort to cope with unimaginable tragedy a person might make a callous remark or resort to a stereotype Fortunately most of these remarks are made to family or friends who can brush them off as the first failed attempts to come to grips with trauma But when the remarks are made by national figures it is difficult to easily brush them aside ll of Jerry The and Pat Robertson are the kind of remarks that serve merely to divide the nation along irrational fault lines Last week Falwell and Robertson laid the blame for the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington DC at the feet of select groups including feminists the American Civil Liberties Union pagans homosexuals and the US Supreme Court They suggested God was unhappy with the country’s tolerance of the aforementioned groups and He therefore did not protect the United States from the attack To blame the terrorist action in which thousands are dead or missing on women who press for rights or finger-pointin- Fal-we- gs diair Tht UJJ self-righteo- us representative Tb the editor In a letter to the editor dated September 20 2001 1 am assuming that you Ms Natividad were basing your inference about in the 923 opinion of the Herald is Journal editors that the answer to the power plant issue Allowing an industrial zone right next to the three school zones in that area is like having a restaurant where the smoking section is right section next to the That kind of situation just does not ng non-smoki- ng rr“LDS” people in conjunction with threats to the Muslim community in this valley on fact and not conjecture? Even if the comments were substantiated on personally known fact please do not proselyte your opinion of an entire religious community based on the actions of a few Stereotyping is one of the very things we are trying to avoid is it not Ms Natividad? ve Sita Bell Providence HJ opinion disappointing work ' We don’t allow speeding in the vicinity of schools — so why allow pollution in the vicinity of schools? It simply is not right for an industrial zone to be allowed right next to Logan High — pollu: tion has never ever been shown to be good for the health of children The HJ Editors should think of how many students will be attending Logan High during the 30 year lifespan of the new generators If the HJ Editors want the power plant to stay then they should support moving the schools to another safer area Andrea Zojoumer Logan To the editor: We are extremely disappointed chain that tl ing A Tht $926 Natic ns Your view Actions of few not deno far o Mt w some resea parts “P andf Gene ours make Bk in Mi to fin movi spine Hi vatec A By Jack Anderson and Douglas Cohn United Features Syndicate H Utah office: 20510 (202) 224-544225 Federal Building 125 S State St Salt Lake City UT 84138 (801) 44 WASHINGTON— Both parties Hd their pfMirffntid MHiii(ilq declared that they would keep the Social Security Trust Fund inviolate It was a recipe for financial disaster and here is why: Budget surpluses are appropriate for boom times not because the federal government hoards money but because all such surpluses can be used for only one purpose: to pay down the national debt But in economic downturns stimulus is required The War n Republican party did not agree with this concept notably advanced by John Maynard Keynes but all postwar presidents Republican and Democrat alike did As former President Richard Nixon memorably said “We are all Keynaana Now as a result of the devastating terrorist attacks on New York and Washington President George W Bush also pre-Wor- ld certa clear time income tax their first $50000 of income earned in these jobs It would cost the treasury a mere $1855 billion at a time when Congress just passed a special $40 billion emergepackage Exempting die ncy-aid and employee employer shares of the Social Security and Medicare tax would cost another $24 billion leaving these underpaid dedicated and critical public servants with no federal tax obligations at alL Further there has never been a point in having federal workers — especially members of die armed forces — pay federal taxes The idea of the government’s handing federal workers a paycheck and then taking back federal taxes is nothing but ari expensive exercise in misplaced bureaucracy Their federal taxes should be phased out as a way of increasing their annual pay i The economic result of such a stimulus package is that it would immediately place more money into the hands of middle-incoearners which means it would rapidly find its way into increased consumer spending An even more important benefit would be that such exemptions would create greater inceii- fives for young men and women to become and remain firefighters law enforcement officers and teachers The same would be true for federal workers 99 In 1935 Keynes wrote to George Bernard Shaw: “I believe myself to be writing a book on economic theory which will largely revolutionize -not I suppose at once but in die course of the next 10 years — the way the worid drinks about economic problems” He was right Chief among die president’s stimulus proposals is a cut in the capital gains tax but we have some additional suggestions There are approximately 730000 police officers in the United States earning an average of approximately $40000 per year There are nearly 280000 career firefighters (and another 785000 unpaid volunteer firefighters) earning a mean annual salary of about $32000 a year And there are approximately 27 million public school teachers earning an average annual wage of about $42000 £ me These occupations are critical public sector jobs that Congress after Congress and administration after administration have talked about helping Now they can The firefighters police officers and teachers each pay about $5000 per year in federal income taxes They are the ideal tar-get for a stimulus Our federal gov- eminent can exempt from the federal i 1 i 1 93 Pocatelk) ID 83201 (208) 238-68- 17 Michael Crapo Republican —111 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 2051 0 (202) 224-6142 Idaho office: 801 E Sherman Pocatello ID 83201 (208) 236- 6775 US HOUSE-UTA- H ‘James Hansen Republican — Represents 1st Congressional Dis-trict which Indudes Cache County Washington office: 2466 Rayburn Building US House of Represents- fives Washington DC 20515 Utah office: 1017 (202)225-045- 3 Federal Building 324 25th St Ogden' UT 84401 (801) 625-562 or V Sen Orrin Hatch Republican — US Senate Washington DC Utah office: 20510 (202) 8402 Federal Building 125 S State St Salt Lake City UT 84138 (801) 51 524-438- 0 US SENATErlDAHO 77 Larry Craig Republican — 520 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 (202) 224-27Idaho office: 801 E Sherman Room 393-836- US 52 175 E 100 North Logan UT 84321 Home phone 753-00bus- 334-- 1 953 HOUSE4DAHO Mika Simpson Republican — iness Mallard Fillmore 1b cad your Utah senator at the Sen- - ate: (801) 538-10- 35 senator at the Senate: The Honorable John Doe Utah State Senator Room 319 State Capitol Salt To write your Lake City UT 84114 UTAH HOUSE 4 245-62-75 lb cal the Utah tatives: (801) House of RepresenIDAHO SENATE 538-102- 9 Senate District 32 (includes Franklin County) — Robert L Ged-de- s 370 Mountain View Drive r Soda Springs ID 83276 representative: The Honorable John Doe State Representative State Capitol Salt Lake City Utah 84114 House District 1 (Cache Box Elder and Tooele counties) — Rep El Anderson 8790 W Highway 102 Tremonton UT 84337 R-So- da Springs' House District 28 (indudes FranMbi County) — Robert C Geddes e- 854-376- ston 7235 N 2600 West Preston ID 83263 Home and business phone 8BMS7e'r‘'?V’W House District 32 (inductee Franidbi County)— John Tippets 65 E Center SL Bennington ID 83254 Home -V M '? phone - 258-501- - c jii1 !' ifi r ' - - ' f 847-2876- I r : Herald Journal SV'J P V I "' f GDAHO HOUSE 0 Home phone House District 3 (Cache County)— 540 8 Craig Buttara 1600 West Lewiston UT 84320 City 1209 Michede Drive 5 Home phone Brigham City UT 84302 Home phone District House 4 (Cache RichWOBfc Senate District 25 (Cache Rich counties)— Loraine Pace RLogan Summit counties) — Lyle W HByard y435 E 900 North Logan UT 84321 ‘7 nMf'iC 752-261- 0 lb writs a Utah s v 753-615- 43 : 'is 4 Fax 7585013 Phone House District 5 (Cache) — Brent Parker 2953 West 6900 South Mount Sterling UT Home phone an trict which includes Franklin County 1449 Longworth House Office Bulld- ing Washington DC 29515 (202) 225-553- 1 Idaho office: 304 N 8th Room 325 Boise ID 83702 (208) UTAH SENATE 33 224-52- 8£Ca oftb IV Sen Robert Bennett Republican — US Senate Washington DC 524-59- has become a Keynsian using for the first time the phrase “stimulus pack- - - Here is a list of addresses and phone numbers for some of Cache Valley’s representatives in government: SENATE-UTA- musi different look tip package Lawmakers US broad thefij people who defend their interpretation of the Constitution dishonors die dead This scapegoating is drawn from the same poisoned well as die hatred that blames innocent for die actions of terrorists Yes die bombings are a wakeup call to all that life is too precious to waste it on trivial things but no select groups of Americans are to blame for the success of die terrorist attack If Falwell and Robertson are right and God is punishing humans for the wickedness in the world it would seem the best every human can do is change his or her individual actions not blame others Most shocking though these two fundamentalist Christian leaders are promoting the same view of die worid as those who support the terrorist action behavior not condoned ty a fundamentalist view is an abomination and deserves or requires retribution by their God Falwell and Robertson could better serve their followers by calling diem to pray for their fellow citizens than by leading them to the sin of judging others If anything good is to come from this massive tragedy it will come from people reflecting within not from pointing Arab-America- hdpt atMNNAnftsrftfli -- ' v 1 'If1 j Journal welcome Mere to the The feJtorPotanBaMyfceioueoroSeneiveMBre 'i HaMkl I I aril not bo pubfched however end the edtor —— right to adtaM Mere to conform J 1’ ’r Tl wadere withe of piblc Importance and tttooommurHywMiafonanfortheirvlowa - 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