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Show Times Newspaper Wednesday, Februarys 1998 Page 8 wttiino elections Continued from page. 1 1 The congressman joined with others in the freshman class to promote pro-mote the elimination of the "marriage "mar-riage penalty tax", a quirk in the IRS code that taxes married couples at a higher rate than two single individuals. According to the Congressional Budget Office, 21 million families pay an average of $1,400 more in annual inrome taxes because they are marr ' and file jointly. The proposed corrective legislation legisla-tion would give couples the choice of filing either jointly or as individuals, indi-viduals, depending on which approach ap-proach would give them the greatest great-est tax benefit. "I think it is utterly immoral that the federal government provides direct financial incentives to couples, whether young or old, to live together rather than marry," Cannon explained in January in prepared remarks announcing his re-election bid. Abolishing the marriage mar-riage penalty is only a stopgap measure, mea-sure, and Cannon believes that what is actually needed is a new tax system that is fair, simple, and makes the IRS itself expendable. ARCHES EXPANSION Asked about the current state of his proposal to expand Arches National Na-tional Monument, Cannon said the legislation passed the House and is being taken up in the Senate, led by Utah Senator Bob Bennett. The plan has the support of the administration, admin-istration, and has accomplished several things, according to the congressman: setting aside scenic land; trading school trust land for BLM land elsewhere; and forcing environmental groups to define themselves. "If a group's purpose is to keep people out (of public lands), they are defining themselves as extremists," extrem-ists," Cannon said. "If they want to bring people in, while preserving preserv-ing the value, we can talk." He said the debate has changed from how to keep people out to how to manage man-age the public land. Friday Night Seafood Buffet ONLY 1595 111L1 J PtR PtRSON Saturday Night Prime Rib Blffet ONLY 179P?, PtR Person "SAY IT WITH COOKIES" : 985 ' i, I iff ' J iiesbypcsisrf IN EW r HONE IN UMBER: o 1 ABORTION BAN Cannon calls himself "a strong advocate for the unborn". In bis work in Congress, he has pushed for the ban on partial birth abortion, abor-tion, a ban that was eventually vetoed ve-toed by Clinton, The House passed a second attempt at-tempt to institute the ban by a three-fourths majority, but Cannon estimated the Senate is still "two or three votes short" of being able to override the veto. With the president's current difficulties in the Lewinski scandal, the override "might pass," he speculated. MONUMENT REVERSAL? The congressman believes the Clinton administration's creation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument will be set aside by the courts because of documentation docu-mentation obtained by those opposing oppos-ing the action and the methods used in making the designation. Cannon said the administration avoided the established process, invented the threat of the coal mine, and did not comply with the National Environmental Protection Protec-tion Act in designating the monument. monu-ment. "I am an opponent of the president," presi-dent," Cannon declared. "I have challenged him on the floor, in committee, com-mittee, and in court. This president does things willfully, with great disregard dis-regard for procedure and law." But the congressman drew a distinction between disagreeing with the president presi-dent politically and criticizing his use of the office, as opposed to taking tak-ing advantage of a "president under un-der siege." SCANDAL Asked directly if he believes the Clinton presidency will survive, Cannon said he would quote Democrats Demo-crats former Clinton insiders George Stephanopoulos and Leon Panetta, who both said that if the president is guilty of the allegations, allega-tions, he should resign. Republicans don't relish the idea of a three-year incumbent if Vice President Al Gore were to assume office. They would rather see a pri S member Your 4 m v ffl v ftveeiiieart With Our and Deluxe ONLY PROVO Hon i 101 West 100 North Provo I 1 ' 98-B, 3224 North University Avenue (Across from Mulboons) XT . T T. . " f-t r 4 mm mary fight between Gore arid' Gephardt. "But if it came right ' down to it," Cannon said, "I don't ; think I would prefer a weak president presi-dent to a strong future candidate . (being in office)." IMMIGRATION Cannon did agree with Clinton's State of the Union proposal to support sup-port legal immigration by adding 1,000 more border guards, terming the patrolling a "federal responsibility". responsi-bility". He has supported legislation legisla-tion that would place INS agents in the county jails to check for illegal ille-gal aliens and remove them to the federal system, thus lessening the burden on local systems, which often of-ten do not have enough room to, detain even serious offenders. The congressman confirmed a statistic given in his re-election announce- , ment that 80 of the felony drug crimes in Salt Lake City are committed com-mitted by criminal illegal aliens. IRAQ ATTACK Is a United States military strike against Iraq imminent? Cannon said America is a great country, with strong institutions, and the country will do what needs to be done. "There are other forces more powerful than the current crisis," he said. He noted that the point has been reached in the conflict con-flict with Iraq where a military response re-sponse is necessary, though it is a "horrible, horrible conundrum", with the certainty of loss of innocent inno-cent human life. "But Saddam will use weapons of mass destruction," Cannon said. "He will use them on us." Rep. Cannon concluded by saying say-ing his time in Washington has not made him cynical. "America should not be cynical it is the greatest country there ever was!" He optimistically opti-mistically declared that this is a great time to talk about tax cuts - with a balanced budget. There is hard work to be done, but America deserves it, he said. Dinner Buffet Room for Two $99 Upgrades Available For Dinner and Room Reservations Call: 377-4700 mm 4 t i ORDER YOURS TODAY! 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