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Show Page 6 The UTAH INDEPENDENT October 20, 1972 politicians to politicians is the much talked about revenue been held out as a program for federal funds with no strings attached. Yet the act provides that distributed funds must be sharing bill. This bill promises used for money from the Federal which means what Congress says. Each state and unit of local government is required to report the amounts and purposes for which it plans by Congressman John R. R&rick Political gifts from politicians for other pdliticians just preceeding an election is not progress or reform just vote buying. Recently Congress enacted a social security increase. 20 who had expected to receive these benefits reported a new shell game. If they were on private pension plan with a maximum ceiling, their social security checks went up but their private insurance check came down. If their social security intended to increase the to spend the money. The dependence of the local Secretary of the Treasury andor politicians on the Federal Federal control over the American people. With this redistribution of taxpayers wealth, credit is not given to those who must bear the cost, the U.S. taxpayers. Under our get all you can present philosophy, who can blame the political leaders for jumping to get all they can as long as they can convince the people that it is checks were not receive the increased benefits which the taxpayers will pay for through increased taxes. Now, the politicians are using free? Even the President is using this for political gain when he tactics in promising reassures the American increased income by raising the minimum wage to $2.00 an taxpayers that no new taxes will be necessary after the Fall election to pay for the hour, or from the Senate $2.20 an hour. This is an effort to relieve the pressure on the unskilled worker before he finds out who is responsible for the inflation which has stolen his earnings and savings. The final getting together between the House and the Senate version of this gift wage legislation must be delayed until as close to the November election as possible. The politicians do not want to make the same mistake that was made with the social security on pre-electi- publicity vote buying. Little is given to the Administrations pending request to increase the national debt ceiling by $15 billion for the another historic first highest national debt in our government's history, national debt ceiling on which interest is now $4 billion a year. This is almost equal to the sum being dangled before mayors and governors as their share of the revenue sharing pot most to increase. The expectant beneficiaries of the new go to the large cities which, because of the flight of free men, have lost much of their minimum wage legislation must be wooed, but run off. As with the social security tax-collecti- increases, the unskilled workers will soon find that any minimum wage increase will be shortlived and will not result in increased purchasing power. Labor cost increases will be immediately passed on to the consumer in every field. In the long run the intended recipient will benefit little. He will receive more paper money, but it will buy little base. Public ng housing requires many public services, but contributes little in property or income taxes. Revenue sharing will solve the cities tax losses by making those who have fled big cities subsidize the same programs, waste and corruption that caused them to flee. Perhaps no one is more naive about the rhetoric of a politician than other politicians. Time and time again revenue sharing has more. political gift from I I I I Snow White I Closed Sundays I I I I Eggs AVAILABLE DAILY AT WHOLESALE PRICES Fertile also available. Frozen for restaurants and bakeries. a $465,000,000,000.00 . Another the Comptroller General bureaucracy thus strengthening supplemented by welfare, the social security check went up but the welfare check came down. All things considered, the retired and disabled workers did similar expenditures treasury to the states, cities and local governments to help local and state politicians deliver their promises. Obviously this is also Shortly thereafter many of those 539 West 3900 South Salt Lake City (801)262-545- 4 0pn 7 a.nh-- p.m. BUY BY THE DOZEN OR THE CASE AND SAVE 4 I I the act. implement with federal Non-complian- ce guidelines, authorizes civil action by the Secretary of Treasury. attached bill This no-strin- gs rewards local and state governments with a formula which provides the higher the local tax, the bigger the revenue sharing amount. A simple reading of the bill indicates that there are ropes not strings attached hangmans ropes and that the objective of the bill is not to strengthen state and local governments, but rather to whip them into line as puppet administrative agencies of the Federal bureaucracy historic constitutional Beat Inflation Rust Coin 311 SouthMain PRESENT Utah Constitution by allowing them to turn their tax collections over to the Federal tax collectors. Many feel that the Internal Revenue Service is far more efficient by being less sensitive to individual and local pressures governments Article VI, Legislative Department Photo Copies Available From TALENT'S, INC. 1418 East 3900 South ' than state and local tax What happens when the Federal Government collecting state or local tax revenues refuses to turn it over to this body because failure to Salt Lake City, Utah 84117 departments. comply with some Cost including Sales Tax, Postage and Handling $2.00 Federal bureaucratic guideline? The new minimum wage bill No C.O.D.' ES All Kinds of Insurance i i i i i i Home i Life Business Auto Group Medical Bonds BEACON INSURANCE agency 30 East Kensington Ave Salt Lake City, Utah I j who create this wealth. The power. When taxes increase and solution is to refund to the prices soar in 1973, remember individual taxpayer 7 of the what revenue sharing really taxes paid or a 7 tax reduction, means. for the state and local I 328-186- 2 the working people of America exclusively creates absolute so-call- ed fir Gift so-call- ed Seldom mentioned is the fact that the revenue sharing bill also creates advantages Have Security & will require all state, city, and This would leave the lobbying local governments to pay their power against Congress where it employees minimum wage. The belongs: i.e., with the people, cost of this new wage increase is rather than in creating a new uncomputed, but it would be political lobbying bloc out of safe to guess that revenue the peoples elected officials. If the power to tax is the sharing funds will just about take up the slack for new pay power to destroy, then raises. enactment of the revenue dollars revenue The sharing sharing program surrenders to are estimated as a refund of the Federal bureaucrats full of personal authority to destroy local approximately 7 income tax collections. If governments as well as the basic politicians are interested in votes constitutional concept of limited from the people, more appeal government in the United States. would be generated by sharing The authority to tax creates excess revenue with power the the power to tax treasury. i Confidential powers come out of taxpayers paychecks not the federal Silver Dollarsj & their and duties to be bought with their own peoples tax dollars. The revenue to be shared will j n Silver Coins Gold is authorized to examine books, papers, documents, and records to check the compliance of such rules and directives as the Secretary shall prescribe to Greatest Investment Today i high priority j Klth B.lnap PHONES: OHitt 47-578- 9 lew 295-17- 54 |