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Show Campus News Bennett Runs For Senate. . .And Dines With Caesar On The Way Continued from Page 4 . nam War to fuel the belief that the government is lying to us, he said. However, especially in this years elections, candidates will begin to sound alike as they seek to tap into the anger against the system. According to Bennett, this is done to fight the attitude many incumbents have that they are a lifetime elite group and can stay in office as long as they want He said leaders in federal government should stay close to local issues and the local leaders. For example, he said he wants to see the Central Utah Project completed and to fight to get Utahs fair share of federal education dollars. If his quest for a Senate seat is successful, he said he will regularly spotlight government waste and mismanagement and help restore the proper relationship of government to Constitutional principles. He said, Weve got to change the way . government thinks about economy and education and the new leaders need to be examples for change. He said the federal deficit is the single most pressing problem in the economy, but raising taxes is not the way to deal with it Federal tax revenues are at an all-tihigh when measured in dollars and as a percentage of the gross national product (GNP). He said slowing down the growth of federal spending will allow the growth of the economy itself to solve the deficit problem overtime. One place that federal spending can be decreased is in the defense budget, he said. Currently, the Defense Department budget is 3.9 percent of GNP, while the annual deficit is at 5 percent The defense cuts proposed by Secretary Cheney are good, he said, although this line of thought is treating only a symptom of the malady, not the sickness itself. Bennett has made some radical allegations against foreign corporations operating in the United States aimed at decreasing the deficit. He said, The evidence is AMID clear and obvious that while Democrats in Congress are sending a bill to increase taxes for Americans, foreign corporations doing highly profitable business in the United States are avoiding billions of dollars in tax liability. The amount of this avoidance is as large as our total trade . deficit. He charged these companies with engaging in deceptive practices that transfer their profits to the parent companies overseas and that powerful lobbyists in Washington, D.C., have persuaded Congress not to enact legislation that would expose this. According to Bennett, while the average American company reports a average gross profit of percent, the 14 largest foreign electronics companies doing business in the U.S. report only one-thir- d of that level. Clearly, the American taxpayer is being ripped off, he said. He presented data supporting this claim at the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives last week. Bennett said, There are working class taxpayers here in Utah who have paid more taxes over the last five years than some of the 8-- 10 largest foreign corporations doing business in America. ' He said no tax increases should be approved as long as these practices continue. Our ability to compete and thrive abroad is directly connected to our capac- - ity to solve our problems at home, he said. Our economic stability, environmental soundness and educational preparedness must be equal to those challenges. Julius sets down his fork, finished with his salad, his soup long cold, an hour and a half after the meeting had begun. Bennett smiles as the waitress returns for the third time to take away the last of the plates. The thin man orders Key Lime pie. J ulius raises his brows and wonders how the man can eat so much and remain so spare. He is the physical embodiment of the government he envisions ... Julius says under his breath. Athey's Final Review Of His Mailbox Contents Continued from Page 14 state. J. Neos had nightmares all his life ... Local Utah scam, your upright is dead ... I see through your lies, swastikas behind your eyes ...Freedoms redefined Someone in the band has spent some time here. The violin is straight from Utah product, Its A Beautiful Day. Que Lastima, what a pity your life is so hard, but Im sick of hearing about it ConSide two opens with reggae-flavore- d sensus, a song about the current state of the world. J. Neo wants to see the mighty Tall, and when they land he wants it to hurt real bad. punk roots show in Pacemaker, the hardest rocking song on the tape. Heaven up above is a place that screams out greed. The tape ends with Long Dark Night. X-T- als Watch where you park your Beamer, youve got a long dark night to face. The apocalypse is coming. All six tapes are good. The three best in my opinion are Body Count, Murder Inc. the three darkest musically and and X-T- al, politically. Support independent labels, without them die majors wouldnt have any product to sell. Utah Opera Performs "Cinderella" By Rossini For Spring Continued tom Page 1 1 Rossini heroines. Cowdrick made her European debut with the Netherlands Opera as Rosina in The Barber of Seville. She has also sung Rosina for the Vancouver, Scottish and Virginia operas. She has performed the tide role of Cinderella for Chautauqua Opera (in New York) and Western Opera Theater in San Francisco. The Prince of S alemo will be performed . by Don Bemardini, an outstanding young American who is currently on the international circuit. He has had leading roles i lAliTu t Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Washington in Venice, Italy. Rounding out the cast will be Ryan r, Allen as the Marjo Burdette as Clorinda, Diane Beeseley as Thisbe, Mark Pedrotti as the princes valet and Carl Glaum as the philosopher. S tage director Rhoda Levine has worked as directorchoreographer both on and off Broadway, the West End in London and for CBS, NBC and NET television networks. Her work has been seen at opera companies step-fathe- Never mind, in San Francisco, Dallas, Houston and'New York City, where she most recendy directed the world premiere of The Life and Times of Malcolm X. Costumes for Cinderella are by S usan Memmott Allred and lighting is by Kay Barrell. The sets were acquired from Boston Lyric Opera. Single tickets are available at the Art Tix box office, located in the Capitol TheS. atre, 50 W. 200 S., or by calling 355-ART- Major credit cards are accepted. Tickets range in price from $10 to $35. I'll tell you later. VMfhxcctiigHnttfJLiQt np been brought to you by The National Procrastinators Association. For more information call and we'll get back to you in a couple of weeks. This message has 555-WAI- T HilSMRW Tuesday, April 21, 1992-Forum-P- age 15 |