Show Yf e H t r i A t t a E ii tJ 1 I j Wl g i g i 0 Under the laws of the land landat landat at present an illegitimate ch child d dis is worth more than other chil children dren ThIs somewhat whimsical sitUAtion was recently high lighted by all an editorial appear appear- appearing Ing In the Union County Leader In New Mexico l The editor pointed d 0 out u t that under the A Aid I d to toI I Dependent ChIldren the government will payout pay out more than per year fear for the up keep on an Ii D legitimate child But for c W Hard Harder Income tax purposes only III allowed to a family for tor each legitimate ch child d The New Mexico editor also pointed out that under the Cuban refugee program a min min- minimum of 1200 per year is paid for each refugee childs child's up keep but it if the child Is attend ing school an extra 1000 per year Is allowed ee In addition the editorial states that that- In the Federal Job Corp the government spends per year per child MSS And according to government figures the VISTA program Volunteer In Service in Amen Amerl ca spent 31 million In the thelast thelast last fiscal year to turn out only trainees indicating that in this government agency the cost ot of training one child runs to more than per year Thus ThlU the editor ask asks flow NtInE or of Jn l n t Bulo In the world do you expect par to provide aU all these thIngs plus clothes recreation books medicine for per year With your own figures you ou ad mit It cant can't be done This editorial poses some very pertinent questions The question is magnified when it itIs itis Is realized that the government costs per child cited at actual outlays while the tax deduc tion granted for a child in a family Is only which means that cash savin savings s is 0 only the sum arrived at by multiplying the by the tax rate For example the ac ac- ac actual cash for a child on a 15 income tax bracket is 99 III Recently In the Congress X was again ae defeated cI an anam am t to the tax revision bill blU which would have permit ted parents to take a small ex ex- extra tra exemption for children at at tending college 5 Purportedly the present aim of the government is to en courage more education But Butmore Butmore more education for whom For example as cited by the New Mexico editor a Cuban refugee child Is given an ex tra 1600 1000 U If attending school but the American middle class family which pays largely larely for lor Cuban students gets absolute ly Iy no breaks of any kind See It would almost appear the Great Society has a great aim eec That is to develop the non demonstrating middle class Into an illiterate class elan while increasing the erudition In the ranks of eI the pickets and demo dem |