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Show Page HERALD. Provo. Utah. Sunday. November , law 50-T- HE Wisit the Herald thinks, n A n,kt tka lwVlfblJMMfhlllS JT cw(en(tcwtAeexoMA- - wtlnMfiict what Mnuirave co v anil or reader, think &JQ$ Jhe Herald Commonts Tax Cde Update Imperative Congress ought to bolster sagging faith in the U.S. in- come tax system by restricting and updating parts of the tax code. In the individual taxation category, two inequities especially cry out for correction: (1) The "bracket creep" by which the graduated federal income tax puts wage earners into higher tax brackets as inflation requires higher pay, (2) The "marriage tax a quirk in tax penalty" laws under which two workers pay more if married than if they are single. Individual lawmakers have charged that these provisions are unfair, but Congress has been slow to revise tax laws. One problem is that the tax take will be reduced substantially with elimination of "bracket creep" and the "marriage Thank You for Support fund-raisin- g Editor, Herald: For more than two years we have been observing the public school system policy and found many facts that are astonishing facts certain to produce more harm than good teaching children no doubt to become greedy, selfish, irresponsible adults. No. 1. Children abusing other children in school or on the playground with punches, pushes and raw remarks are protected because the victims are advised not to be tattle tales. The abusers can go on to adulthood thinking they have a right to be bullies therefore maybe lead them to be child, wife or society offenders. No. 2. In the restrooms for years there have been no doors on the toilet stalls teaching privacy and modesty are not permitted therefore they could began to lose these complimentary assets robbing them of dignity. Also bar soap or other soaps are not available so f to lunch with unclean they hands. After teaching children at home (hopefully they are) to be clean is healthy and important they are not able to wash after using the bathroom or playing outdoors thus allowing these impressionable youngsters to no doubt be dirty cooks and to give themselves and others added germs and illness. No. 3. In order to promote PTA go-of- for sale, for auction and for prizes. To local and statewide newspapers and radio and television stations goes major credit and appreciation for the huge crowds that attended. We are grateful for the generous donation of time and space to help us spread our message. Because of the kind of support of the people of Utah, MRAU will be able to continue the work to improve life for mentally retarded people throughout the state. J. Perry Poison President Mental Retardation Association Of Utah membership, children are offered snow cones or other treats in school (if their parents join) to be served in front of the children who have no control over what their parents do or don't do, learning that they have to suffer for their parents actions and at the same time teaching the ones that got the treat that it's all right to be selfish and greedy. For the children who are left out, there is a feeling that tie parents did something wrong by not joining, causing resentments for their parents. We do not believe that small children need added knocks to prepare them for life. When they are old enough to understand and control their lives they can handle it better. The excuse that no soap is available because there are a few ill mannered children that rip it off lets the clean child suffer - not the thief. Can we not begin at the bottom to and respect for others and their property? Schools have our childrens' attention more hours of the day than teach kindness, generosity parents or churches. Teachers are teaching them what they need to know let's include their character. Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Bowers 784 S. 800 E. Springville About Letters the editor The Herald will not accept or publish letters which are duplicated, photocopied, or which otherwise give the middle-incom- For those families, taxes and inflation have hiked costs 65.8 percent over the past 10 years, the board says. The board says it now costs $30,317 a year for a family of four living in an urban area to maintain the same "reasonably comfortable" life style it had 10 years ago on an income of $20,771. It is argued that through "bracket creep," the taxpayer is assessed for income he or she didn't ac appearance of being a mass mailing, letters which argue a specific religious doctrine, which attempt a pe.sonal debate with a previous contributor rather than addressing issues, which repeat positions previously expressed by other contributor or letters which are addressed to individuals or institutions other than (he Herald The editor reserves the right to edit any letter to remove potentiallv libelous material, material in poor taste and to make letters conform to the length limit nearly as possible all letters which meet the above requirements will be published in the order thev are received although handwritten letters may be delayed for typing, and letters which exceed the length limit or otherwise violate the stated policy may be returned to the writers for correction or revision As Tues- day. This column originally started in 1964 and appeared three times a week. A few years later it appeared twice weekly. A few years later it appeared once weekly. And within the last year it almost hasn't appeared. A lot of folks have asked me why I don't write a column anymore. A lot of folks have probably been thankful I haven't written because if anyone can massacre the principles of good it's me. journalism But my stock answer use to be a that I was too busy to beat-ou- t weekly column. I used that excuse until it became threadbarren. Then my excuse was that I was getting too old, but Ronald Reagan more living is going down because inflation makes his take home pay less and his taxes are higher." compelling creep" rewards the government for its own spending excesses. Deficit spending is one of the prime causes of our runaway inflation, which exacts ever more money from the taxpayer, which then feeds the "spending monster" even more. Indexing would make profligacy rather than benefit from it, and indexing would go a long way toward tempering governspend-happ- Pickle says he will support indexing the tax code so that the brackets are adjusted for inflation. He and other solons also have spokenout for elimination of the "mar- riage tax penalty" in which, it is claimed, a married couple might pay as much as $1,000 more on combined government pay for its own ment's x. says it is unfair that inflation pushes people into higher brackets. "The taxpayer is getting a double whammy his standard of legislative priority. "Bracket D-Te- y earnings of than $30,000 they would as single taxpayers. Congress should not delay consideration of these problems. If injustices exist, they should be corrected. Faced with the truth, I guess it's because I am too damn lazy! However, I am going to attempt to write a Bye Line periodically, hoping it will bring a smile once in a while. Speaking of getting older, I was thinking about that the other day and wondered to myself, "how does a person knows when he or she is getting older." So I started jotting down some of the things that have happened to me that implies I'm getting older. Maybe some fit your lifestyle. You know you're getting old when you only remember to zip up your fly 50 percent of the time. You know you're getting old when the gray hair on your head relocates in your armpits. You know you're getting old when the lines on your face look exactly like the road map used in last sum- mer's motor trip. You know you're getting old when you sit with your friends discussing bowel movements. You know you're getting old when you reach over to tie your shoe and wished you were wearing slip-on- s. You know you're getting old when you think 'au naturel' is a breakfast cereal. You know you're getting old when you pick-u- p a "girlie" magazine and consider it trash. You know you're getting old when you start to think Howard Cosell is funny. You know you're getting old when start wishing you could go to the barbershop more often. You know you're getting old when milk of magnesia becomes a morning "fix." you You know you're getting old when you start looking for 'case lot sales' on Geritol. And last but not least you know you're getting old when your has Before we get away from this aging problem you should know that mustaches, beards, and long hair are taking a back seat in the men's fashion scene. According to a New York designer, the conservative "in" look results from the overall aging of the population. So have a nice day and keep smilin'. Robert D. McDougall Hansen Campaigners Score Jim Hansen's Utah County campaign team can take a good share of the credit for his victory over incumbent Democrat Gunn McKay. Hansen won by 15,000 votes district wide. Utah County voters produced 84 percent (12,662) of that majority. Hansen forces were well organized in Utah County and settled in for a long haul from the outset of the campaign. According to the Utah County Hansen campaign chairman, Lee Farnsworth, the campaigners were effective, dedicated and followed the plan to the end. He said literature drops were as good and complete as any he has seen done and an effective phone bank was operated by dedicated workers including BYU's Young Republicans. The candidate believed he could beat McKay in Hansen's home county, Davis, and hoped to do effective battle on McKay's home turf in Weber County. He was depending all along on a 10.000 vote margin in Utah County where McKay was considered to be most vulnerable in what has been a traditional Republican stronghold. Farnsworth also credited a group of effective area coordinators and e stafthe campaign's one fer, Steve White, for considerable full-tim- "Feedback" is intended (o provide Daily Herald readers with an open lorum in which they ran discuss issues of broad community interest and importance In that spirit The Daily Herald welcomes letters to "Feedback" on any subject of broad community interest Letters should be typewritten, double-spaceand not exceed 400 words about a page and a half uf typewritten, double-space- d copy The length limit will be enforced strictly Without exception, every letter must be signed in ink with the writer's full native, home address and phone number Phc:ie numbers won't be published Names can be withheld for good reason, but only after personal consultation with research group in New York, says "bracket creep" adds 3 to 4 percent a year to the real burden of e families. put that one down for me last Herald Publisher Teaching Character Vital ; business Rep. J. J. Pickle, These Hazy Golden Years By B.E. JENSEN ss The Conference Board, a non-prof- it tually realize because the inflated salaries don't buy any more goods or services. And taxes are raised without debate or vote. The bracket creep situation cries out for action for that reason, alone, but one point makes it an even Bye Line Feedback Editor, Herald: The Mental Retardation Association of Utah had its 32nd Annual Bazaar and Auction at the National Guard Armory in Salt Lake City. On behalf cf the association, and especially the mentally retarded people we represent, I wish to heartfelt thanks to all who helped make this year's event a success. ' Special thanks go to the hundreds of volunteers who willingly gave their time, energy and enthusiasm. We are deeply grateful to business firms throughout the state who donated merchandise and services penalty." But this should not deter legislators from examining these laws or any others branded as unfair. Pi effective effort. The Hansen camp outspent McKay's people on local advertising. "I think they underestimated the attention Utah County people pay to local advertising and we had it to ourselves here," said Farnsworth. While McKay only placed one local advertising insert during the campaign, Hansen's people began regular advertising in Utah County at the very outset of the campaign and kept up a steady barrage to the end. Funds were tight in both camps but Utah County Hansen fundraisers hustled bucks especially earmarked for the local advertising effort. The race between the two was the most exciting of Utah's races. Campaigning got very tense during the final days with both sides conscious of polls showing there would likely be a photo finish. Even with 80 percent of the vote in, opinion researchers were still reluctant to project Hansen the winner late into Tuesday's counting. Hansen didn't seem to be tarnished by an extremist group's smear campaign designed to distort McKay's positions on abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment, which came in the closing days. r by-fa- After his win, Gov. Scott said he favors moves to limit campaigns since they are too long, too expensive and too boring. That wasn't true of the McKay Hansen fight. It was anything but. Spending was reasonable compared with previous campaigns, if when final reports are filed they agree with earlier estimates. Certainly the race was not boring or lacking in fire. An evidence of the intensity of the campaign came after the polls closed and TV interviewers appeared to be still in the midst of the campaign when they cornered Hansen at his Farmington campaign headquarters and hit him with a series of questions probing his charges of McKay's voting record. While most candidates got to relax and watch the results come in, Hansen was grilled on his positions and taken to task on whether his campaign had been clean or not. Just after midnight Tuesday. Hansen called the Utah County Republicans who were still celebrating to express his gratitude for delivering 57 percent of the county's votes. Republican workers passed the phone around as he thanked each one of his workers. During that exchange, Hansen conceded that he credited much of Matheson -- his victory to riding on the coattails of Ronald Reagan's victory as well as voter dissatisfaction with Jimmy Carter and McKay. The few remaining Republicans still at the victory party by 12:30 a.m. were noticeably touched at Gunn McKay's gracious words of concession to Hansen. Hansen responded that McKay's speech proves what sort of man he is. McKay spent election day making the rounds of his supporters, including those in Utah County, handing out thanks. Hansen spent the day pheasant hunting to unwind after the grueling race. Utahns apparently listened to candidate Ronald Reagan's frequently replayed endorsement of Jim Hansen. It is to be hoped that President Ronald Reagan will listen as intently to Jim Hansen when he speaks for Uuh in Congress. There's much to be done to see that Utah's future is carefully mapped so the energy boom and the state's role in the defense of the nation are benefits to the state rather than disasters. If Hansen is as effective in protecting the state's social and natural environment as he was as a campaigner Utah will be well represented. Paul Harvey Fear of Crime Paralyzing Us Wasn't that a sobering survey the other day, when a thousand of our foreign service officers were asked about worldwide terrorism. You and I had assumed that ' America's overseas diplomatic and consular personnel would be scared witless by the rampant terrorism, kneecapping, kidnapping. the and overwhelmingly But diplomats agreed the most dangerous assignment is Washington, D.C.! They fear greater danger from muggers than from terrorists. They feel safer overseas than at home! The number one cause of death among males in New York City is murder. Most Americans are so frightened that they have obtained guns, legally or otherwise, to protect themselves,, their families, their property. A study of three cities Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco -shows that fear of crime is beginning to paralyze American society. Americans don't have to be more to remember when than middle-ag- e cars were left unlocked. , Now Northwestern University's study on this subject reveals that six out of ten people dress plainly, without significant jewelry, to avoid notice by criminals. Nine out of ten refuse to open locked doors until the visitor identifies himself. Seven out of ten keep car doors locked even while riding in them! houses |