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Show Thursday, October Utah's ttaxoDDg system tavms rich amid -- - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The burden of paying for Utah's government services falls heavily on an army of Utahns whose incomes are barely enough to get by. A close look at the tax system including state and local sales, income, property and excise taxes reveals inequities, the Salt Lake Tribune said in a copyrighted story published Sunday. The disparities are most stark at opposite ends of the income scale. The average family with a y below-povert- income of less than $10,-00- 0 faces a state and local tax bill of 28.5 percent of its income. A family with yearly earnings of more than $250,000 pays 7.2 per- of its income. As Barbara Garrick, a single cent mother who launders shirts by day incomes because the state relies and cleans bank lobbies by night, heavily on the sales tax, particularsays, "There's a whole lot more of ly tax on food. us making it week to week than A family of four with an annual there are people pulling down the income of less than $7,500 pays big bucks. "Why do we pay such a just under 3 percent of its income chunk in taxes?" on the food tax while the same size The reason is simple. There's family earning $90,000 pays just not much political reward in re0.3 percent, according to a Utah Tax Commission study. forming the system. State Sen. Lyle Hillyard, "And it's not like we're buying chairman of the Revenue and the lean cuts of meat sitting pretty Taxation Committee, said that on the bright-re- d styrofoam though tax reform is discussed, he trays," said Garrick, 35, who sees no pressure to act. makes $20,000 in her two jobs. "I don't think anybody would "My daughter and I eat potatoes want to take the flak unless there's and rice. I try to buy d some political reward in it," he stu ff and use coupons . ' ' said. Even average middle-incom- e Utah's state and local tax burden Utah families pay more. A family falls hard on those with modest of four making $40,000 a year to propose new standards on dietary supplements - over-the-count- er one-ye- ar ribbon-cuttin- at Nu Skin International's new of fice building last week, Hatch said the FDA already has enough power to remove poisonous substances from the market. "They have the current power to do that and there is no reason to make food supplements and herbal preparations that are otherwise safe and well advertised so that people cannot afford to have them," he said. A concentration of dietary supplement and herbal remedy suppliers have formed a billion-dollindustry in Utah, said Loren executive director of the Utah Natural Products Alliance. "These are companies that con ar tribute enormously to the tax base of Utah County and Utah in general," Israelsensaid. But he said the FDA is threatening such interests because the agency has lost sight of its mission to promote public health. Hatch pledged to reintroduce his Health Freedom Act to get the FDA to keep its "mitts off the food supplement and herbal industry." "In our free society, consumers should be able to purchase any whether it is an food they want a ice steak, coffee, cream, egg, a or dietary supplepotato chips ment regardless of whether someone in the federal bureaucracy approves," Hatch said. Northern Utah's fire restrictions lifted - SALT LAKE CITY Fire restrictions on northern Utah's state, federal and private lands were lifted as of last Friday, according to Dick Klason, state forester. Klason, along with the USDA Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management and State Lands and Forestry officials, decided to lift the ban on open fires since cooler temperatures and moderate precipitation have eased the danger of wildfires. "Utahns have been very cooperative during this dangerous fire sea; on," Klason said. "We would like to thank people throughout the state for helping prevent wild- fires." People may once again build campfires and smoke in the state's wildlands; however, fire officials are asking backcountry travelers to continue to be very careful. For more informaton contact Fran Craigle at the Utah Division of State Lands and Forestry (801) 5340; Don Banks at the Bureau of Land Management (801) Loyal Clark at the Uinta Naor tional Forest (801) NaDick Kline, Wasatch-Cach- e tional Forest (801) 539-402- 2; 377-578- 0; 524-503- 0. Utah Food Bank needs items for infants By LEANN MOODY Herald Correspondent - PROVO The Utah Food Bank is asking local residents for food items including infant formula and baby food as an increase in the number of people requesting food packages has created a need. Donated food items can be taken to the Community Action Food Pantry, 257 East Center in Provo. Needed items include canned food containing meat such as stew and chili, canned fruit and vegetables, dried beans, pasta, dried milk and baby food. "We do not want to distract from the Boy Scout collections in November and December," said Richard Winters, executive director of the Community Services Council which is the nonprofit agency that operates the Utah Food Bank. "We do want the public to know that there is a need for food donations today," said Winters. While no one is being turned away, Myla Dutton, director of the Community Action Food Pantry, said the bank was having a difficult time providing a decent box of food for people. She said the problem is especially acute in Provo, where the local Land swap proposal dropped - The ForSUNDANCE (AP) est Service and Sundance resort have abandoned plans for a land swap. Sundance had proposed to trade 1,800 acres of its private land in Diamond Fork Canyon above Spanish Fork for two parcels of Forest Service land in Provo Canyon totaling 920 acres. One of the Provo Canyon parcels abuts both Manti Ambulance gets new vehicle The Manti AmbulMANTI ance Association has obtained a new ambulance to replace the vehicle which had gone worth of miles 89,000 missions. The new ambulance, purchased through Rocky Mountain Ambulance, cost $65,000. An Emergency Medical Service grant provided $20,000; Manti City $7,000; and Sterling Town, $2,000. The remainder came from the Manti Ambulance Association reserves accumulated over a period from servue fees. Ambulance association members receive no money for their services. Moroni Johnson is the association president and Ralph Larson is president-elecThey took deliva wheeled the ambulance, of ery coach on a Ford chassis, powered with a 7.3 litre diesel engine, at the Orlando, Fla. factory, where they received instructions on its operation. ,The delivery charge saved by the factory pickup paid for the trip. Association personnel now includes 18 certified EMTs, six drivers and a mechanic. the Sundance property and the Mount Timpanogos wilderness. Sundance was seeking the adjacent parcel to expand its land base and qualify for transfer credits that would allow additional development nearer the resort. The Sundance property proposed for the swap originally was purchased with the intention of building a subdivision. It was never developed and was considered prime wildlife range. Julie Mack, an environmental facilitator for Sundance, said the idea was dropped when it was determined Sundance has no immediate need for extra development credits, and the Forest Service was not anxious to have more private land adjacent to the wilderness area. pantry five-da- y month. lower-incom- hard-hearte- ar t. 0 d, low-inco- nearly 20 years. During those two .. decades, inflation has neany in-.income. the nations' median pled In 1987, the Legislature granted income-ta- x renei to an csumwicvj, 80,000 of the poorest Utahns, but attempts to shift the burden offii e taxpayers by ad-invtino fjv inflation. frr have been repeatedly rejected. p The reason is cost. Utah doesn't v ant to lose the revenue. The Legislature in 1987 year raised most major taxes, but not , the corporate income tax. It remains at 5 percent. ' middle-incom- DON'T MISS UNIVERSITY MALL'S 1 mi October 28 - 31 daily 10-9p- m See the new 1993 car lines together at University Mall for four big days! 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The ordinance, which goes into effect within 30 days, will not be - Page B9. corporations e pays 85 cents in taxes on each $10 revenues, also hits hard on of earnings, while the family makfamilies. It is progressive, but the highest tax bracket kicks in ing $ 100,000 pays 78 cents. Economists call Utah's system at $7,500. That means 75 percent "mildly regressive," meaning of all Utahns filing tax returns pay those with higher incomes pay a the top rate of 7.2 percent. smaller portion of their earnings in "Its outrageous that regular ol" taxes than do those who earn less. John Q. Public has to pay at the When all Utah and federal taxes same rate as someone like wealthy are combined, the wealthy do pay industrialist Jon Huntsman," Garmore because the federal inrick said. "That's come tax is steeply progressive, or sheer greed on the part of the govhigher for those at the top of the ernment." income scale. Utah's top tax rate kicks in at a Utah's income tax, which aclevel because tax counts for about 40 percent of state brackets have not been changed for life-savi- five-ye- THE HERALD, Provo, Utah. off-bran- FDA is required PROVO (AP) The Food and Drug Administration will have to wait a year before it can more strictly regulate dietary supplements including vitamins, herbs and minerals. The agency was ready to limit such supplements as part of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, but Sen. Orrin Hatch helped push through a moratorium on the proposed regulations. The moratorium that was passed by the U.S. Senate requires the FDA to propose a new set of standards by next June and finalize rules by December 1993. g At the ceremony 29, 1992 Recoton stereo headphones Four models to choose from. ZCM SHOP ALL STORES FRIDAY Order by phone: In Salt Lake, 579-WiW- ); 10-- 9; I SPECIAL HOl'RS SATURDAY elsewhere in I tah and in the I .S.. 10-- 7 |