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Show Tuesday, May 19, 1992 Letters to the editor Tax loopholes Editor: Let me comment, if I may, on the guest column titled Putting partisan politics aside" by Senator Orrin Hatch in the April 14 issue. This may be a little tardy, but my Sun Advocate does not reach me soon while I am out of the Carbon area. With all due respect to the senator, he must take us for a bunch of dupes. To assert that we can learn some great lessons from the 1981 tax cuts is absurd. The tax cuts of that year provided some hefty breaks for the high income people of our country and removed some of the poor from the tax roles. In other words, the rich got richer and the poor, poorer, the latter situation because the poor were not paying any significant income tax in the first place. Meanwhile, the middle class continues to pay and pay. What happened during the ensuing decade of the 80s? We chalked up the largest deficits in history. Interest on the national debt in fiscal 1980 was $74 billion. In 1993, it is projected to be $315 billion the largest federal expenditure in the budget. Just where will all these interest payments go, to whom? To rich Americans who, through their own tax breaks of 1981, had money to loan to the government and to institutions making the loans, and savings buying bonds. To whom else: Japan and Saudi Arabia, the money-riccountries who loan to us through buying the Yes, Sen. Hatch, we have learned a great lesson from the 1981 tax cuts. Its a lesson we have known for a long time: The trickle down polh so-call- thing that icy. The only trick- MEMOAS Save '20 Front pan might sound. Just pick out two or three little things that your spouse does without fanfare each day and blow a bugle or two in gratitude. Or you could send a card to a friend for no other reason than to simply say thanks for being a friend. Or you could acknowledge the daily efforts of teachers to make a difference in the lives of your children. 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It is the sincere hope of the editor that the letters column of the Sun Advocate will continue to be a vital forum for the opinions of all segments of the community. The newspaper will continue to print only those letters with verified signatures, with no more than one letter from a single time period. The deadline for letters is author printed in a at 5:30 p.m. Thursday Letters to the editor are the opinons of the individual author s. The Sun Advocate does not endorse or accept as necessarily valid and accurate any such opinions other than supporting and endorsing the right of the author to express them. 30-da- y socialists is almost always covered up by our modern media, who paints socialism as progressive and kind. I like to remind people that 1 r was a socialist as the head of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi). He was not so different than his ally, Joseph Stalin, a socialist in the communist Second Amendment Editor: The Los Angeles riots have been incredible to watch for the rest of America. From Orem, I watched 'TV as Americans pulled Americans from lit-le- their cars, beat them, murdered them, looted buildings, burned buildings and mobs moved at will as they out num- fashion y self-defen- se Nazi-sociali- (Continued on Page 8B) Erma Ransdell Monticello . K &4efhel 34 23 Radio J'hiaeU store America's SIMCBJ92 f technology mm euetuOn bMiwwe RwtTCHAIMtbenwy ai I KJUCM Torn P1A 8F phonwo nrt on boi lor omJ pmoo bno Thwwiove m wmo tortn on pulno trwrny wo bno yn eon oM woo oorwcwo roquwmg ton FCC MI i Most Major Credit Cards Welcome Ut men IMI snout Now watching a lot of TV can actually be good for kids. rural schools to interact with classes in other larger schools via video monitors and computers. Our grant is focused on helping (lie teachers who instruct over the video system to develop presentations and curriculums that work well with the television medium. It also helps teachers ver- st its grape It's called distance learning A program developed by Utah State University and funded in part by a $300,000 grant from the US WIST Foundation. And it enables small rather sions of socialism. Collectivism bears the same fruit be it called socialism, communism, Nazism or fascism. A rose by any other name... People have mostly forgotten that World War II began with a joint invasion of Poland in 1939 by the Adolf Hitler and totalitarian Germans partner, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics have read how only the armed were able to protect their property since police couldnt provide protection, and how the California waiting period has stopped a lot of Californians from arming themselves for during the times they most needed arms a true violation of their Second Amendment rights. The fact that the Nazis were I 15-da- of socialism than the fascist or fabian bered police. Desktop Calculator irTnier?' i m tor onf Dual Microcassette Answerer With Phone K more. By the states own estimate by its liquor control board, the potential loss to the state if this bill becomes law would be only $47,000. If the bill fails, the loss to one grower in one year will will be ediied unmercifully to meet will be more successful in meeting Writers length requirements. the length guidelines if they limit their opinion to one idea or one K73 STUDFIN0ER 149" CO n pages of lined paper. Letters of greater length leftright 14 itpnvtr Auto Reverse Car Cassette Km home-grow- one-hal- f volume controls Jacks tor headphones. AC or DC adapters JuLiUU, AMFM start. Third, the state also has spent years trying to get farmers to plant crops to halt soil erosion. Grapes are the No. 1 crop for this because of their deep roots and lack of tillage. Also, grapes are grown in areas where few crops can grow, such as in sandy soil and on slopes. Grape crops can in help slow the silt build-uresorts like Lake Powell. Fourth, the state of Utah will have no wine on the markets ofthe world , in its resorts and restaurants and none to offer its visitors. Fifth, in a very significant way, the promotion of Utah will suffer, and the army with the battle cry, Buy Utah! will have lost an important soldier. Sixth, while states such as California have prospered from many thousands of tourists who tour wineries and vineyards each year, Utah will lose any chance to develop such attractions. In effect, the failure of this bill to become law will cost the state tens of millions of dollars, maybe considerably The Sun Advocate welcomes and encourages letters to the editor. Until now, length requirements have been lenient. Because we want to print as many letters as possible and an increasing number of readers are writing their opinions on a wide variety of topics, we are no longer able to print lengthy letters within the space available. Effective Feb. 27, tire Sun Advocate will only accept letters that are typewritten, double-space8X10 on one 8X10 page or handwritten on one and advocating anything revolutionary here just heightened sensitivity to the people and circumstances around you. Notice them. Let them know you appreciate them. And make sure that your appreciation comes straight from the heart. As opposed to the spleen. Courtesy LDS Features access to enwepency channel 9 ranmv v Digx to changes Pregramni AV tnpurt a 4 heads 70 the idea? Im not 5995 SjiT20 Cm Save shut down their (Continued from Page 4B) Nevwr tost R g vineyards, with losses totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. Most of these growers invested in their vineyards, some as much as $250,000 or more, as a direct result of state and federal studies and programs. What a tragedy for the with other people. We assume that family, friends and business associates will fulfill our expectations in the respective roles they play in our lives. And as long as they are fulfilling those expectations.. .well, thats their job, so its no big deal. But then something comes along to disrupt the smooth flow of our lives a s pouse has to leave town for a few days, a close friend moves away, a key secretary is out of the office on sick leave and suddenly we realize how important that individual was to our success and happiness. Only by then, sometimes its too late. How much better for all of us if wed take a little time each day to express appreciation for the little things other people do to make life so pleasant. It isnt as difficult as it 26995 VCD With be forced to illustrious leader, Thomas Foley, saying over and over like a broken record: No taxpayer money was involved. Well, since I havent graduated from high school, I would like some university grad to tell me who paid for the Ultracompact Mobile Equal fast-growin- Editor: Yea, Yea, for Wayne Owens. If Owens says that no taxpayer monies were involved in that bank the House had, how can a person not believe? Unless Owens became brainwashed by listening to our Dual Cassette Tabletop CO System With Tumtabto nor Bangerters desk later this month. If the governor vetoes it, as he did once before, that veto will kill a industry and cost the state millions in revenue. First, if the bill is not passed and signed, Utahs only winery will probably close. Second, with the closure of the states only winery, most of the states grape growers will Taxpayers money splendidly? Which is OK, I guess, as long as were talking about machines, buses and bodily functions. But too often we carry that same cavalier attitude over to our relationships AMFM A bill now in Utahs Legislature to reduce the excessive state taxes on Utahs only winery is expected to reach Gover- time. May I recommend the book, America, What Went Wrong, by Don Bartlett and James Steele? Its available in paperback at most book stores. Walter Borla shwasher is working Save 130 Editor: rapidly. Americans have seen and knowm this for a long before he can partiepate in any sports and all because of a bit of muscle and tissue near his stomach he didnt even know he had until it was injured. to Its human nature take certain things for granted. Most of us dont talk about our health unless theres something wrong. Nobody runs into the office and announces, Hey, the bus was right on time again this morning! And when was the last time a renter called the apartment manager to report that the di- state now to wipe out an industry it spent years trying p Support winery les down is water; gold and money trickle upward rather ValueSpeak Length policy building that the bank was in and who paid the employees of the bank? Who paid to heat and cool and clean the bank building? Who paid to have the floor buffed and how about the computers in the bank? Who paid for that stuff? I know, Ill just have to go back to school and get a Ph D. in political science. Maybe then Ill understand. D. Pedro Walz ls Sun Advocate, Price, Utah 5B in rural areas understand how to better motivate their students in learning math, suerne and language aits. All ol which makes it easier lot students to learn mote. And lot more students to learn. llttMEST Making the motto! your time ' |