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Show JLJLf lz Thursday, February 16, 1984 Page 2 HERES MORE ABOUT Doavor Council J SS2S Government of UJoluoo A budget to reach By Richard A. Vlguerie , Mora than 962 federal social programs, costing fcore than $400 billion a year. A federal budget tit $848 billion, plus nearly a trillion dollars I year In spending that does not appear on the bbdget. A deficit of $450 billion, more than twice Is large as we have been told. Those are some of the outrages discovered by President Reagan's commission on waste In the federal government. Unless something is done to teverse the growth of government, the prospect is one of a national debt growing until the economy collapses. As the commission chairman, J. Peter Ckafce, put It, "This stuff Is really going to hit the f&Ji. ti ' The report of the Grace Commission details the twilight world of Congress and the bureaucracy, In which the only question asked Is WHO BENEFITS? Names were deleted from the final draft, but the identity of some offenders is obvious It ws Senator Robert Byrd Virginia) who forced Amtrak to retain the Cardinal train that runs through his state, even though it loses $10 million a year. It was Senator Robert Dole (R -- Kansas) who "angrily blocked a plan to transfer; employees of the Department of Housing and Urban Development from Topeka to Kansas City, Missouri. It was Senator Ted Stevens (R -- Alaska) who stopped the Defense Department from seeking competitive bids on shipments of its employees' household goods In Alaska and Hawaii. In all, some 100 Congressmen, including the Speaker of the House and the Republican leader of the Senate, were named in the original draft of the report. The pork-barr- el politics described by the Grace Commission would Thstonish FDR, the father of the modern public works project. Every day Congress becomes less statesmanlike and more like a band of pirates looting each others districts. How did the federal government become the bloated, extravagant, Inefficient monster it is today? The answer lies In the altered relationship between the people and their government. It took the government 175 years for its annual ' $100 billion, in 1962. It then took years for the budget to top $200 billion. Four years later, in 1975, It hit $300 billion and two years later $400 billion. In 1980, it went over $600 billion, and spending for fiscal 1984 nine will be close to $900 billion. The government now consumes about one --quarter of the Gross National Product (which itself includes government spending). With state and local taxation figured in, the government's share ap- J- proaches 40 percent. Many of us hoped and believed that under the Reagan Administration, federal social spending would decrease, but In fact it has increased. Housing aid is up 75 percent under Reagan, Food Stamps UP 32 percent, Medicare up 63 percent, Social Security up 44 percent. One type of social spending, direct payments to individuals, now consumes 42 percent of the budget, compared to only 29 percent for defense. Those who would balance the budget by cutting defense overlook the fact that defense spending as a portion of the budget has been cut in half in the (D-W- last 20 years. During the first three years of the Reagan Administration, state and local spending increased 27 percent, but federal spending ballooned an Incredible 41 percent. Why is even a Ronald Reagan, who complained about Big Government for nearly 30 years before his election, unable to do anything about the size of government? Because the special interests that feed off the taxpayer have had years to build a well-oile- d Inpublic relations machine, to install dividuals In Important positions In the news media, on Congressional staffs, and deep Inside the bureaucracy. Attempts to restrain government are reported by the media as attacks on poor people, or minorities, or some other group of victims. Following the dictates of a privileged class of lobbyists, legislative aides, and journalists, our government has expanded its scope far beyond anything envisioned in the wildest nightmares of the Founding Fathers. Under a succession of big -- spending Congresses, our federal system has become that which Thomas Jefferson feared "a government of wolves over sheep. Dear Sir, Enclosed find money to continue mu subscription to the BeaverCoun-t- y News. Altho I've been gone from that area for more than sixty years, I still recognize a lot of the names and places you talk about. Best of luck In the 84s. Yours Truly, Gertrude Benson like-mind- ed Lack or hard work? free enterprise is little Many people believe that cfeciclc that business profits a matter of luck. Is ayrj) JTiroarfl ad tBsftiftAWtlW!dSsful businessmen just luckier than the rest of us? a simple Consider example. Suppose a businessman has net earnings of $35,000 in a given year. Is that $35,000 all profit? Not necessarily. If the businessman put his own labor into the business, and if he could have earned $20,000 working for someone else, the business cost him $20,000 in lost wages. If he has $100,000 of his own capital invested in the business, and the market rate of interest Is 10 percent, his business cost The businessman him $10,000 in lost interest. made $35,000 by passing up the opportunity to make $30,000. His true profit is $5,000. Thus we see that pure profits and losses cannot be attributed to the businessmans labor effort or his capital investment. Can they be attributed to luck? Profits and losses can be attributed to luck only if they are the results of completely random prosuch as the roll of dice. If businessmen cesses randomly selected their products and factors of production, we could say that profits and losses were purely a matter of luck. But if businesses were run in a completely random manner, businessmen wouldnt try to emulate successful competitors. They wouldnt tend to enter profitable industries, bid up production costs, and reduce selling prices through increased output. If businessmen depended entirely on luck, they wouldn't adopt the methods of successful competi-vtfiey would just keep rolling dice, In the real world, of course, businessmen dont tytov depend on luck. They observe competitors and f try to learn from their successes and failures. $ Successful businessmen arent gamblers; they are alert followers of market trends who try to anti- J cipate future market conditions. 5 But what about entrepreneurs who introduce new I products and new production techniques? We cant claim that they are emulating their competitors. Arent these innovators little more than gamblers? I Even the boldest innovators dont randomly Wfrr4h$.a game of chance Zihj&zM Dear Red, I would like to clarify any confusion about the Milford Medical Communitys strong preference to remain with the 2626 emergency EMT ambulance for number dispatching. The present system is a simple four digit number that many or most people already know. The initial rail places a dispatcher nurse in contact with the person reporting the medical emergency. Crucial information is gathered immediately (allowing the el Medical Hospital staff to get and equipment readied as needed.) Within seconds EMT pagers are activated by the dispatcher nurse. Our EMTs response time is truly remarkable. The ambulance with its EMT's is ready to roll and rolling in about three minutes! The majority of our ambulance calls need what has been done in three minutes. Medical staff alerted, hospital personnel and equipment being readied, EMTs and ambulance rolling. If additional emergency help is needed (police, fire department) that contact has usually been made by the time the ambulance is rolling. The new radio system will assure that communication. All of us in Milfords Medical Community appreciate and commend the County Commissioners for their attention to our emergency needs and for upgrading our radio inter - We want to work communication. smoothly with that system and we want to maintain the 11' ' saving, Incredibly efficient system we already have for responding to medical emergencies. Sincerely, Dr. D. A. Symond Dear Red, Please renew by subscription for another year. Enclosed is a check for $15.00. Hope your health has improved and you have a very happy New Year. Thank You, The Garcias Beaver County News Please accept ten dollars for subscription to the Beaver County News, beginning February. Thank you. Sincerely, Alda Young per-son- select products and factors of production. They know that to earn profits they must please consumers while minimizing costs. Thus, they study the market, perform marketing research, and try to reduce costs by conserving labor, capital, and scarce resources. If they fail, the losses are theirs. If they succeed, consumers enjoy an improved standard of living. Businessmen succeed by correctly anticipating consumer preference and efficiently using scarce resources to satisfy these preferences. Luck becomes important only when events are beyond our control. In todays business environment, most uncontrollabls events are political in origin. Who will win the next election? Will taxes be raised? Will monetary policy be tightened? What will the regulators do? The answers to such questions are beyond the control of the individual businessman. But as government intervention grows, these are the questions which will determine the fate of more and more American business. Copy Right PRS 1984. OFFICE OF Dear Red, I know I am behind on my payHave ment for the paper. lost track somehow and do not want to be without it. It is good to keep in touch with relatives and friends through it, in Beaver County. Please bring me up to date. The Best to you always, Erma E. Smith Dear Red, Thanks for being patient with me. I never missed a paper even though my renewal date was late. Its great to be able to keep up on happenings in the home town. Thank You, Irene Gerken Councilman Smith reported that Beaver City is responsible to maintain the link on FM 100 and that all other cities are responsible for maintaining their link. Mayor Christiansen presented to the City Council a letter stating his affiliation with the Utah Independent Bank and Christiansen Trucking Company. Mayor Christiansen presented a propsed franchise to provide natural gas service to Beaver City. The franchise was discussed at length After disby the City Council. cussion, it was the consensus of the City Council that the franchise should be tabled until the next City Council Meeting so that the franchise can be studied. Beaver City authorized Mayor Christiansen to sign the agreement with the Utah Department of Transportation, to crush 2,000 yards of gravel for Beaver City. The official name tor the park at the mouth of the Canyon shall be Fort Cameron Park. The name of the old Opera House at 75 East Center shall be Opera House -- Civic Center. The City Recorder reported that with the new social security reportBeaver Valley ing requirements, the will have Beaver and City Hospital sepcontributions to report their different renecessitating arately, porting Identities for Beaver City and Beaver Hospital. A discussion was held on renovation of the Beaver City offices. After a review of the office and equipment. Councilman Messinger moved, Beaver City buy an L9000 computer, stacker and reader from the Utah Independent Bank at cost of $2,000; Beaver City purchase blinds, desks and table and new carpeting tor the City office. Bids were presented from Erwigs Decorating, Sams Furniture and Paul Gale for carpeting at the Opera After disHouse Civic Center. cussion of the bids, Beaver City purchased 28 ounce silver twist carpeting with 40 ounce pad and brigantine vinyl 86370 at a cost of $3,206.20 from Mr. Paul Gale,Car-p- et layer. The City Recorder presented contract documents for CRSP power and Hunter H power estimates. The document was tabled for study by Councilman Miller and review at the next City Council meeting. City Manager Baker discussed starting salaries for the new Sexton and John Quarnbergs salary. After discussion on Mr. Qurnbergs work performance, Beaver City raised Mr. Quarnbergs salary effective February 1, 1984, $55.00 per month. Without atewfteig. tarrtte tting A 'llhlforj, QJlal, CITY RECORDER Hi jS J-P- 415 Sovtb Mato Street, Milford, Offlra Phone - ( SUBSCRIPTION IN UTAH $10.00 $15.00 ELSEWHERE COPY DEADLINES Keenpt PER AND BUSINESS IN MOTION ... NANCY CAPTER WILMA DAVIS 386-22- .. BAPBAPA MAYER 387-26- .fiDAMSVILLEGREEnvILLE BEAVER SPORTS 8 HEWS altera' has demonstrated past, your Foundation and of Each and dedication. cooperation its Community spirit a Milford Foundation Industrial deserves the member of every of Milford. from the City special thank you The City expresses its appreciation and wishes all of you continued success. Thank you. ROBERTA CONDE BESSIE EDWAPRS MEL ttw fiat M the i Mtww mter (d. OSBORN end i. rm twrti. Sincerely, Jim Haines LIZ ZALESKI 1 JNAKE VALLEY pWte I1ELL0R MILDRED YARDLEY 977-356- I WILSON 387-2A- MINERSV1LLE RUST I CO VALLEY move A38-22- PAROWAN SAN l as well as in the CORRESPONDENTS TOWN MILFORD teteltert WARREN RANDEE OUR 11 34751 The City of Milford would like to commend you and your fine organization on its gift to the City. Your generosity has been greatly appreciated. The land and building your group donated to the City will provide a source of Income as well as providing the possibility of future growth. The cash assets, which have been designated by your group for the golf course, will improve that facility. Mow, HttAkeen 8 REASONS RHYNES . lit N.E. 'RED' PUBLISHER MANAGER P.0. Box 606 Milford, Utah Dear Junior: NOON twa tfee fir three ter of ttw eeek ferward eae tell workiag tey to Saturday man temt (witter fcll EDITOR Milford Industrial Foundation Office. YEAR PER YEAR MONDAY Hr. Alva J. Kirk, President Entered as serr u claee natter weekly in the Hilford Post M?31 IN ADVANCE RATES -- -- UUfi February 7, 1984 with 111 n end S'i City Administrator MnOM cc: Beaver County News |