| Show ' Mi21101AVI5nrWPWahi454476'4"""44tii111tiOailiitidprOmakedriig6agfbLPcitotillaSI-:- ' t 111N140100 VOLUME 245 NUMBER 130 SUNDAY TODAY'S READERSHIP: 423400 I:EllWARY iodide itioovri Zoe Colhns Baird Erin Before gave only momentary thought to her place in the underground economy She knew she should pay taxes on nan- the money she earned as a live-i— — week to a but her $250 up fly employers didn't want to do it and neither did she "I could barely afford it if they had" he said Recently Collins began looking for a new job and this time taxes are ines capable She has joined a nanny agen- cy in Delaware that makes sure its cli- ents understand their obligations to the government And of course ev erybody has been reading the newspa- per She has had three job interviews and each couple has insisted on mak ing taxes and Social Security part of the deal That's fine with Collins It makes nanny seem more like a real employee and less like a casual helper She's happy for them to take the -taxes out On one condition If they're willing to pay more Zoe Baird was one thing As a former domestic put it "This isn't the first time they found out high people hired cheap labor liut the issue she ignited is some thing else Iler case focused attention on a large and di erse group of people working outside the formal employment structure In this swcalled underground economv many neither pay taxes nor contribute to Social Se curdy Most Americans either have hired an worker or been See DI t-- Column 7 ok h493 0 1993 Call: VASIIINGION — President Clinton s exhortation to think we' instead of "me" appears to have struck a chord among twentysomethmiz rebels middle aged baby boomers and g4dden oldsters The proof 'nay he in the polls Tura CNN survey found 62' of respondents back Clinton's call for shared sacrifice Newsweek reported 59 of its sursey respondents las or his economic plan and a Los I rwele! Times poll showed U ap royal for his package 'Ili call for sacrifice resonated it a lot of people" said Andrew Cherhn a sociologist at Johns Hopkins Cm ersity Why is this' People are ready to do something for others if they perceive that sacrificing too everpme A Clinton pounded aw 4ill Avi - if 5( - I - ! 1 ' t & k - 1't 4 - ‘1 k -- :jfr ' ° t 'Z't f ri-4I- e :1 ' '1 k'1 -- ' 1 t 4444-- -- - I I t- 1 If 2-i- 14PL"" -Tk t e‘lt yliy k '- It - 0 4 r-- ' tI 1 1 1 : v i i it-t- s I : it 3 i '''' y s 1 - fc --4 etun ' iot Wright posed the best day ever” said the "This : ( Pr'' r A f -- tre''' grader "in 12 1114V‘- 1 s Vr''' 1 4:- r- i L171 A4 ' - r:---'-- tt I 1 t' 4 ec 4 ' 1 t " aile vt 's 10- tg g ft ft IA -1 4 Tyltee was chosen to be Utah's student reporter for NBA r Radios pre which show game will be broadcast to day on more than 100 stations nationwide The show begins at ' 61-- f t 751 ! - the Stay-in-Scho- Jam TyRee darted through Delta Center exits and hallways the VIP room scopAllkick titan The Salt Lake Tribune -Star ing for interview's Larry Johnson and autographs steps up to TyRee Arm- Usually TyRee is strong's NBA Radio mike like most West JorShe plays the violin writes dan seventh-gradersongs and chats way too much on the phone with her best friend -We talk about clothes" said TyRee "We talk See Column 1 1 11 didddedrPdvddiftmaldrdaddildep " 2" ' -- -- - Le01- :A4:Ii-t - ' t "bs $ I t ' the ri '1 ' 2 - ' - '1 - i '' t wow - - ' i - i-- : s t t 014 f - ‘' ' 1 t i 41 k Report Karl Malone and John Stockton hope to shine today Jazz owner Larry Miller finds himself among legends Miami's Harold Miner becomes a major 441' ik' ::: '' r slam-dunke- 'rtv s Jeff All on Page Malone wins EI shooting showdown Page E-- A-- 2 towel-wavin- throng as basketball heroes and entertainment idols streamed across the star stage The scene marked the fourth anniversary of the National Basketball Association's Jam The nation will 'r- v : - $ d tetidloolt a : 1:: 1----4- t li' tem tt SI k t Top-Flig- n ' By Judy Fahys i993 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Utah's top elected officials can pay as little as $40 a month for premium health care Meanwhile single mother Kristen Chambers and 200000 other Utahns who have no insurance are waiting for those same officials to help solve their healthcare needs convenience-storA clerk Ms Chambers faces a choice She either must scrape together $80 a month to sign up for Medicaid to treat a disabling back injury or she can give up the $632 monthly paycheck that keeps her and her two boys off welfare "If they're paying $40 a month" Ms Chambers says of the officials "they're getting a better deal than I am I can't believe it It makes me sick" The Salt Lake City resident is not the only one upset that lawmakers Gov Mike Leavitt and top state officials have insulated themselves from the healthcare crisis A growing cadre of critics is beginning to blame Cadillac health-carcoverage as the reason these decision-maker- s have no real plan to tackle the health-carcrisis this year "It's just a slap in the face to any taxpayer to see them land think 'You can't get around to getting me health coverage part-tim- e e heart-wrenchin- g e e IMEMIIIIIMINEIMIMEIMIM 41 Governor s I ) reseriplion For I lealth Ills? More Study By America" Mr Leavitt said Friday The governor's panel "will give akers the political will to act' he pollcy-m- said Judy Fahys THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE During the campaign Republican candidate Mike Leavitt promised to reform before takstudy health-caring a position Now Gov Leavitt is doing nothing more lie is asking the Legislature to set commission to study up a the issue and propose solutions "This issue is so complex that the traditional mechanism is not working — it's not working here and it's not working anywhere else in e policy-makin- g and you're sitting there with the best plan I've ever seen' " said Sara Nichols who has studied the issue for Ralph Nader's group Congress Watch "It's just an outrage "A lot of people think that if you susbenefits pended legislators' health-carand Congress' health-carbenefits indefinitely then you would have a national or statewide health-car- e plan in no time" e e amok Quinn McKay a consultant for the Utah Health Cost Management Foundation and supporter of the governor called Mr Leavitt's plan "hypocritical" "The governor's proposal for a task force has postponed any decision on reform" said Mr McKay whose group tracks insurance costs "I have to say that his signing up for a state health-carplan at the same time doesn't do much for his moral e See A-- 2 Column 4 said Ms Nichols "They aren't feeling the pressure that average folks are to change our health-carsystem They're removed from Utah's lawmakers are among the first to acknowledge their health-carpackage is outstanding — its value exceeds sesthe $5000 annual pay for the sion plus official workdays The Salt Lake Tribune was unable to e e 45-da- y - ' It liet Ake I li ‘3--- Shot hope I flI(1t t on TV- said Piennein I Junior ligh student ngie Nope -The stars kept walking back iind forth right next to me- said Kriti Horner of West Jordan's Joel P Jensen Nliddle School almost tot Blossom IMaliin Iluihk star of the NBC suriesl m the face Cireg Lee of the Pubhc Broadcasting Column k 1 SLP' i t1v A t If 4o)k rarhara Layden trade the hard mots for the foolliath Thev lI slar in a production of Loe Letters Artv rage w northern and southern III h rain a possibility in I I S Ttah Dixie Page It2' I rare operator s manslaughter raises I in iNStieS the (Itch104 uffieers and parents fare in Pao plan -I'm glad to say this is one list I am not on Mr Bishop added In the executive branch all five elected officials have signed on: Mr Leavitt IA Gov Olene Walker Atty Gen Jan Graham Treasurer Edward Alter and Auditor Tom Allen In some ways the plan is similar to those offered by the state's top employers such as Novell Inc and Geneva Steel Employees can elect to join a preferred-provider organization or a organization which gives employees incentives to use certain doctors or facilities They also can opt for traditional health insurance which has health-maintenan- 1 GI WEXHIER S114)k A day I lint ever Kevin flow ard a lawyer for the Public Employees Group Insurance program which administers the insurance said 21 of 28 senators have bought state insurance !louse Speaker Rob W Bishop of Brigham City also declined to furnish a list Ile said he would be violating the law if he released names but said 57 of the 75 representatives have opted for the state Column 'Tor he (11011 and hIS vAlwttit art Frank and (lin let I I A-- 2 Nk lik -- - : - - 4ity: 1 ( ) 1 3 obtain lists of law makers who had bought the plan The Mtn pie was denied access to the records and fded an appeal Feb See il t Lo il- to a itlfor tamment Network 2 : tit 112 -- see it at noon MST today when the program will be broadcast On Channel 2 TNT Nickelodeon and the Mark Enter 1111 - s Health Care for $40 a Month? 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't ' aside and put America first In the OW response !loose Repubh can chip Newt Gingrich of Georgia satil Anwrieans should be j ry of promises to num ta‘es licoN and CO SpvildIng Liter thit the president struck back hi crows hl say proposed spending cuts in his share the pain economic program add up-- to too httle To all I say the same thing Gise me real cuts- - Clinton said -- DonI ash thP people's time anymore I m ronundted to cutting e cry bit of spending we CJI1 f rom programs we don t need or can t af ford in determined to take us in a new -- I I: 1' s A r' oter ' ' 1 ' ::II "e at that call for sacrifice in tus weekly ra dm address and challenged his critics — mainly Republicans — to put polities spAsalit ThIPIAV LT S raspy-voice- I e 4 "Vo 4 e a - k 4 Put We' Before 'Me' syws under-the-tabl- ' c--- 1 Bauers and Stacey Burling By Sandy 21 - !1 - Chton Sotmds Underground Economy: Most Americans Hare Worked or Hired 'Off the Books' 1 r 8 '1E ' IS- - BUSINESS tiwners of older buildings in downtown Salt Lake City say the city's Redev elopment Agency is driving away their tenants Page 1)- - TRAvEL Retrace the river route of Lewis and in the Northwest Pane I- - I (lark LIFESTYLES Antiques expertauthor Bruce Johnson offers kinder gentler approach to projects Page F14 Jumble Ann Landers Barber Column Births 13 810 Letters A16 Media Column Al News of Weird Book RevIews G-- Obituaries Crossword G4 Real Estate Earthweek A Sports El Star Gazer G4 2 Cents Worth F4 Classtfted Ads Edttonals Hall Column Al F1 -- 0 1 --1 I |
