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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand November 24, 1977 The Utah Independent Page 5 INCOME TAX ILLEGAL Arkansas Democrat. 112177 MARILYN MANION BACK TO ILLITERACY Jonesboro Copyright Jo Hindman 1977 Once again the shadowy con- trivance known as the conference committee has been called into play by certain members of Congress to alter legislation arbitrarily before it reaches the United States President for his signature. Almost 40.000 recipients of daily Congressional Record were stricken from the mailing list by one such committee that worked over the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act of 1978 (HR 7932). If your free copies of the Congressional Record, which reports the doings of your Congressman and U.S. Senators, stopped coming to you last Oc-tober I, then you are a victim of the law change. By law. U.S. Senators and Representatives have sent daily RECORDS to designees of their choice, postage free. But this ses- sion of Congress pared the copies available to each Congressman and the one hundred copies formerly allotted to each Senator to thirty-fo(34'and fifty (50) copies respectively, each legislator. The distribution of those 19,790 copies was further limited to public agencies and institutions only- - Private citizens no longer receive the Congressional Records unless they pay the $45.00 annual subscription. By any standards, a is almost $45.00 subscription prohibitive. It is argued that the cut was made to reduce the cost of The House of government. Representatives claims $650,000 saved (435 Reps, x 34 copies $6- 14,790 readers x $43.95 50,000 rounded). Apparently the federal printer makes a $1.05 profit on a $45.00 subscription. And yet, the House Report and the original bill as approved permitted House Members to send the newly halved 34 free copies to their constituents. But at the last moment, the conference committee restricted all RECORDS which now may be transferred only to public agencies and institutions. The conferees sloppily allowed the ur THANKSGIVING-THE- receive - flood the of daily RECORDS? A rural librarian who does not . stock them, when asked if he received requests for the Congres-th- e sional Record, replied, None that I recall. Yet international exchangees receive free copies. Newspaper reporters in Wash., D.C. environs are entitled to freebies. But small newspapers and the reporters in the hinterlands of America are not granted the courtesy though they need it most; they cannot drop in at capitol of-flees to gather the news. The cut was caused by a handful of appointed conference Congressmen: managers these George E. Shipley. Adatp jamin, Jr., Robert N.Giaimo, John H. McFall, Bob Traxler. George Mahon. Wm. L. Armstrong, Ben-sixty)ei- ght Lawrence Coughlin. E.A. Cederberg; and these Senators: W.D. John L. Huddleston, McClellan, James R. Sasser, Wm. Proxmire, Richard S. Schweiker, Lowell P. Weicker. Jr.. and Milton R. Young. What does the House-save- d The House $650,000 buy? savings would pay for just about nine (9) minutes of the interest payable (money rent) on the $37- billion annual interest charge on the federal debt, That foolish show of penny pinching cannot be the true reason for cutting off the citizen readership of the Congressional Record. If Congress were truly concerned about the high cost of government, the federal legislators would take salary cuts first before cutting the RECORD, Why has a handful of picked men chosen the Washington elite and its favorites to read the Record without Congressional while charge underprivileged Americans must pay to read the same information? AND NOW N Continued from page 2 cancerous growth of big government and restore freedom to the American people. I say we still have this privilege We still could do it. It does not appear that we are going to do it, but we still have the right and the possibility of doing it. That is something to be thankful for. We are not yet enslaved beyond our ability to extricate ourselves. We still have the free ballot. We must strive to find candidates for public office who will pledge themselves to free the people from government intervention in their economic activities and to restore the freedom which our fathers enjoyed and which made our country great and prosperous. This possibility may not last many more Thanksgivings. We havent a moment to lose. With great thankfulness, let us use our power while we still have it. WHY DO THEY BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS THEM? man on the street and ask him if deregulation of natural gas prices would ease the shortage of same. arc he would Chances the mouth currently popular populist reply that such action would result in excess profits for Stop a - gas producers. Hed rather freeze to death than let that happen. To many Americans, profit is a dirty word. So business, especially if it is is big. percent Sixty-on- e students by the of high school recently polled Opinion Research Company of Princeton, New Jersey, did not believe in the profit system. Eighty-thre- e percent estimated profits to be as high as 50 percent. And more than half of them thought that the government own all banks, should and railroads, steel companies. for this anti-fre- e enterprise bias? Its easy to say the Who is responsible media, or the schools. A recent Manion Forum radio guest went further than that. He is Donald C. Senior Danielson, Vice-Preside- of nt Securities City Corporation, Indianas largest and oldest banking firm. Here is some of what his radio audience heard: do our young Why people have such distorted ideas about profits and economics? Many business people I know are quick to point an accusing finger at our educational system. To some degree they are right. Our schools must share part of the blame. We must face up to the fact that some of our teachers, especially at the college level, are openly hostile to big business. Its true that there are intellectuals out there who arc either to or unfriendly ignorant about the free enterprise so-call- ed Such people frustrate me because they live off the very system they are so quick to criticize. The fruits of free enterprise pay their weekly checks, either through tax dollars or private philanthropy. So its true that educators arc a but part of the problem only a small part. system. - Economics Department men have Jonesboro, contending the federal income tax is unconstitutional. designee privilege to stand at 91 Stat.679 where the law PL 95-9- 4 contradicts itself, Do the public agencies want to enacted Six fik'd suit in U.S. District Court at NORTHWOOP INSTITUTE 1 THINK PROBLEM HAS THE GROWN four A OF BECAUSE MAJOR FAILURE OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ITSELF. I can think of no group in society that has UP done a poorer job of interpreting itself to the than public general Americas business community. Here is what all of us in the business community can do to deal with the problem: All of us must First more vocal in become responding to the critics of the system. We should not let a single mistatement of fact go unchallenged. We need to point out, for In a typical example: - with corporation The suit was filed Monday against Jerome Kurtz, U.S. commissioner of revenue. The suit was filed by Obie Weaver of Jonesboro; Bernard J. Hinder man of Dallas, Texas; and $100 million in sales, $44 million will be paid in wages, salaries, and fringe benefits; another $42 million will be used to buy goods from in use to others manufacturing; $3 million will be used to replace tools and machinery which are worn out, and $6 million will be paid in taxes. That leaves $5 million in profit, Lawrence County residents Leonard G. Ginter of Smithville; Gary Sandusky of Walnut Ridge; Clco Denison of Lynn; and Danny Whitmore of Hoxie. The suit outlines the federal tax laws and says the filing of an Internal Revenue Service return is and therefore a violation of the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The suit asks for an injunction prohibiting the enforcement of the U.S. Tax Code against the plaintiffs. The suit says the Tax Code is unconstitutional because it is unconstitutional to levy a tax on anything other than gold or silver coin. The suit says it is a violation of the Constitution to attempt to collect tax based on receipt of paper money. There are so many loopholes in the ta x law, the suit says, that the plaintiffs are denied equal protection under the law. The plaintiffs also contend that they should not be expected to understand the multitude of tax laws. I I WILL BUYSILVER Bare and Madalllona TOP MARKET PRICES Continental Trading 227 West 600 South Salt Iike City. Utah 84101 Phone (801)531-643- 7 1 1 i1 3 1 . - much or five percent lower than most people think. I think all of us Next - in the business world need to become far more active politically. We in the Next business community must practice what we preach about free enterprise and - stop turning to government to solve our business problems. Too many want Washington to leave them alone when profits are good, then run immediately to Capitol Hill for help when they start going under. I think we musi Next stop financing those who would just as soon see the capitalist system fail. We must be more selective about which organizations and institutions receive our philanthropy. Next - Its imperative that all of us do a better job of educating the young and the teachers about our economic system. We must participate in high school and college conferences and seminars and make ourselves available for small group discussions. All of us must Next find new ways to explain to - STOP .ABORTION I M TOO YOUNG TO DIE! . oooooooooooooooo EXPOSE YOUR FRIENDS to the Utah Independent 12 Assorted Back Issues for ONLY SI. 00 OQOQQOOOOQQOOOOO in a free Individuals society rarely behave the way (governmental) planners think they should. - Wall Street Journal people that almost all of the services they keep getting from the government are being paid for, directly or indirectly, from the fruits of the free enterprise system. Space precludes printing Danielsons whole list of If imperatives. youre interested in spreading the gospel of free enterprise, send twenty cents to the Manion Forum, P. O. Box 1258, South Bend, Indiana 46624. Ask for broadcast reprint number 182, -- American, Way Features , 1 . j |