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Show i The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand The Birch Log October ' . ADVERTISING " - Belmont, Massachusetts ' The California State Supreme Court ruled on September 22 that the Jarvis-Gan- n Amendment, the celebrated Proposition Thirteen, was indeed constitutional and shall stand. Thus the last re; maining cloud over the most measure in ' recent history was quietly disposed of. Proponents of similar measures in dozens of states are ; now even more encom'agedto speed up their own drives. How- ard Jarvis and Paul Gann have; effectively demonstrated that tax reduction can be achieved. And that accomplishment, all by itself, has fueled a tax revolt from coast to coast. 7 - . had had enough. tax-cutti- . , Proposition Thirteen Proposition Thirteen is by no means a haphazard slashing away at the governments power to tax. The measure did set a property tax limit of one percent of assessed valuation, but it also very deftly forestalled both huge increases in valuation and much of the possibility of new tax schemes. Because of Thirteen, any new taxes must receive vote of both houses a of the state legislature. And so, Californias voters, victims' of property taxes that rose from $6.6 billion in 1967 to $12 billion in 1977, stormed to for the polls to vote the amendment. And when they did, politicians in all fifty states immediately realized that days were on their horizons as well. two-thir- ds two-to-o- ne - belt-tighteni- surplus? ng . - Full Impact Still Unknown It will surely be several years before the full impact of Prop- Gloom and Doom Predicted Not everyone was anxious for the tax cut, of course. Those who live off tax revenues mounted a desperate campaign to stave off a favorable. vote on the measure. Predictions of economic chaos, huge layoffs, empty schools and abandoned police and fire stations gushed . . forth from public servants, professors and liberal pundits. A team of economists from U.C.L.A. grimly forecast that 450,000 people ivory-tow- er r osition Thirteen is known. But the effect of leaving $7 billion dollars in the hands of consumers and investors has already stimulated business immensely. Even the professors at U.C.L.A. have had to publicly eat crow : over their gloomy forecast of the effect of Thirteen. Obvir ously, less taxation is. good medicine. Three cheers for Howard Jarvis and Paul Gann! 1978 The John Birch Society Features AS DOLLAR FALLS, : PRICES AND COSTS RISE Youve gotta realize that those you have to pay are for those fallen-valu- e ever-high- now have. And that prices dollars you TOM ANDERSON -- . . H.E.W, gave a G.S.A. credit card to a parking lot attendant who provided her with free parkin- g- The attendant used the card to get $80,000 in government goods. The H.E.W. lady got a suspended sentence and a ' Personal freedom, marriage, family and are all institutions ... ordained by God. God never embraced nationalism (DeuterAmos onomy 32:8; 3:3; Isaiah 14:12; Genesis 11:1-9- ); The devil is an inone-worldis- m. ternationalist. God established human government in Genesis 9. He divided the people into nations. He scattered the humanrace and gave them different languages to their prevent getting together. (Acts 17: 26,27). The only way for America to remain the strongest nation in the world is for enough of its citizens to take a deter-mined, staunch stand against atheistic Com- NEW CHANNELS ANGLES, FLATS. and SQUARE TUBING . Am USB) PM wid PLATE WASATCH METAL & SALVAGE MXMlMSMlk MUIMI OIT. HIM TOP MARKET PRICES A & A Trading FOR SCRAP: 484-35FOR NEW STEEL: 486-4411 227 West 600 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 Phone (801) 531-64- . 57 I w SALTER ISSUE EXPOSER COMMON MANS CHOICE PEOPLES DEFENDER W V0TE SALTER for COMMISSIONER if if Eve, the first woman, must have been a beautiful, person. She stepped forth from the hand of God into a world untouched by sin. She was as fair as the early morning and as pure as the light of heaven. She was created as an helpmate to stand alongside her man. What a tragedy that her beautiful face should ever grow gaunt, grim, and gross. Alas, that those sparking, smiling eyes should lose their luster and be filled with tears. It is the tragedy of the human race. Satan tempted a . woman, and she sinned. The appeal of Satan to Eve was not on a low, sensual level. The devil appealed to Eve as an ambitious person. She had keen perception and desired to enlarge her wisdomand power. Satan tempted Eve in the area of an outreaching intellect and her eager aspirations after growth. Satan endeavored to cause Eve to be dissatisfied with her place in life and deceived her into thinking he would do more for her than God would or could. The objection to the Equal Rights Amendment is that it follows the same plan and pattern of Satan's subterfuge against Eve. The womans place alongside her man as queen of the home is a position of love, respect, dignity, and honor. The ERA must cause women to be dissatisfied with their position and it is dependent on this to realize . n any support. After laying the foundation of discontent, Eve was promised more from Satan than she felt God would do. The promises turned out to be empty lies. The situation in Eden is repeated many times in modern life. Many a foolishly ambitious, inanely credulous, daring woman has decided shecan get through ERA what she cannot get from God . The warning comes down from the beginning of time: Trust God. and turn a deaf ear to Satan. - TOPPLING THE GIANT Continued from page 2 FORCALB WE BUY SILVER COINS County Commissioner He Will Save You Money 7 God-give- - American Way Features , 2-Y- ear IGHTKR EVE AND THE E.R.A. paper.' The disadvantage of being the president of a company is that you have for no chance For TAX-- r Paid for by Committee to Elect Bob Salter munism which would take, away all our freedoms. as the number of these dollars is increased to pay for federal deficit spending, the value of each dollar falls. THE two-gra- de promotion. -- American Way Features f BOB SALTER K, dollars are all we have since Congress has done away with our gold dollars and our silver dollars and left us with nothing but numbers on falling-valu- e And that - er Spalding 531-888- it became obvious that Thirteen Endorsing "an end to spiraling taxes 'and government spend- -' ing, he shamelessly claimed au- thorehip of the concepts. Then he took a closer look at the states finances and discovered that the $1 billion surplus he had forecast was actually $6 billion. The bandwagon-climbin- g governor then helped to rush legislation through the state capitol which turned back $5 billion to the cities and towns to help them weather the Proposition Thirteen cuts. Only the Lord Himself, knows what a politician like Jerry Brown might have tried to do with that extra $6 billion if Thirteen had been voted down. Perhaps that most amazing part of Browns performance was yet to come. He is now supporting a $1 billion tax cut while boasting of "the greatest peacetime boom in our history. That boom is a direct result of Propo-- . sition Thirteen. But if he wants to cut taxes, why not cut them by $6 billion, the amount of the present and the predicted future using 1 Call (801) or write Promised Horizons School, 475 Herbert Ave., Salt Lake City, UT 84111. - . would win in a landslide, Gover-- , nor Brown started to speak out of the other side of his mouth. : Method and. philosophy. K thru 8. Classes from pre-- A week before the vote, when nt ng r discipline Brown Changes His Tune . sig-nifica- Vote For New Private School with high standards of basic education & would lose their jobs. Governor Jerry Brown led the pack in denouncing Thirteen as "expensive, unworkable and crazy. But the people who pay the bills r. Independent Page 9 CLASSIFIED , Proposition,Thirteen Fallout by John F, McManus 19, 1978 The Utah made a shameful commitment to Kruschev, neither to invade Cuba nor to permit others to do so. Parallel with this ghastly military policy, we have lost the moral grandeur that was so prominent in the earlier history of our country. Narcotics, liquor, sexual depravity, dishonesty, terrorism, and crime arc running rampant throughout the country. The dollar has 'lost 80 percent of its value during the past thirty years. We are facing a total debt burden amounting to some $10 trillion, which of course can never be paid. If we dont repudiate most of it by devaluation, we shall certainly do so by continuing inflation. 63 NORTHWOOD INSTITUTE Economics Department . 4 A - |