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Show Marriott blasts Carter Inflation Plan V 4 t " -f : v , . . M ? nu 11 ua n m att "The solution (for inflation) is simple. Tighten fiscal policy, keep the federal government from financing deficit spending by printing more money, roll back the minimum wage, roll back social security tax increases.. in-creases.. The experts tell us those two things alone will knock a point and a half off the inflation rate..solve the energy problem and let's get back with less regulation and really get to the roots of the problem instead of just hacking at the vines, and I think we can turn this thing around." Speaking at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thurs., Oct. 26 incumbent Republican Dan Marriott criticized President Carter's anti inflation plan stating that "wage and price controls just don't work". Inflation's Taxes The Congressman favors the Kent-Roth Kent-Roth tax plan which he says would allow a 50 percent maximum and 25 percent minimum tax saying "let's get down to a leveler tax and go from there." He would like to see an eventual across the board 13 percent non-progressive income tax. He feels that the Roth-Kent Bill coupled with a limitation on government spending of 18 percent of the Gross National Product would put a lid on inflation. Stressing the gross expenditures by the federal government, Marriott cited several examples: an expenditure ex-penditure of $100,000 is necessary to fund one $10,000 CETA job, and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was given an 11 percent budget increase despite loosing seven and a half billion dollars in fraud last year. Social Security Calling the social security system, "social insecurity", Marriott would against Carter's energy plan because "it looked more like a tax plan." National Health Criticizing the Kennedy sponsored Bill for national health insurance, Marriott stated that its unnecessary. Since 80 percent of all Americans have good health coverage, he feels that only the remaining 20 percent need government provided health insurance; "let's solve inflation and we'll solve helath costs" stated Marriott. Endangered Species and Wilderness Marriott supports federal land management controlled on the local level and is opposed to wilderness designations and the BLM's organic act. Citing the "endangered Species Act" as only understood by the members of the original committee that wrote it, Marriott was ciritical of the extremes to which the bill has been interpreted. Utah Concerns Marriott heartily supported the pasage of the legislation to eliminate the Vitro tailing in northern Utah and j the funding for the Central Utah Project. His own bill declaring Nov. 19 through 26 as National Family Week has been passed and signed and "will work at strengthening the family". Congressman Marriott stressed the need for more Republicans in Congress to implement solutions to inflation, government bureaucracy and a cut in its waste, a return to more local government control, and reforms in the "archaic" parliamentary procedures of Congress. uh n Mttnmui i freeze the present fund and gradually phase it out. He would also separate the medicare and medicaid programs for stating that by the year 2000 there will only be two people working for every one check ( it is now five people for one check) Marriott stressed the need for a new plan which would include contributions from employer and employee. Energy Plan "shortages in this country are due to too much government we need to develop coal reserves, oil shale and deregulate gas". Marriott voted |