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SECTION 2 - P AGE 6 • PLA1NDEALER - WEDNESDAY. APRIL ». 1980 PLAINDEALER Editorial Opinion TV Regulation The 96th Congress has nothing to be proud of in its hamstringing of efforts by the Federal Trade commission to regulate television commercials aimed at children. The Senate last year was especially disappointing. The House at-least proposed a solution that would allow either body of Congress to veto FCC regulations. Surely that action should satisfy even the most-lobbied members of Congress. It's often charged that the nation's most powerful lobby is that of the commercial networks, since television exposure given senators and congressmen-ai^l the kind of exposure- can make or break them in election years. In this connection, Congress has been noticeably timid about interfering with the enormous cultural and behavioral influence, and brainwashing power, of the networks. Yet expert after expert has testified, over a period of years, that excessive violence, crime and vulgarity on television is harmful to our society. The undesirable influence on adults is one thing; the subtle and other influence on susceptible and vulnerable children is another. One would think that, by now, the need for some better kind of regulation of the messages of commercial television to our children would be clear to every member of the Senate and House. Reagan -- His Time? In Washington and elsewhere a number of Republican political figures are currently saying it's time the party gave Ronald Reagan his chance to run for the presidency. They were saying this even before President Ford announced he would not be a candidate. They were saying this before Reagan's recent victory in Illinois. The bar thus far to Reagan's hopes has been twofold, that he is too old and that he can't win a national election. This latter consideration may have prevented his nomination in 1976. Why do some that favored Ford in 1976 now think Reagan deserves his chance? Do they feel Reagan is more electable now than in 1976, when he was four years younger? They believe Reagan deserves the nomination in part because he has been working toward this goal for years now, has won more delegates than anyone else, and was denied his party's nomination only by a close margin in 1976. Is Reagan's likely nomination, nevertheless, another evidence of the Republican party nominating a conservative candidate it likes rather than a candidate who can win? Reagan's answer is that he won handily in California, where Democrats outnumber Republicans two to one. He also believes a genuine contrast between candidates is more likely to produce a Republican victory than a contest between a moderate and Mr. Carter, also a moderate. He doesn't see his nomination as comparable to 1964. Who is right? Certainly the 1964 race was a GOP shambles. President Johnson inundated conservative Barry Goldwater. And former President Ford recently said he fears Reagan can't win in November, because he won't receive enough of the independent and moderate vote from the Middle. Yet there are differences between now and 1964. President Johnson had been in office only a year. Mr. Carter is finishing a full four-year term. Senator Goldwater was feared partly because of his alleged hawkish inclination during a limited war in Vietnam. There is no war today. Also, there are other differences and they are in Reagan's favor. Reagan is also better known across the country after years of campaigning. Finally, Reagan benefits from the more obvious conservative trend in the nation and world today, especially in the economic sphere-where liberal, overspending and inflation are now unquestionably the number-one issue. In short, it may be that Reagan can, after all, win a national election. The majority might be ready for a fiscal conservative and a no-nonsence balance-the-budget president, plus stronger foreign and defense policies. That's why Reagan is likely to be nominated in Detroit. New Rules Prevent Fraud In Food Stamps The U.S. Department of Agriculture will implement a series of measures aimed at tightening management of the food stamp program and preventing food stamp fraud. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carol Tucker Foreman said, starting in June, people applying for food stamps must supply Social Security numbers for adult household members and all children with income. This provision, which is required by a 1979 law, will help states use computers to check information provided by people applying for food stamps," Foreman said. "People who refuse to supply their Social Security numbers will not be eligible for food stamps." "The new regulations also crack down on people who have defrauded the food stamp program." she added. "They are already disqualified from receiving food stamps for 3 to 27 months. Now they can rejoin the program only if they repay the stamps' value in cash or agree to have their allotment reduced until the money is recovered. As an incentive to states to track down persons who have defrauded the program, the new rules allow states to keep half of the money they recover." Other important features of the new regulatory package, Ms. Foreman said, include administrative procedures that are ex­ pected to produce a com­ bined savings of $80 million beginning in fiscal year 1981. Under the procedures, states will be required to round applicants' income figures to the nearest dollar in calculating their food stamp benefits. In addition, benefits will be adjusted more quickly following annual cost-of- living increases in Social Security and supplemental security income. This is important, Ms. Foreman said, because each ad­ ditional dollar in these benefits reduces food stamp benefits by 30 cents. "States will now have to make these adjustments immediately or, if they lack this computer capability, within four months, Foreman said. Exports Export markets consume the produce from almost one out of every three cropland acres harvested in the United States Roll Call Report (Your Congressmen's Vote) WASHINGTON - Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes March 20 through March 26. HOUSE Energy Jurisdiction--The House rejected, 125 for and 282 against, an attempt to create an Energy committee to assume an energy jurisdiction now spread among more than 80 House committees and sub-committees. The vote came during debate on H Res 549, later adopted in a form that gives the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee broader jurisdiction over energy matters. „ Rep. Jerry Patterson, D-Calif., a supporter, said: "The U.S. today is the only industrialized nation without a comprehensive energy policy. The fault, in part, is the fault of this House. We cannot, any longer, avoid our responsibility." Rep. Jonathan Bingham, D-N.Y., an opponent, said "a truly comprehensive Energy committee is an impossible idea," in part because "if we divide up jurisdiction on taxes, then we are going to have a totally confused situation with respect to our tax laws." Members voting "yea" want a single House committee to handle virtually all energy legislation. Rep. Robert McClory, R-13, voted "yea." Rep. John Anderson, R-16, did not vote. Buying a Home--The House voted, 238 for and 178 against, to severely restrict the practice of states and localities issuing tax-exempt bonds for home mortgage purposes. A growing number of states and cities Issue "mortgage subsidy" bonds to raise money which they, in turn, use to subsidize home- mortgage interest rates at private lending institutions. This stimulates home-buying. State and municipal bonds are tax-exempt in that their purchasers do not pay federal income tax on the interest received. The bill (HR 5741), sent to the Senate, ends the tax- exempt status of mortgage-subsidy bonds after 1982, except when they subsidize home purchases by veterans and low- income persons. Rep. Barber Conable, R-N.Y., a supporter, said: "Everyone is a winner with mortgage-subsidy bonds, except the U.S. Treasury and 220 million taxpayers..:." Rep. Tom Railsback, R-Ill., an opponent, said that in his district home-mortgage bonds have yielded benefits "felt not only by the individuals buying houses, but by the area's entire economy." Members voting "yea" want to curb the issuance of tax- exempt home-mortgage bonds. McClory vote "yea." Anderson did not vote. Federal Trade Commission--The House adopted, 216 for and 201 against, a resolution (H J Res 514) providing a stopgap appropriation of $9.8 million to keep the Feferal Trade commission in operation for another 45 days. A separate bill, providing regular, long-term funding for the embattled agency, is expected to be enacted before the 45-day period runs out. Rep. John LaFalce, D-N.Y., a supporter, said "The FTC is not perfect, but it often is the consumer's only protection from victimization by special-interest groups." Rep. James Quillen, R-Tenn., an opponent of funding the FTC, said: "Back home, the way to kill a rattlesnake is to cut its head off." Members voting "yea" favor stopgap funding to keep the FTC from closing its doors. McClory voted "nay." Anderson did not vote. SENATE Money for FTC--Following the lead of the House (see preceding vote), the Senate voted 79 for and 13 against to provide interim funding to keep the Federal Trade commission open for business. The resolution (H J Res 514) thus became law. Sea John Warner, R-Va., a . supporter, said: "My^ immediate concern is with some 1,700 employees of the FTC J whose paychecks once again have been put in jeopardy," No, senator spoke against the legislation. Senators voting "yea" support interim FTC funding. Seantors Charles Percy, R, and Adlai Stevenson, D, voted "yea." Federal Spending--The Senate rejected, 45 for and 52 against, a Republican move to table the Democrats' non-f binding "sense of the Senate" language in favor of a balanced federal budget for the fiscal year that begins in October (FY 1981). The GOP wanted, instead, even more drastic spending cuts coupled with tax relief. The vote came during debate on S Res 380, later passed, which put the Seante on record as endorsing a balanced 1981 budget and using any surplus revenue to cut taxes. Sen. William Roth, R-Del., a supporter of substituting the } tougher GOP language, said: "The best way to get more out of our country is to get less out of our government....The best way to stop inflation is to put a lid on federal spending." Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., an opponent of the GOP move, said: "Mr. Roth talks about guts, courage. Ah, wait until we start balancing the budget...That is where the men will be separated from the boys." + Senators voting "yea" want to limit federal spending in FY 1981 to 21 percent of the Gross National Product, and senators voting "nay" favor the austere but less severe approach of balancing the FY 1981 budget. Percy voted "yea." Stevenson voted "nay." F o r V o u r i n f o r m a t i o n ' Dear friends, Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God. believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; If It were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And when I go ond prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where t am. you may be also. John U: 1-3 Respectfully, Y . \ d . a - • < \ . PETFPM JISTLN & SON IUMPAI HCMl TAX DOLLARS According to Illinois Department of Revenue Director James B. Zagel, it is impossible to specifically trace income tax dollars, because they, along with sales tax revenues, federal monies and small amounts from several sources, go into the state's General Revenue fund. In fiscal 1980, income tax dollars make up about 34 percent of the $7.4 billion General Revenue fund. "Although the $7.4 billion represents a large amount of money, it also represents a steady decline in state government spending related to personal income," said Zagel. In 1976, nearly seven percent of personal income was spent by state government. For 1980, the figure is closer to six percent and is still declining. ARE YOU NEW IN McHenry Area? ssssssssssss Do You Know Someone New? 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