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PAGE 18 - PLAINDEALER -WEDNESDAY. MAY 18, lt83 FLAINPEALEIR\ Editorial Opinion {Your Congressmen s Vote) Sales Taxes Generate Third Of State's Tax Revenues Af Moral Proposition Atfwitljjyery program which attempts to get freeloaders off their oosteriors, and to work, major opposition has developed to the present effort in Congress to squire recipients of federal welfare to work-if physically able to do so. Its hard to imagine anyone in this country objecting to that philosophy a hundred years ago, even SO years ago. But for some of those millions who have now become accustomed to the federal dole, who have been convinced the government owes them a job and a living, the idea of being required to work for federal money is now offensive. Other theoretical do-gooders find philosophical objections to requiring work for federal welfare money-but don't have objections to other taxpayers having to foot the bill for freeloaders. One reason * the Administration is pushing workfare legislation is that it worked well in Claifonfia when President Reagan was governor. The president himself has said the law there vastly reduced the number of recipients on California's welfare rolls and the financial burden on the state. Only those who were physically able, of course, were asked to work. Congress is currently squabbling over similar reform legislation. Those who back it support justified reform, which will Save working taxpayers billions and cleanse a program now choked with fraud Workfare is a moral proposition; it is saying to working taxpayers who must fund welfare that the federal government will make every effort to see that money collected from them is not wastefully or fraudulently squandered. Violent Storm Season The thunderstorm season is approaching. These storms contain highly destructive winds which usually do not touch the ground. Heavy electrical charges do strike the ground, and claim many lives each year. Summer weather is generally thought to be less dangerous and many assume thunderstorms are mostly noise and fury. However, lightning from thunderstorms in late spring and early summer kill more people than does lightning at all other times of the year combined. There are rules to follow if caught in a thunderstorm, according to the Weather Bureau. If indoors, stay there and avoid contact with electrical equipment, the telephone and plumbing fixtures. If outdoors, stop work on metal fences, tractors, especially those pulling metal/implements, avoid tall trees, poles and solitary fixtures, and seek shelter in low areas away from water, or in buildings. There is a last, grim word of advice. Sometimes on can actually feel the first electrical charge of approaching lightning. Hair stands on end or the skin tingles. If you feel these danger signs, the Weather Bureau says, drop to the ground immediately. This is an omen of a nearby, massive electrical charge. PLAINDEALER""^ WASHINGTON-Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on majorroUcfeHvotesApr.athroughMayt • HOUSE FREEZE-By a vote of 175 for and 247 against, the House rejected a motion to kill the nuclear freeze resolution (HJ Res 13) fay sending it back to the Foreign Affairs committee. This was a clear test of sentiment on the freeze, probably more revealing to constituents who track voting records than the later vote by which the House pnimnfl the resolution (below). Many lawmakers voted to send HJ Res 13 to oblivion in committee, then voted for final passage of the measure. ̂ i . Members voting yes wanted to return the freeze measure to committee and thus kill it. ILLINOIS Voting yes: Philip Crane, R-12. FINAL-The House passed, 278 for and 149 against, and sent to the Senate a measure (HJ Res 13) calling on the U.S. and Soviet Union to negotiate a "mutual and verifiable freeze in nuclear arsenals, followed by reductions. Although non-bindtag on the Administration, the resolution is viewed fey its sponsors as a strong expression of American public opinion in favor of curbing the superpowers' arms race. The final vote occurred after nearly SO hours of debate spread over six House sessions. Supporters claimed a major victory. But opponents said that, by weakening reral pro-white House amendments, they too had the pure" freeze with several pro- been victorious. Supporter Stan Lundine, D-N.Y., called the nuclear freeze movement 'truly a Letter to the Editor Public Pulse (The Plaindeoler invites the public to. " terett in our community Our only rod otk too thot one individual not writo i r ony material which wo consider liboloi Vila column as on expression of their views oh subjects Of genorol in- t thot the writers give signature, full address and phono number. We i the some subject more than once a month. Wo reserve the right to delete r in objoctfonoble taste.) • SOUNDS OF MUSIC ./'Editor: •"The sounds of music that were presented at the Johnsburg high school at the honors band concert last week were beautiful. It was gratifying to know that we have young people like this. -- J "These were junior high school popils from the Fox Valley conference consisting of nine schools. The students had only practiced together f£r one afternoon. Those chosen from each school should feel proud. There were about 80 of them. •'"I compliment the parents who engourage and support the children because that is what helpSs these young people know someone cares. 1$ie principals of each school showed £ood sportsmanship in performing a clever skit and deserve recognition, as do the directors who worked and tyspt the students interested. ^*'This was a very enjoyable Evening, but for all the effort I do not think the attendance was very good, those who didn't attend missed a very pleasant experience with these junior b^gh students and the Chanute Air force jazz band. "Mrs. L.J. Hartmann " I ' i I MONEY TALKS? I* "Dear Editor: "I'm sure there are many parents put there with the same problem. I've always said, 'you do the crime, you pay the time'. That goes for my son, jWhom I had arrested Dec. 26,1982. He Sfet four months until he was sen­ tenced April 13, 1983 for (1) deceptive practice; (2) burglary; and (3) battery. "He received five years in Joliet correctional center. We both knew he deserved what he got. Fine! Let him d$ his time and move away because he'll never have a fighting chance coming back to McHenry. *'But while he was sitting at McHenry county jail, they (police) made a proposition to him. They said if he took the rap for the White Hen they wouldn't prosecute him for ar­ med robbery. They wanted to clear up their books. My son said no, he wasn't going down for something he didn't do. / w "I myself went to the former owner of the White Hen and he told me his son couldn't identify anyone in the lineup. My son was in that lineup. I also went to the owner's son, who was the one robbed and beat, and he said For Your Information ™ my son didn't do it and would be willing to testify if he had to. "Now my son is serving his time. But they are not satisfied because he didn't go along with them the first time. So they indicted him for the White Hen anyway. I called a lawyer to find out what I could do to prove his innocence. He said if I could come up with $1,500 he could get him off the charge. If he has to take a public defender he could get 10 to 20 years or his chances of proving his innocence is 99 to l. So the people who have no money to get a lawyer to help you prove your innocence don't stand a chance. You're lost before you begin. "Betty D. Kline "Struggling and loving mother" grassroots effort" and said "I applaud those concerned citizens who have forced this country to face the prospect of nuclear war." Opponent Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., called the resolution "a dangerous step" because "it would perpetuate the current imbalance in strategic ard theater forces, it would undercut the critical negotiations underway, ana it would be the antitheses of our true objective, arms reductions." Members voting yes supported the freeze resolution. ILLINOIS Voting no: Philip Crane. REDUCE-By a vote of 221 for and 203 against, the House adopted an amendment to HJ Res 13 that would void any Soviet-U.S. freeze if, after a "reasonable" interval, negotiators failed to agree on reducing arsenals. The vote was a major breakthrough for conservatives because it soothed President Reagan's fear that the "pure" freeze sought by liberals would guarantee Soviet nuclear superiority. Sponsor Elliott Levitas, D-Ga., said that without his amendment "we will be left frozen into incredibly large and dangerous nuclear arsenals, and the world will be a much less safe place." Opponent Les AuCoin, D-Ore., said ; "Remember the code words. The code woras for reductions mean if you settle only for that, you really are not trying to stop the technological advance of the arms race. Members voting yes wanted a freeze to hold only if it leads promptly to reductions. ILLINOIS Voting yes: Philip Crane. SENATE BUDGET-By a vote of 23 for and 75 against, the Senate rejected a conservative-backed fiscal 1964 budget plan that called for severe cuts in domestic spending, a 7.5 percent hike in defense outlays, preserving the third year of President Reagan's tax cuts, and virtually no new taxes. Although it appealed to many Republicans, the plan was not endorsed by Senate GOP leaders, who were marshalling support for a compromise budget they drafted in concert with the White House. Tne vote occurred during debate on S Con Res 27, the congressional budget blueprint for 1984 and later fiscal years. The Senate Budget committee document now on the floor envisions 1984 outlays of $848.8 billion, revenues of $686.7 billion, and a deficit of $162 billion. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, sponsor of the conservative budget, said that"by avoiding tax increases, this budget removes a huge temptation for Congress to spend more money ." He defended the deep domestic cuts, saying "these federal programs are eating us alive." Opponent Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, called Hatch's proposal "this new U.S. Chamber of Commerce budget." He added that a major flaw is preserving the Administration's supply-side tax cuts that, he said, benefit the wealthy to the detriment of middle-and lower-income individuals. Senator voting yes favored the conservative budget plan. iLL-Alan Dixon, D, voted no. Charles Percy, R, did not vote. REPEAL-The Senate rejected, 16 for and 82 against the budget alternative authored by Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., a declared Democratic presidential candidate Hollings called for virtually freezing most domestic spending at current levels, repealing the third year of President Reagan's individual and corporate tax cuts, blocking the Administration plan to index tax rates to inflation, apd permittingaijly atfcrqe percent growth in defense spending in fiscal 1984. Hollings said "wnat we neeoto do is that one thing that is so evident to everyone in America-regain control and freeze the budget as nearly as possible to the 1983 levels....This is not a radical or revolutionary proposal-it is simple common sense." Opponent Orin Hatch, R-Utah, praised Hollings for "telling the truth" about America's economic problems. But he said that by eliminating tax indexing and repealing the third year of the Administration's tax cuts, Hollings would hike taxes by $31 billion in 1964and thus retard recovery. Senators voting yes favored the Hollings budget plan. ILL-Dgxon voted no. Percy did not vote. Sales taxes, long one of the workhorses of state revenues, still generate more than a third ef the state's tax revenues but their impact upon the General Funds is declining, Comptroller Roland W. Burris ^Burris said that sales tax revenues for fiscal year 1962 would have been 10.2 percent or $237 million higher except for the phased reductions in sales taxes on food and medicine, manufacturing machinery, farm equipment, and gasohol. The comptroller noted that two other factors-the deep recession in Illinois and increased use of sales tax revenues to aid transportation-have lessened the impact of sales taxes upon the General Funds. These and other facts reflecting a changed revenue profile are pin­ pointed ih a special report on state sales taxes in the comptroller's regular monthly fiscal report. The Illinois Economic Picture takes a close-up look at the inflation rate in the Chicago area and, though basic living costs have moderated somewhat, medical care and utility rates remained double-digit villains for Chicago area consumers. In the regular monthly report ortvthe state's finances, the state continue! to limp toward possible cash flow problems in June. Revenues for the first nine months of the current fiscal year were $115 million less than income and substantial debts from previously deferred payments remain fiscal storm clouds. Many Winoisans think of sales taxes as simply an over-the-counter levy on sales. It is actually a combination of taxes-retailers' occupation tax and use tax, service occupation tax and use tax, auto rental occupation tax and use tax, and a wide assortment of local sales taxes-all of Which tax the gross receipts from the sale or use of tangible property in Illinois. The food and drug tax cut has had the greatest impact on sales tax revenues. In fiscal 1962,1211 million or 89 percent tax relief stemmed from this exemption. Without all four new tax cutbacks, fiscal 1982 receipts would have been approximately $237 million or 10.2 percent greater than actual receipts. From fiscal 1934 through fiscal 1969, the state sales tax was the number one revenue producer, generating 65 percent of the total General Winds from state tax sources. Since fiscal 1972, following enactment of a state income tax, the income levy has become the state's primary source of tax revenues. Number Of State Employees Down There were 111,874 state employees in March, a decrease of 5,021 from the same month last year, Comptroller. Roland W. Burris has reported. Burris said the number of employees in the regular state agencies dropped by 3,433, while the higher education rolls declined by 1,568 in the one-year period. For March of this year, the comp­ troller said, there were 74,804 em­ ployees ih the various state agencies and 37,570 individuals employed In the higher education system. Between February and March (1963), the payroll decreased by 380 in the regular agencies and by 225 in the universities. Payrolls for all agencies totaled $170,190,470, a decrease of $1,728,857, or 1. percent, from February. The payroH for all agencies, except educational institutions, was $121,876,832, a decrease of $1,863,884, or 1.5 percent. BARBERSHOP CONCERT The Elgin chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. (S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.) presents its thirty-seventh annual show, Girl Trouble, May 20 and 21 at the Hemmens auditorium, Elgin Civic Center. The show will start promptly at 8 p.m. Tickets are sold on a reserved basis and are available from ticket chairman Marv Jedicker, 218 Gladys, Fox River Grove, 111. 60021. They are also available at the door. For local ticket information or in­ formation on joining the chorus as a singer contact Walt Martin, 312-526- 8306. TODAY'S PSYCHOLOGY by Steve Brody, Ph.D. Q. Do we find ourselves strug­ gling to please our parents well into adulthood? A. Striving to please our par­ ents doesn't end when we leave home. Much of our 20's, 30's, and 40's is spent re-evaluating attitudes and expectations we wwe taught is children,' ;i£ It is not uncommon to feel pressured to conform to what our parents wanted from us. Move Toward Late April Primary Legislation moving Hlittojs' primary election date from the third week in March to the last Tuesday in April was approved last week by the Illinois House according to state Rep. Dick Klemm (R-Crystal Lake), a co- sponsor of the bill. Klemm said the date change was necessary to shorten the state's campaign process which he termed "entirely too long, too expensive and too cumbersome." Illinois currently has by far the earliest primary date in the country. "Between the deadline for filing nominating petitions in December and the general election date the following November, Illinois is subjected to nearly a full year of political cam­ paigning," Klemm said. House Bill 78, which would move the state's general primary election date back by five to six weeks, was recommended by a special sub­ committee on the Illinois primary election date. The proposal setting the date as the last Tuesday in April was a compromise aimed at avoiding a May or June 'date. "A number of leases typically ex­ pire in May," Klemm explained, "which would make voting difficult- for persons who had moved. They would probably have to return to their old polling place in order to vote which would be either inconvenient or im­ possible for many voters." "A June primary conflicts with the close of the state's legislative session when members of the General Assembly need to be in Springfield rather than on the campaign frail," Klemm continued. "So, that leaves us with a mid to late summer primary which would regularly conflict with the national political conventions." Klemm stated that he was "com­ fortable" with the compromise date. I feel it is a good move to shorten our whole campaign and election process," he said. "In my opinion our lengthy campaigns are a detriment to good government here. When you have state representatives and senators who must spend half of their two-year term of office campaigning, I do not believe the interests of Illinois voters are well served." y Having been approved by the House, Rep. Klemm's bill is currently under consideration in the Senate. Certainly it is to our per­ sonal advantage as well as useful for our community to strive for excellence or to be kind and considerate. We may rebel against our parents and refuse to go into careers of their liking, but it's those pangs of conscience we feel internally which are the most powerful. It's one thing to strive to be productive, but it's another to feel like a failure unless you are what your parents wanted. It takes time, effort, and courage to stand on our own. But those who march to mus­ ic which they have created for themselves seem to step with greater confidence, powerj andjoy. ' II you have • psychological question, writ* to Steve Brody, Ph.D.. P.O. Box 638, Frank- tort. KV 40602. ; r h s Dear friends, The sen^ble husband and wife will con­ sult with their lawyer to draw up a will so that the disposition of their estate will occur with the least difficulty and expense. One day spent in estate planning with the right lawyer may do a man's family more good than one thousand days spent in making money. & Respectfully, C* PETER MJliSTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME McHCMtr ILLINOIS 365.0063 ARE YOU NEW IN The McHenry Area? Do You Know Someone New? We Would Like To Extend A Royal Welcome To Every . Newcomer To Our Area 111 CALL LORRAINE MONAHAN 385-5475 m tim mmt (0? ROYAL WELCOME Know Your Area-Royal Wolcoata Does It Bast Service fusion®1 profess* Director JACK WALSH, AGENT CAUL WALSH, MKEI INSURANCE & BONDS Mr*. 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