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4Vs A AV11 fc-A a\Ji< V - A KfUlWAJAHO «»» " o«i Awv PLAIN DEALER Small Business Pl.AINDtALLK Editorial Opinion ------ia The American Spirit One of the causes of the nation's unnecessary unemployment and crime in the cities is well-meaning but mushy do-goodism by social planners, television special producers and others trying to appear concerned and self- righteous. In the last days of 1979, even the nightly news programs sometimes reflected this muddle-headed approach. One major network, with its self-righteous commentator, led the misguided effort. The gist of the message, a prediction of conditions in the eighties, was that there would be more unemployment amorijg minorities. Otte night the same network had the bad taste to give air time to a minority militant who warned manfully about what retaliation the minorities Would vent on this country if someone-the government presumaWy-didn't find jobs for them. That's exactly what's wrong with the national economy and morality today. No one is owed a job by anyone.Most of the unemployed today can find jobs if they look hard enough-or will accept a job they don't like. Minorities are hardest hit understandably, because they are the latest on the scene, and the majority, understandably, predominates in ownership. That's true in any country. It's an added handicap and often incentive, for minorities who seek to fit into society. The trouble is that misguided social planners, using their figures, sentiment and compassion, tell the world that "we" must provide jobs for the unemployed. Already, welfare payments are breaking the nation's economic backbone, as millions are content to accept welfare rafter than work. And other millions are content to sit unemployed, rob and steal perhaps, and accept the pity and bleeding-heart mantle bestowed on them as martyrs-because someone hasn't found them a job. Few Americans are really unable to find work. It may be lowly, at first, and that's the catch. Actors and actresses draw unemployment rather than do something else when they have no role! A sheet metal worker sits at home and feels sorry for himself when his plant shuts down, though he can find any number of jobs in the daily newspaper-jobs he doesn't like as well. Less industrious people sit around and feel sorry for themselves rather than* accept menial positions. Meanwhile the politicians haven't the courage to tell these people to get out and find a job, any job, that the government doesn't owe them a job or a living-just an opportunity. Instead, the politicians vote for more and more social give­ aways, which in turn encourage more and more to wait for give-aways, financed by Americans who do work, at whatever job they can find if necessary, in the traditional American spirit. Power Source Millions of Americans have longed for an effective and competitively-priced method of generating eleetrieity-ever since the energy crisis became a fact of life. The windmill has been advanced as a possible source; however, until now, costs have made windmill-generation non-competitive. But Darrell Baldwin, of the National Aeronautics and Space administration, believes a recent technological breakthrough has brought windmill power within reach of millions--at competitive prices. Realization of that achievement may take some time. But Baldwin says a new Mod-2 windmill will be built next summer in the State of Washington-atop a pipelike tower with 300-foot blades. It will be larger than the Mod-1 operating now at Boone, N.C. Its longer blades are expected to produce five times as much power. Because of this, and its simplified construction (lower weight and construction costs), Baldwin thinks windmill power will become competitively priced. If this view proves accurate, the consequences for America, and all Americans, will be enormous. While every part of the nation can't utilize wind-produced power, many can. The resulting lower demand for oil imports offers vast, potential energy and economic benefits. School Board And You If you've ever wondered what school boards do, this little booklet is for you. It's called Your School Board And You, and it's free from the Illinois Association of School Boards. In it you '11 find how school boards actually oversee your schools, and how citizens have a say in their operation. You'll also get a quick review of what it's like to be a board member, who makes a good board member, and how the average citizen can help strengthen schools and school /boards. The 16-page booklet also reviews school election laws, nominating procedures, and how to prepare for board membership. It includes a widely-adopted Code of Conduct for school boards and a list of other information sources. Perhaps most useful to everyone is a description of "how to talk to your school" when you have a problem or concern. Tox®tain a cfopy of Your School Board And You, call the ltendent's office of McHenry Community high school, 385-7900. MAmrVfiASKlT i m What makes you shop at a certain supermarket? Here are some of the things' shoppers said they looked for in a survey conducted by Progressive Grocer magazine . . Cleanliness -- most no­ ticeable when it is absent-. Price -- rated more im­ portant than sales or spe­ cials. Clearly labeled prices -- to avoid long delays at checkout counter. Re­ lated to this, jvell-stocked shelves• no one likes to shop in a store having a "picked-over" appearance. Other important factors: good produce, dairy and meat departments; fresh­ ness dates on products, friendly clerks and con­ venient location. Ground Color The background color of a fruit before the sun's rays cause the skin to color ts called "ground color". It's often seen beneath and between the surface coloration of the fruit. F o r Y o u r I n f o r m a t i o n ' Dear friends, tut. When a person who has worked urtdor Social Security die* a lump sum benefit to meet death expenses is payable, it can be claimed by the qualified surviving spouse or the person responsible for funeral expenses. This Social ^•Purity death benefit must be applied for within two years or it is lost. As your funeral director, we can give you details. Respectfully, X PETER MJtSTEN K SOU FUNERAL HOME Oppose 1980 Tax Cut 3 Balanced Budget Before Tax Cuts Do you favor or oppose balancing the federal budget before cutting taxes? Background The current federal budget is pro­ jected to be about $25 billion in debt, but taxes remain high. Thereis a bitter debate in Congress over which should have higher priority: balancing the federal budget or cutting taxes. (Prior Mandate votes have indicated, the highest priority of all is to cut spending.) Should .balancing the federal budget be a higher priority than cutting teuies? Favor Inflation is the nation's and small business' greatest problem. It was caused in large part by years and years of huge federal deficits. A tax cut would only increase the current deficit, making matters even worse. Loan money is now very expensive and probably will become more difficult to get. A tax cut would force the govern­ ment to borrow more to finance the larger deficit; thus the private sector would have even less money available to borrow than now. tax cut is very attractive. But if we don't get inflation under control, the cut won't be worth anything. Oppose Inflation forces taxpayers into higher and higher tax brackets. As a result, we need a tax cut just to ensure that more and more of our income doesn't go to the government. Small business only has two sources of capital as a rule: profits and loans. Loan money is getting harder to obtain. That leaves only profits, and a tax cut would improve the profits picture. Tax cuts would increase business in­ vestments, creating jobs and greater pro­ fits. More jobs and greater profits mean more tax revenues to help balance the budget. Favor Oppose Undecided • • • VOTES* 748 279 825 638 5387 1930 416 90 2156 1065 210 755 2216 1264 . 1509 1131 389 659 446 448 509 2803 2342 364 1308 688 1089 185 348 891 652 2743 987 336 2049 1407 1677 2421 57 420 . 453 1071 5571 673 254 811 2613 272 1763 554 6 TOTAL 59878 STATE PRO CON UNDE(S> ALABAMA 60% 35% 5% ALASKA 62 32 6 ARIZONA 67 28 5 ARKANSAS 61 34 5 CALIFORNIA 58 * 36 6 COLORADO 66 29 5 CONNECTICUT 69 26 5 DELAWARE 71 26 3 FLORIDA 66 30 4 GEORGIA 66 30 4 HAWAII 65 32 3 " IDAHO 66 30 4 ILLINOIS 64 30 6 INDIANA 68 27 5 IOWA 65 29 6 KANSAS 68 , 28 4 KENTUCKY 62 31 7 LOUISIANA .63 32 5 MAINE 65 31 4 MARYLAND 65 29 6 MASSACHUSETTS 60 36 4 MICHIGAN ~ 64 32 4 MINNESOTA 65 30 5 MISSISSIPPI 66 30 4 MISSOURI 64 31 5 MONTANA 64 32 4 NEBRASKA 68 27 5 NEVADA 56 39 5 NEW HAMPSHIRE 60 33 7 NEW JERSEY 66 30 4 NEW MEXICO 59 37 4 NEW YORK 61 34 5 NORTH CAROLINA 61 34 5 NORTH DAKOTA 63 32 5 OHIO 64 32 4 OKLAHOMA 66 31 3 OREGON 66 28 6 PENNSYLVANIA 63 32 5 RHODE ISLAND 70 28 2 SOUTH CAROLINA 62 33 5 SOUTH DAKOTA 64 30 6 TENNESSEE 64 30 6 TEXAS 65 30 . 5 UTAH 62 33 5 VERMONT 67 29 4 VIRGINIA '63 33 4 WASHINGTON 65 31 4 WEST VIRGINIA 68 28 4 WISCONSIN 64 30 6 WYOMING 66 29 5 WASHINGTON, D.C. 83 17 Letters to the Tditor Public Pulse C1* 'Wxdiohi invito* III* public »o u*« thlt this column oft on oiproition of tholr viowft on iubj*ct» of gonotol intorott in our community. Our only roquoit it »hot tho writort givo • (ignoiut* full oddroit ond phono numbor. Wo «k loo. •hot on# individual not writ* on tho torn* tubjoct moro than onco oach month. Wo rotorvo tho right to dalof* any malarial which wo contidor libolout or in ob|octionablotoftto.) ° NATIONAL AVERAGE 64%^ 31% 5% * Preliminary Results 11/19/79 through 1/3/80 (Editor's note: Through its national publication Mandate, NFIB surveys its 595,000 members on legislative issues affecting small and independent business. Concluding this release is a copy of the tax cut issue as it appeared in Mandate. Also included are voting results by state). The small-business sector of the American economy stands strongly behind President Jimmy Carter's decision to balance the federal budget before cut­ ting taxes. According to results of a survey sent to more than 595,000 people who own small or in­ dependent businesses, 64 percent of the respondents voted to sacrifice a tax cut in order to help put an end to uncontrolled deficit spen­ ding. Thirty-one percent of the respondents opposed the idea of balancing the budget before cutting taxes, and five percent were undecided. The survey was contained in a national publication called Mandate which is mailed every six weeks to members of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). NFIB is a non-pofit, non-partisan organization representing the viewpoint of small and independent businesses on legislative issues. Its carefully-balanced survey questions, coupled with broad geographic and in­ dustry representation of ifc members, mean that NFIB surveys reflect the pulse of ^ small-business opinion in ^America. In analyzing the, results of the latest survey, NFIB Deputy Director of Federal Legislation John Motley explained that small- business people seem to be taking a long view on solving the nation's economic crisis. "Even though small- businesspeople are being hurt badly by inflation, they are apparently willing to give up the strong possibility of an election-year tax cut in order to help the President fight inflation," Motley commented. "Like most Americans, small-business people don't want to pay any more taxes, but they can see that a tax cut this year is only going to worsen the effects of inflation in the years ahead." The chairmen of the two major tax-writing com­ mittees - Rep. A1 Ullman (D-Ore.) and Sen. Russell B. Long (D-La.) -- have in­ dicated they also favor holding the line on taxes in order to help bring the HOTLINE Gov. James R. Thompson and Gregory Coler, director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Ser­ vices, announced establish­ ment of a toll-free, around- the-clock hotline in Springfield to receive reports of suspected child abuse or neglect.The number is 800-252-2873. The hotline is currently in effect for an 18-county area of west-central Illinois and will expand to statewide use by July 1, 1980, when a new state child abuse law takes effect. A key feature of the new program is a com­ puterized central register of prior child abuse and neglect reports. Hotline telephone operators use a computer screen to quickly produce critical information on previous abuse reports to help child protection workers diagnose and respond to new reports. federal budget under con­ trol. In the next few months, however, Congress will be under a great deal of pressure from important constituent groups to pass a tax cut. This pressure will come even from members of the business community, many of whom will press Congress for more liberalized depreciation allowances. Speaking on behalf of the small-busioness community, however, NFIB hopes the significant results of its tax- cut survey will give mem­ bers of Congress the in­ centive to reduce deficit spending rather than push through an election year tax cut. MEMORIES OF *7# "Editor: "The following is a situation that my wife and I experienced during the Blizzard of '78. We feel it is an extreme situation bet­ ween that winter and the one we are in now. "Thursday, Jan. 27, - Time 2 p.m., place, downtown Chicago. Karen and Bill's immediate supervisors are contemplating an early departure for them due to the extreme snowfall. "Time 2:20 p.m. word comes down: 'Let them go'. Arrangements are made by us to catch the 3:30 p.m. train out of the Northwestern depot. Bill waits patiently (ugh) at the Laramie-Lake elevated station, arrives at train depot and discovers that the 3:30 p.m. train is filled to capacity. Next train at 4:30 p.m. "We meet Karen and listen to the sad news. We wait at track for 4:30 train. 5 p.m., still waiting. Snow covered and chilled, at 5:15 p.m., we continue to wait. Train pulls in at 5:30 p.m., loads and leaves for Crystal Lake at 5:35 p.m. "Arrives in Crystal Lake at 7:30 p.m. Snow is knee deep - a little higher on Karen. We locate and un­ cover car in parking lot and determine then that we can't get to McHenry. Low gear gets us into Crystal Lake town. Attempts are made at three motels to obtain a room. No room at the Inns. Getting hungry, we find an open restaurant and are prepared to spend the night. They were not. They were closing at 10 p.m. "Outside, the snow was getting deeper and the wind was getting stronger. With no immediate destination In mind, we got on the CJJ radio. A voice said that perhaps Crystal Lake road was /passable. Should we try? It was put to a vote and agreed that we try. "Half way home the drifts were geting higher. Had to back up for running start. Got through that one o.k. Cheers and hooplas were in order. More drifts, bigger and bigger. The Pinto couldn't do it. "A mile and a half from home, had to turn around for ARE YOU NEW IN McHenry Area? 18686SSSSSSSS Do Vou Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA!!!!! CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 LOfttAIIC MONAHAN vmv'HTrrn KNOW YOUR AREA-ROYAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST SERVICE LINE McHENRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 385-4300 FAMILY SERVICE t MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC 3409 W. Waukegan Road McHenry ^ 385-6400 PARENTAL STRESS LINE OF McHENRY Meeting Place:McHenry County 24 hours a day. 7 days a week Call 81 5 344-3944 Parents Anonymous meetings on Wednesday. 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McHenry Phone: 344-3240 24-hour Crisis Intervention ond Confidential Counseling for youth and families Are you concerend about your ongry feelings" toward your children' 24 hour Porental Stress Line 344-3944 ILLINOIS $TAT,E CHAMBER HOTLINE Phone 217 522 5514 Answer 10 questions on government regulations . Crystal Lake, The return trip was worse. Went off the road into a ditch gracefully. Two nervous people and one CB radio, Switched to Channel 9 "Breaker for Police department or a React station, this is the •Bullfrog* KYW 5400 looking". "'You are in contact with a React * base?. What a beautiful voice on a night like that. Having explained our dilemma and requesting assistance, we were in­ formed that the Crystal Lake Fire department was being dispatched and we should watch for them. Fifteen minutes passed and there was the Fire department. No pumpers, no hook and ladders or snorkels, just a snowmobile and two firemen. With their help, together with the help of a tow truck that was in the vicinity, we were out of the ditch. It was worth the $20 tow. "We were advised to follow the snowmobile into the Crystal Lake Fire department for shelter .That was like an invite to the Hilton. Coffee and rolls were waiting for us. All sleeping facilities were ~~taKen. (overbooked) However, an alternate plan was im­ plemented and we were led to the Junior high school. More coffee and rolls. "Time - 12 midnight. Sleeping bags, blankets, pillows and the gym floor were our comfort for the night. Karen asked for a double, but none were available. Jan. 28, 1978, time, 7 a.m. - 'Anyone want to play basketball?' We passed on the basketball offer, hoping for coffee and a toothbrush. By 10 a.m. we had coffee* egg McMuffins and a toothbrush. Checkers, rummy, solitaire, T.V. and conversation filled the morning. Lunch was hamburgers, fries and warm pies. "Time 2 p.m. - word came in that Crystal Lake road is passable. We gathered our belongings and mates.The journey was successful and the drifts were unbelievable. Home in McHenry looked beautiful even with the five- foot drifts. "Time 3 p.m. - 24 hours later. "What a difference a year makes. "Bill and Karen Kraemer "McHenry" CHICAGOSCHOOLS Gov. Thompson recently approved legislation to rescue the Chicago school district from Its financial crisis and create a finance authority with the power to force the Chicago board of education to balance its budget. "This long-range legislative package includes no tax increase," Thompson said. One of the bills allows the City of Chicago to borrow $225 million through tax anticipation notes. The other bill creates the Chicago School Finance authority which can veto the Board of Education's budget in total, appoint the Board's chief financial officer, audit the Board's books and issue up to $500 million in long-term general obligation bonds. EARL R. WALSH & JACK WALSH INS. 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