European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 02, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 12 the stars and stripes wednesday August 2, 1978 Jesse Jackson of n0 i was supposed to operate of Young spoke bluntly As Well As truthfully when our controversial ambassador to the United nations. Andrew j. Young was quoted in a French newspaper recently As saying there Are hundreds perhaps thousands of political prisoners in the United states the Shock wave of Indig Nant reaction proved one thing most americans including our Politi Cal leaders and the news Media know very Little about american prisons or prisoners. If More people were aware of the facts then More people would be upset at the Way politicians waste our Money and at the news Media for failing to expose the real scandal rather than vilifying Andy Young for speaking bluntly and truthfully. Of the approximately 400,000 men and women in american jails and prisons to Day three of every four some 300,000 Are Black or Brown even More Are Young and poor. Many of them Are in jail because they Are too poor to pay bail Bonds an judges will not release them As they of ten do wealthier accused inmates on their own personal recognizance. Remember these Are accused not convicted american citizens. It is the perception of most americans that we have no political prisoners that the thousands in our jails Are lawfully convicted criminals. But most russians Don t see their prisons inmates including dissidents Ginzburg and Shch Aransky apolitical prisoners either. They probably perceive them to be dangerous criminals and enemies of the state about the Way most americans seem to perceive the Chicago seven the Wilming ton ten and the Black panthers slain in Chicago. Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. Either Blacks and Browns have an inherent tendency toward crime which is utterly absurd or social economic Legal and other social factors increase the likelihood that members of certain classes and races end up As criminal inmates. Thus it is hard to escape the conclusion that America docs have thousands of Polit ical prisoners men and women who Are there largely As a result of politics that have created the prison of racism and Pov erty that cripples this society. It is an inescapable truth that race and class politics have created a disproportionately Black and Brown prison population by cresting a system of mis education of unemployment of discrimination of poor housing of poor health care and of social disorganization. If it is race and class politics that essentially define these men and women if it is race and class politics that confine them then what is left to conclude but that we really do have political prisoners in Ameri Ca As the latest Young tempest cools it May be Correct to fault him for his Dipoma by and timing but the accuracy of what he said is beyond  it is inconsistent for president car Ter to use human rights in International negotiations for instance threatening eco nomic sanctions against Russia and then say that he is helpless when it comes to the Wilmington ten in North Carolina. If president Carter really wants to use human rights As a bargaining Chip he must not Only look out the window at the political prisoners of other nations but look in the closet at our own. Let Una Virmie or syndic George will Kemp Roth proposal is major political Choice Washington perhaps you have wondered How the Light brigade Felt when it first sensed that things were getting out of control. It must have Felt As the Carter administration feels when watching con Gress Deal with taxes. On Energy social Security capital gains tuition tax credits and three Martini lunches Congress is in charge. And the boldest proposal before it would Cut in come taxes 33 percent Over three years. The proposal from rep. Jack Kemp r . And sen. William Roth a Del would Cut More than $100 billion from fed eral revenues in three years. It lost by just 23 votes in the House in april before proposition 13. Twelve switched votes would have passed  would pre empt the substantial tax Cut the administration probably intends to seek effective january 1980. But to leave the administration that option congressional democrats must now kill a reason Able and timely Cut for which they could get considerable credit. The principal effect of Kemp Roth would be to restrain the predictable growth of government that is financed by Windfall revenues generated by the perverse chemistry of progressive taxation and High inflation. Herbert Stein former chairman of the Council of economic advisers says the Kemp Roth Bill gives the Ameri can people and the Congress an Opportunity to decide now that in 1983 they do not want to pay to the Federal government More than 19 percent of the Gnu in taxes compared to almost 23 percent that they would be paying if tax rates Are not reduced. The 19 percent. Would be a smaller fraction than they Are now paying and a Little larger fraction than they paid on the average in the years Between the korean War and the Vietnam War. The is sue Kemp Roth raises is not mainly Wyeth columns comments or tax burdens should be reduced it is whether tax burdens should be allowed to Rise substantially in the next five  Kemp Roth advocates insist that they with the help of an economics professor have found the key to social Felicity a Sharp Cut in taxes will produce an instant Rush of economic activity and hence of revenues to government. Against this serenity Only one thing militates the state of the economist s Art does not allow such certainty. It is indisputable that at some Point a rising tax Burden begins to suffocate eco nomic activity. Reasonable people Are increasingly worried that the United states a approaching that Point but some Kemp Roth advocates Are taxing credulity when they insist that they know precisely when and How their measure would affect the Economy. Alan Greenspan another former chair Man of the Cea has. After mature deliberation endorsed Kemp Roth. He says that the Basic purpose of any tax Cut pro Gram in today s environment is to reduce the momentum of expenditure growth b restraining the amount of Revenue Avail Able and Trust that there is a political urn to deficit  prudent Kemp Rotl supporters have made their support con Tingent upon evidence that the political Ell mate is favourable to spending limits. In asserting that the Long run effect 0 Kemp Roth would be higher inflation the Carter administration is assuming Thi spending will continue to increase at the current rate an Assumption that May press the administration s Hopes. It is tru that Kemp Roth would cause a Short in surge in the deficit in the period betwee the tax Cut and the delayed effect Fth Cut. But no one is More alarmed by inf i Tion than Greenspan is and he believes the Short run effect can be controlled by Katri ing the phased tax Cut toward the end the three years say 8 percent the Fin year then 10, then is. Kemp Roth should be defended As to Lotical Choice rather than an Indis Puum economic calculation. As Stein says the Burden of proof is not on the in payer to show Why he is entitled to Kee what he has earned. It is his. Money. It Burden of proof is on those who would Tail away from him to show that it is needed meet imperative social requirements. It Basic Case for Kemp Roth is the belief tin this Burden of proof is not being m trained. And the Basic significance of Kemp Flat is that at the Federal level too. The focus i the fight to restrain government has shit de from limiting government spending i limiting government receipts. To opt Joat mptmm4 ilk it plumm Ftp i put ram it Imu Olim in and to to  � rear Tumang m Van of to Ltd strip i or la in Ltd Sutts q