European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 11 excess revenues Are Florida hot potato up unlike most of its state of Florida has found itself with unexpected income on its hands this year and int certain what to do about the states Revenue estimating Board has projected million in extra reve nue from recurring sources beyond what had been expected for the current fiscal year ending june an additional million is expected from onetime bringing the total surplus for this fiscal year to this is Money which has yet to be ear marked for any its a Sticky development for Bob Graham and his legislative allies who have been pushing for a higher gasoline tax to produce needed transportation they argue the excess revenues cannot wholly be viewed As a House minority Leader Curt Kiser Dis he argued that whatever you want to Call the extra Money is there and it should be used to reduce or at least hold the line on its a disagreement Over both semantics and reasonable accounting How the Public perceives it could be Crit As one legislator noted last week it was a state surplus of considerably less than billion that prompted the proposition 13 taxpayers revolt in state including those work freeze could kill plants ing for the tend to Side with the they caution that the excess reve Nues Are mostly the fruit of inflation and Are Likely to be eaten up by in their projections for the 198283 fiscal year beginning july the economists fore cast an additional million in Avail Able excess funds from recurring this would appear to boost the two year grand total of unencumbered expense and capital Money to nearly Kiser says that is the Graham and the economists say it is the economists make the As sumption the state cannot reasonably end this fiscal year without encumbering the extra million in recurring revenues generated Over the 12month they say the Assumption must be made that in the form of higher costs and will eat up that Money if governmental services remain at their current the economists that figure cannot be carried Forward into the next fiscal year As if it were a James staff economist for the House finance and tax said that if the states expenditures most of which were set in a budget adopted two years ago were translated into current the excess revenues would be nearly state economists underestimated reve Nues in almost every but the big Gest disparity Between the projections and actual collections came in sales tax revenues on consumer nondurable goods like food and other items consumed shortly after Pur this jump was attributed mainly to inflation As prices so do the sales tax collections based on like All governmental entities whose in come is largely based on factors bloated by Florida benefits from the same rising prices that Are driving its citizens to the but Graham and his allies Are Quick to Point out that governmental expenses also Are climbing at a parallel rate with no expansion of state in other if floridians want the state to continue its High Way and other services at their current lev the excess revenues should be viewed As a Kiser sees it differently the state does not have any business holding onto Peoples Money in the form of taxes when there is already Money in the Treasury to meet the legitimate needs of the in recessionary there is an even More compelling need to let the people hold onto their own soviet asian areas have 1 wot tit Moscow up springtime weather conditions throughout the caucasus and Central asian republics have caused prob lems for soviet the Tass news Agency Winter crops in Kazakhstan have grown More rapidly than expected because of the warm so Farmers have had to begin Tass in weather forecasters Aston the stars and ripes european edition Rose  editor chief Mert Proctor editor manager circulation manager Elmer Henry this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for armed forces the stars and 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Many areas the grass is fruit Trees and Flowers have blossomed and Field mushrooms Are even in Northern including the Polar regions of the Taimur Penin temperatures Are Only 514 up to 31 degrees warmer than the evident danger for plants deceived by december and january Spring like conditions is a subsequent freeze that could kill off the premature 50 students occupy letters to the editor foreign car shipments to i was interested to notice in the 14 Issue that someone else Felt strongly about the restrictions we have on shipping foreign cars free of charge Back to the United i have Felt for some time that this is terribly unfair in discriminating against the consumer and the military in favor of special interest the answer provided in the stars and stripes was Clear and but did not solve the and this problem is getting now i have read that Many 1981 cars will not be permitted reentry to the after being used in what is going on add to this the requirement to make arbitrary modification to foreign cars before they can enter the United i am not referring to the environmental Protection Agency Epa emission control devices although i dont support that but rather to body can you believe that the department of transportation has the audacity to make such requirements and then Tell Mercedes to reinforce the sides of their cars prior to being accepted in the United states a Mercedes is one of the safest cars in the where will this Stop who does it Benefit certainly not the consumer or those of us living i realize that car makers Are not doing Well and that buy american is but How far must this go most i am feel that Way anyway and Given two equal products would pick an american product Over a foreign the question is this Why do Many people prefer foreign cars to Domestic ones Quality Price reliability All of that who but these questions should be the earlier article in the stars and stripes said the House appropriations committee was responsible for the shipping i have written to them and told them that the policy should be i would Hope others would do the the address is chair House appropriations United states House of room h Capitol writing ones own congressman or senator should also those addresses can normally be obtained from the local i cannot understand Why someone who ships a car to Europe cannot Send another car Back at government particularly if the original one is no longer Worth in j cannot understand Why Many foreign cars Are Safe to drive in but automatically become unsafe for use in the United withheld Germany loyalty should work both ways i have often read in service publications and National magazines that the is Short of the skilled technical people needed to provide both weapons and consumer i believe this is True and caused by my country practice of reductions in Plant closings and Job eliminations of Loyal both civilian and loyalty is expected of a worker upon pm let an organization experience trouble or a More attractive overseas Deal and the worker is i believe this process began in the Early a Institute in protest army uniform legs Germany up about 50 students chose Ronald reagans inauguration Day tuesday to occupy the rooms of the German american Institute in protest against american policy in latin a spokesman for the students said Rea Gan has announced he plans to suppress the Peoples movements in Salvador and other latin american he said the occupation would last 48 hours to Call attention to the foreign policy crimes of the United the students distributed leaflets headed Salvador must not become a second Viet the Institute is an american cultural Center financed by the american and West German contrary to popular belief there is a regulation for uniforms in this it is a which consists of How to Wear Mili tary i refer to the 22 letter to the editor tabled dress avoid sick i was astounded that the had the nerve to say All those ant military you Are not Back in your old High school where you could do what you Felt like you Are in a foreign country for one to protect the interest of the United you mentioned that if we were to dress to feel Good we could serve our country but the uniform is there and it seems to me that you Lack the either stay in uni form or stay name withheld Germany i witnessed Many engineering majors change curriculum in College due to Indus try layoffs of engineers already i came in the service shortly thereafter and heard about reductions in Force for officers in certain year suddenly there is a desperate need for these at present the United states finds itself in the unique position of importing clothing and while american workers in these skills Are Many Are retirement eligible but receive the situation of the Veteran either or retired is Little reenlistment bonuses were increased re but so has inflation and the taxes paid on that the treatment of the Vietnam Veteran in pos Vietnam America is is it any wonder there Are not enough tool and die air Craft electronic technicians and military recruits to go around american corporations and organizations need to extend their loyalty to american contrary to what appears to be a popular technical expertise is not acquired i have met very few unemployed americans who cherished their it seems we ask a few to be Loyal to while others abuse the privilege that this loyalty gives Mark Tarquinio Germany