European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes april 1985 columns scrap subsidies Tor education Bank by Andrew class Washington under a  premise of american Young people May aspire to the limits of their but to turn that premise into a nation must commit itself to the principle that All qualified students be granted Access to a Good Only in that Way can the rewards offered by a society be based on ability and hard paving the Way for a natural the cuts the Reagan administration proposes to make in education funds undermine that at a time when a Harvard or Yale education costs upwards of a White House plans set a maximum of on individual student Aid and a ceiling on the incomes of students and families seeking federally guaranteed student about half the nations College students now receive some form of Federal a billion budget item for three of Lour private school students Are without that Many of them would be forced to curtail their educational Public opinion surveys show that Federal education enjoy widespread the Money helps Middle Las people or those aspiring to join and education Are quite As a capital investment in the Way a Community might invest in Power and roads to attract economic a confident administration would Opi for an educational Opportunity initially funded by a special Bond Issue or by plentiful reserves lodged in social Secu Rity Trust students could borrow whatever they needed to com plete their College and graduate the Money would be paid directly to the upon each student would be obligated to repay the loan As a fraction of his or her income say 3 percent Over a for those who strike it Rich and resent the Prospect of having to pay Back the loan Many times there would be a onetime buyout feature that would satisfy the the plan would also feature an insurance fund that would cover the added risk of those for what Ever did not reimburse the actuaries who look at full scale plans proclaim that they Are such a program would make each generation responsible for the Cost of its own since the Money must come from somewhere right its coming from and Par time work Why not allocate these costs to a self sustaining educational fund much like the Highway Trust fund to enact such wide ranging educational reforms would require leaders with guts enough to Mold a Genu Ine Opportunity in its easier to ignore real problems while bemoaning deficits and a few frivolous kids with new c 1985 Cox new service mums the word on income faxes by Russell Baker 1 cant stand people who say there paying too much people like you  believe the taxes 1 paid last Pip Leburg starting a conversation he expected to earn him some dampened sym try 1 he mentioned a figure that infuriated it was almost As much As my entire income for last silently i asked what is the world coming to when people like Pip Leburg Are paid More than 1 am for the first Lime in our it occurred to me that 1 had overrated Pip Leburg As a human so you think youre being taxed pretty heavily i and without giving him a Chance to whine a a lot of Guys buried on Omaha Beach might say some people have paid a lot More to their country than you sure it was a cheap but Pip Leburg had it com ing for making so much More Money than 1 then coming to me for sympathy about the tax 1 cant stand people who boast about How Little there paying in people like cull deck or never comes right out and you  believe How infinitesimally tiny my tax Bill is this that not his he wants to be but he wants you to Lay the Praise on him so he starts with a question did you get All your income sheltered from those Sharks this year cull Decker knows very Well 1 didst get any of my income because he knows the kind of income i it is the kind of income that arrives bearing an official government warning which this income not authorized for even though i know cull Decker knows 1 am ashamed to admit it having income that cant be sheltered makes you look so stupid instead of admitting to this which 1 know cull Decker has detected in 1 change the subject with a question Hows your own sheltering operation working out this pal Best he my entire tax Bill precinct and Block comes to Only 43 now he expects me to Praise to slap my forehead in and wow talk about tax smarts silently i shriek to heaven Justice is a mockery when i have to pay out every last cent in taxes so Al Cheapo Here can swagger across lifes stage crowing of his triumphs at the i anglers i dont dare speak this Way to it would just confirm his suspicion that in unfit to meet the challenges of i have to be satisfied by poisoning him with so slyly i say when you and Are hauling Down a fabulous income like we will not have to waste our lives mastering the Lauchis Clurs sterile like we will Tell the tax collector to go ahead and take 80 for there will still be plenty left Over to Wallow sure this is a Rotten thing to now cull Decker will despise Pipp Luburg for making so much Money that he Doest bother with tax but Pipp Luburg deserves it for making so much More Money than i whats the thought of cull Decker lying awake nights so sour with Pip Leburg envy that he cant sleep this is a thought that makes it just a Little easier to tolerate the thought of that swindler paying nothing while in bled White by then there Are people like Hes always try ing to worm it out of you How much you pay in he says things it hardly pays to go on does what with these awful Higgley is trying to get you to Tell him what your tax bite you so he will be Able to judge your charac if you Are paying a lot More than he he will con clude either a that you Are stupid because you have a hopeless amount of unsheltered or b that you Are making a lot More income than he is can Only be blackmailing your Higgley ends up sneering at you As either dumb or if you Are paying less he will conclude either a that you Are an unpatriotic cheapskate too selfish to pay a fair share of your country or b that you Are earning a lot less than he is must be an incompetent not Worth his time or if you want to keep Higgley for a Friend and after your experience with and cull Decker you probably need All the friends you can find stay mum about your As your government Nei ther weeps nor but Only judges so will it be with those you thought might love new York times Syndicate first or a Ursa 13 Al and Lowthe in Hap armas much today crossword by Eugene Sheffer across past 4 actor Bates 8 Trade 12 spigot 13 Hemingway 14 pcs show 15 nonunion workplace 17 dry 18 Dowell 19 attire 20 White House family 22 24 elevator Man 25 policy Type 29 craggy toll 30 Sickels co reviewer 31 tart 32 hobos Milieu 34 sell 35 addict 36 Golf course 37 Montana town 40 abound 41epluribus 42 dentists request 46 Colliers place 47 Connery 48 cashew 49 Buck 50 nimble 51 for Short Down 1 from z 2 interstices 3 Start shooting 4 Church areas 5 comic Bert 6gis address 7 siesta 8 caught 9 had on 10 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