European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes june 1985 columns theres no profit in simple faxes by Russell Baker the tax Law is just As everybody says it one of i he most dreadful things about which no body Ever mentions is that it constantly people can put up with dreadful things if they Are allowed to become accustomed to this was illustrated during the bombing of Britain in world War people who survived those bombings say the worst times came when the germans changed weapons from manned bombers to unmanned Buzz then to ballistic rockets because the new weapons forced their victims to develop new psychological de lenses against what is most dreadful about the tax Law is that no body understands it is famous for being in fathom people who devote their lives to studying it Law bureaucrats of the internal Revenue service Are in constant disagreement about what it i regret to say that people devote their lives to studying the that is another dreadful thing about for the people who do so Are often people with minds of Good and to have them wasted in lifelong preoccupation with the absurdities of the tax Law is not to say for the All this comes to mind because of president reagans proposal to rip up and rewrite that mystifying document yet one More normally this process is known As tax but there is a new term this this year it is called scarcely a year is allowed to pass without the Law being subjected to usually the Reform is undertaken to eliminate some of the Laws famous injustices invariably it ends up by expanding the Law to include a few dozen previously unthought of injustices and enough incomprehensible new language to enrich the next generation of lawyers and account it is this constant reforming that makes it impossible to live at peace with the tax consider if there could be a fiver 10year moratorium on such american life would be entirely differ during that people could become sufficiently familiar with the quirks of the Law to change their switching to the new careers and making the new investments that the Laws loopholes were created to the people in charge of this Loon Ness con lobbyists naturally dont want big crowds elbowing into those those Loop holes were carved for the Benefit of big Campaign the Point of the incessant reforms is to prevent people without Access to squadrons of tax lawyers from discovering the loopholes Are there until after Treyve been looted by the people they were made for and sealed that Why aspiring Small bore tax Chi Selers Are Al ways disappointed to find that their big investment in sheep hoofs last year wont save them a dime in that sheep Hoof deduction was put in to bail out general which suddenly found itself in a tight spot in sheep and after consolidated enjoyed a billion tax saving on the deduction was written out of the Law during the recent president Reagan is not talking by now everybody knows Reform is nothing but bad news unless your last Campaign contribution was big enough to make the now we have it is the new Way of doing the re word from Washington is that it is also a Republican political the Hope is to create legions of new republicans among the Lowe income once thought to be hopelessly by giving them Small tax boons and a sense that republicans stand for fair play at the internal Revenue in this one is for the people who were overlooked in the big Reagan tax Giveaway of which dispensed handouts to the boardroom and country club simplification or the republicans must inevitably agree to sweetening the pot for the boardroom and country club crowds unless Reagan decides to Cut them out of his life and go dancing with Lane not half he in count on plenty of never let this mess get simplified so that it takes the profit out of life for its if you can afford a Squadron of look Sharp there could be billions to be raked in for the York times professor drops suit against paper a a Dartmouth College music professor has dropped a 2yearold libel suit against a conservative student newspaper that called his course the most outrageous on Campus and described him As a used brillo William Cole and the Dartmouth review signed a 21 Page statement agreeing to end the who had sought in receives no Cole and the review both claimed the suit in District court in Concord concerned a january 1983 review article called Bill Coles song and dance the article called Coles course the most outrageous gut course on and described Cole As a scruffy fellow who looks like a used brillo Cole described the lawsuit As emotionally draining but said he was bolstered by an october 1984 opinion by magistrate Jerome this court believes plaintiff has produced enough Evi Dence to present his Case to a jury and possibly Niedermeier Cole is Black he alleges that the review purposely publishes articles to defame and ridicule in the review makes no secret of its opposition to Many Blacks present at Niedermeier the weekly newspaper is run by Dartmouth students but is not affiliated with the the review stands by its article As an accurate reflection of two sessions of professor Coles music 2 the joint statement the article was not intended As a statement on professor Coles Overall performance but rather was intended to convey information regarding his teaching style and Laura the articles author and now the reviews called the lawsuit in not sure who won but i feel Ive made a she it is a tremendous breakthrough for investigative journalism in the Cole also said he Felt in doing what the College pays me to and the fact that i was promoted is an indication of Cole he was promoted last week from associate professor to full professor at still pending against the review is a libel suit in Grafton county Superior court by Richard Dart Mouths associate who seeks million in Hyde charged the review with publishing articles containing misleading and inflammatory information about his personal and professional our school far Jake 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