European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 Federal spending continues to increase Reagan unable to keep vow to shrink budget Washington not when pc Sidum Reagan look office five years ago he vowed to shrink the size and scope of government As part of an Agenda hat conserva Tives called the Reagan revolution. But de spite some notable victories in limiting Domestic programs local Federal spending has continued to climb. In fact As the administration prepares to unveil a 1987 budget with spending of just under is trillion Reagan finds he has pre sided not Over a Cut in Federal outlays but Over growth that is considerably faster than the inflation rate. Government spending is now substantially higher As a percentage of the Gross National product the total value of the nation s goods and services than the 22v4 percent it was in 1980. In february 1981, Reagan projected that by this year his poli cies would reduce Federal spending to 19 percent of the Gnu. In fact last year it exceeded 25 percent and is expected to be More than 24 percent this fiscal year. It s More a skirmish than a revolution said Lawrence a. Kudlow former chief economist in Reagan s office of manage ment and budget. The budget differences in the Carter and Reagan administrations he said arc much less than meet the  Stuart r. Eizenstat Carter s chief Domestic  adviser agrees. They have really not Cut Federal spending they have simply rearranged it he said. The administration acknowledges its fail ures but also cites what it regards As significant accomplishments. While there have been some disappointments we have Man aged to slow the growth of Domestic spend ing in ical terms to around 1 percent a year said Edwin l. Dale jr., the budget office spokesman. That contrasts with a doubling of Domestic expenditures in real terms Between 1970 and 1980." to be sure Reagan has proposed much broader and deeper cuts than he has obtained from Congress. Analysts say the political debate obscures the budgetary realities by failing to allow for the relative sizes of the various budget components. Referring to the scores of highly visible programs that have been Cut including food Stamps some housing and Energy subsidies and even medicare John Makin the director of fiscal policy studies at the american Enterprise Institute said it makes for a lot of noise but that s not where the big Bucks  indeed the Reagan administration has invested enormous amounts of political Cap ital to achieve cuts that of political Neces sity have been confined mainly to a fairly narrow segment of the budget what budget makers Call the non defense discretionary component accounting for about is per cent of the total. Reagan did substantially change the composition of the budget Charles l. Schultz a top Carter economic adviser and former budget Bureau chief said. We have not reduced very substantially at All the total share of Gnu taken by govern ment  social Security and other huge programs such As veterans benefits and military and civil service pensions which provide Bene fits to All individuals who meet certain Cri Teria established by Law have been virtually . Budget cuts largest categories in billions of dollars for fiscal year 1986 military agriculture health and human services office o personnel management Treasury transportation Energy $.334 presidential funds $.273 Nasa $.223 Interior mms.202 Chicago Tribune Chad source Chicago Tabuno news reports untouched. Spending on such programs is harder to control than other areas of the budget because once the formula that entitles people to payments is set the Cost is significantly affected by changes in eco nomic conditions. With the practical and political obstacle of these entitlement programs the relatively modest economics in discretionary spend ing have been quickly swallowed up by higher interest payments on the govern ment s growing debt by programs to main Tain incomes in the distressed farm sector and by the military buildup. From 1981 to 1986, according to rough calculations by Schultz the military share of the Gross National product has risen to 6.5 percent from 5.5 percent interest on the debt has risen to 3.3 percent from 2.4 per cent and social Security and medicare have risen to 6.4 percent from 6.2 percent. The All other category Reagan s big Gest Triumph according to Kudlow has fallen to 7.7 percent from 9.4 percent. While this essentially Rolls All other Back to the Levels that prevailed when presi Dent Johnson began the great society initiatives of the mid-1960s, the huge social Security and other largely Middle class Benefit programs rising in step with inflation remain spending juggernauts. Makin said these programs now account for about 11 percent of Gnu about double the level of the late 1960s. Despite the debate Over responsibility for the huge budget deficits the experts see Little Prospect for a significant change in the course of Federal spending even with the new balanced budget Law. Panel to urge group votes to de frock activist pastor development of midget Man new York a a Pentagon advisory panel plans to recommend that the United states develop a Small Mobile inter Continental ballistic missile that it says would be More capable of surviving a nuclear attack than other missiles according to a published report. The mid Gilman a single warhead mis Sile would be deployed on armoured launch ing trucks on military bases in Western states. The vehicles could be moved to scattered Sites on the bases in a crisis. Later this month the panel a group of scientists and experts on strategic weapons headed by John m. Dutsch the Provost of the Massachusetts Institute of technology is to make its recommendations to 1 in Wagon officials late this month the new York times re ported in its sunday editions. The times Basing its report on unidentified sources briefed on the findings of the Dutsch panel said the group decided the midget Man would Cost More per warhead than the my missile which is a 10-Warhcad device but would stand a Bel Ter Chance of surviving a soviet attack. Pittsburgh up a 15-Mcmbcr disciplinary committee has voted to de frock the Rev. Daniel Solburg As a pastor in the lutheran Church in America because of his activism on behalf of the unemployed. If the 500-Mcmbcr Western Pennsylva Nia West Virginia Synod ratifies the com Mittee s action Solburg will be the second. Lutheran pastor defrocked for participating in the denominational ministry strategy. The Dos is a coalition of clergy and Lay people who used confrontational tactics to publicize problems of the unemployed. Bishop Kenneth May dismissed Solburg 35, from his pastoral duties at nativity lutheran Church in suburban Hampton township last May but Solburg refused to leave his pulpit and was charged with de fiant trespass. He was jailed until sept. 24 when charges were dropped. Since then Solburg has led protests Dur ing services at the Church. He said he was not surprised by the com Mittee s decision. It s certainly not unexpected he said. You can be certain that the people who arc cheering Are Mellon Bank . Steel and corporate interests. The Bishop is in the pocket of the corporate  Solburg did not appear at the seven hour hearing Friday but several people spoke on his behalf including Dos strategis Tcharles hone Well. After speaking Honeywell tipped Over six tables where committee members were seated toppling briefcases Coffee cups and papers onto the floor. Honeywell said he was trying to Chase evil from the Church and said his action mirrored an incident in the Bible when Jesus disrupted a service at a Temple. Police were summoned but Honeywell was not arrested. Solburg has 30 Days to Appeal the com Mittee s decision to the lutheran Church in America. Teen aids victim interview set for italian to Indianapolis a a 14-year old aids victim who has been barred from classrooms in his Hometown left saturday for a four Day trip to Rome where he was scheduled to tape an interview on italian television. Ryan White and his Mother Jeanne said before boarding a flight at Indianapolis International Airport that they planned to go sightseeing during their free time. He is pretty excited. We All Are mrs White said in an interview. Ryan his Mother and his 12-year-old Sis Ter Andrea were scheduled to arrive in Rome sunday morning and to return to Indianapolis on wednesday mrs. White said. The italian state television network Rai is paying for the trip. Ryan is to tape an interview for the network monday eve Ning. Ryan is a Haemophilia a who contracted aids or acquired immune deficiency syn drome through blood products he receives. Western school corp. Officials in Kokomo barred him from classes Over the objections of state health officials because they feared he could spread the disease to other pupils. An Appeal of Ryan s Case is scheduled to be heard by state education officials after he returns from Italy. Scientists say the aids virus cannot be transmitted by casual Contact but Only by sexual Contact the sharing of contaminated Needles by intravenous drug abusers trans fusions of blood or blood products or infection from Mother to child before or during birth. Massachusetts doctors protesting Cost of insurance Boston a about 100 obstetricians or hoped is Send other physicians in Massachusetts stopped accept no new patients and Cut Back on emergency room duties saturday to protest the rising Cost of malpractice insure  Barbara Rockett president of the Massachusetts medical society the principal professional organization for tits tort estimates that 100 of the state s 22 000 physicians were involved. The a Fork of the doctors work at Small Community  were subject to a recent insurance rate urge ton to Ipili. Such As Massachusetts general and Beth Israel in Boston May indirectly be affected in coming weeks by an increased number of patients. The protesting doctors Are trying to Send a message to state officials and insurance companies and do not want to prevent patients from receiving needed care Rockett said. Richard Pozniak spokesman for the Massachusetts Hospital association warned that the protest could soon begin to Hurt patients. We Are appealing to those physicians who Are Tak ing part in this protest to immediately reconsider he said. We Don t want the life and safety of our citizens jeep  some Community hospitals Are already setting up a referral system to transport patients by helicopter if necessary from their facilities to larger City hospitals Pozniak said. In an apparent Effort to appease the doctors the Massachusetts rate setting commission on thursday raised the medicaid fee for pregnancy care and delivery from an average $508 to ,200, including a new Bonus for treating medicaid clients