European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10the stars and stripes tuesday May 27. 19s8 columns & comments Carl Rowan Senate committee voted the straight false ticket True or false the big kinks and corporations especially those building weapons Rule America. Money earned by Money will be taxed More lightly in this country than Money earned by inc sweat of la borers. Poor americans arc Virtuly voiceless and surely Elout less. And will never be favored by tax Laws. Tax shelters Are not insidious sons to the Rich Bill Are inducements necessary to getting wealthy people to finance decent housing Tor the aged or he poor plus other social endeavours that make for a. More decent society. Without deductions fur iras individual retirement accounts und other Sav Ings programs the american people would never Burlil up enough capital to make the wheels of Industry and Commerce turn in the crunch on issues like taxes and profits the Washington lobbyists prove again that we have the Best Congress Money can buy. A reasonable facsimile of this test was Given to members of the Senate finance com Millic and to a nation s Haslun ish mint the lawmakers voted 20-0 that inc answer to All of the above is false. The entire Senate and House und presi Dent Reagan arc going to Hiiva to take this test in this next few weeks. Their Trues and false will Ell us u Lul about the kind of society we have formed. Sen. Robert puck Wood a Ore und his. Finance Corn i Lite colleagues Are saying that the anguished cries of America s Low income families arc being heard and hat the tax code will be reformed so that 6 million relatively poor people will pay no loses. The commuter is saying that it is derailing the Gravy train of some Compa Nies in the military Industrial Complex which defer a Cento face up to tax liabilities. Thus the privileged Rul ing1 corporations Are going id wind up George will excuse me any of a a fellas seen my two Reform Bill p paying a Fuir share of taxes. The Rich Are supposed to find lax Dodges Hirid to come by and a new mini mum tax hard to Swallow and we Are All destined to wind up cheering a More just America. Well who thinks the savings und loan people the Banks the Stock brokers who have sold 1250 billion Worth of Ikas Are going
