European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Presidential hopefuls wooing Hollywood by Martin Kasindorf new Day Gary Hart broke their hearts in 1988. Bob Kerrey s fast fade act disillusioned them earlier this year. Now the entertainment Industry s wealthy and wooed political activists am splashing cold water on their faces and once again choose a sides in the presidential race. You could watch the process last weekend on the Sony entertainment pictures studio lot where Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton former California gov Jerry Brown the Rev. Jesse Jackson five senators and six mayors trooped to a conference named a with self important Hollywood s usual grandiosity a the american Community Summit on key Domestic issues sponsored by a non partisan group of stars and moguls called the show coalition seminars on race economics education and the family gave celebrity watching political analysts a snapshot of who a supporting whom who s thinking it Over and who s swearing revenge on vice president Dan Quayle for running against Hollywood and the television sitcom Murphy drown.  to Host Dennis Miller who was master of ceremonies for a glitzy Friday night awards dinner is one of the first in the overwhelmingly Liberal and democratic movie to and music worlds to Back the looming Independent Campaign of Ross Perot. Awards presenters Kevin Costner Christine Lahti and Patrick Swayze Side with respectively Brown Clinton and president Bush. On the guest list was barbra Streisand who attended producer Ted Field s to ,000-a-plate Beverly Hills fund Raiser for Clinton on May 18. Quot i Don t know if she s actually on Board,1 said John Emerson a former Hart strategist working for Clinton. Competing for show Biz dollars and endorsements is a serious concern of candidates but not As much As in past years. Quot nobody s worked this Community the Way Gary Hart  Emerson said the California Perot petition committee which does t need Hollywood s Money because Perot is spending his own has a Quot Talent coordinator named Ken Jacobson. The Day he declares his candidacy Perot will run ads revealing "70 to 100 recognizable names Quot of supporters Jacobson said. Celebrities supporting Perot Are Quot major As huge As they get. The top the top Quot Jacobson insisted. Jack Nicholson is one rumoured but in Conformable adherent the Hollywood reporter has also named Steve Martin Kyrstie Alley Jamie Farr and Sally Field As Perot supporters. How far Perot can get in Hollywood is debatable. Since the Days of John f. Kennedy movie land types have locked to candidates resembling themselves suave glamorous Good looking. Quot Perot is not a Hollywood kind of candidate Quot said Patricia Duff Medavoy the founder and co chairwoman of show coalition. Medavoy is a Kerrey Backer who has switched to Clinton. The Clinton Campaign meanwhile claims More stars than Perot among them Richard Dreyfuss Joanna readers action line Retiree pay raises tax questions it let la ulers action line Muy to on  paid to the Federal Republic of Germany was informative but did t answer several questions for example the article stated that u s government salaries with income tax paid to the United states was exempt from German tax according to the August 1991 agreement situation military retired pay to not considered a pension taut is reduced pay for reduced service it s  tax is deducted from the reined pay. So it must be a salary my first question is can Germany collect income i i on u s military retired pay and social be cum Beith from military retirees in germany7 my second question is it the Wile of a u s military Reneo is employed by a German company can the German government arid the retired pay ird  see Uty to the income of the wife and Ivik income us on the total income of the wife and u s military Retiree a a Kerns and Don Henley. But while Clinton has collected about $750,000 from Beverly Hills. Bel air and Malibu his Campaign is making less of a production than Perot out of trumpeting stars support. Quot it s a Way to raise Money but nobody s going to be for a candidate because Jack Nicholson s for a candidate Quot explained Linda Bloodworth Thomason a Core Clinton Contact who with her husband Harry Thomason produces lbs s designing women evening Shade and next season s hearts afire. Thomason an Arkansas native has known Clinton for 25 years. Bloodworth Thomason is from nearby Poplar Bluff to. With a second Home in Little Rock the two Are so tight with the Clinton that Hillary Clinton suggested the title evening Shade. Beyond fund raising the two producers have recruited we get one Story from the tax experts in Bonn and another Story from the German tax amt and would appreciate some facts retirees want to do what s Legal and fair for the Retiree the United states and Germany. . Johnson Werthem Germany Regina m. Deanehan assistant commissioner internal Revenue service department of the Treasury Washington replies according to your letter it is your belief you Are experiencing Quot double taxation Quot because your wife is employed by a German company and must pay taxes to the German government at a rate that is determined by the inclusion of your own income in your wife s tax base. F ins practice is not double taxation nor is it prohibited by our income tax treaties. Double taxation As addressed by our treaties occurs when the same Dollar of income is taxed by the tax authorities of separate countries neither allowing a credit or making allowance Tor tax paid to the other country  v pm s no tax 1o the United Stales on its. A it Kome she pays lax Only to one Urs on la n. A Eunav he quote in is what is yur who s appropriate ram of Dennis Miller top left is among the first Hollywood stars to Back Rosa Parot for president. Patrick Swayze above remains a Backer of president Bush. Barbra Streisand left attended a fundraiser for Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton but has yet to officially Back him. Their series stars including Burt Reynolds of evening Shade John Ritter of House afire and Dixie Carter of designing women for Clinton another reason the Clinton Campaign in t doing the traditional bragging Over its Hollywood connections its moderate candidate is Only gradually winning Over the liberals whose predominant first Choice was Kerrey Roseanne Arnold switched from Iowa sen. Tom Harkin to Brown who retains the sentiments of Kim Basinger Bette Midler Carroll of Connor and Rob Reiner Bush a base is the Republican old guard that knew and liked Hollywood s Ronald Reagan a chiefly Bob Hope Jimmy Stewart Charlton Heston and Frank Sinatra but the president a hit in country music circles Reba Mcentire. Crystal Gayle has drawn such new generation actors As Arnold Schwarzenegger and Swayze tax in the eyes of the German government to not consider your income in her tax base would be to apply an artificially Low rate of tax which would be appropriate for one in More modest economic circumstances. Once the rate is determined however it is applied Only to your wife s income not yours. This practice represents conventional progressive tax policy. If you have further questions you May Contact our office in Bonn by calling 0228 339-2119. To write us readers action line is the readers Quot court of last resort Quot striving to answer some of the questions about life overseas in a military environment or questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are not readily available. If you have a question and Don t know where to turn for the answer write to readers action line co the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. 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