European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 letters to the editor a tuesday october 25,1994the san Lpes european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan. Commander publisher Bernard a Zovistoski a editor news and editorial Deborah Absher nows editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Manea City editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 Quot or Postrach 11 14 37 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237, 255, 282, 226,326. Sports ext. 225, 269. 263,332, 321,221. Features ext. 230, 245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208,400. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany tetto butt Hon room 117, few Norstr. 104, 69126 Heido Iborg Telephone on 3707010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel lax 06221-10554. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty John Bohmer and Doyle Tillman. Building 2899, Pulaski Barracks Apo a 09227-3717 Tel Ohono Dan 489-6585 or civilian 0631-52104 Tel lax Dan 489-6357 or civilian 0631-5366357. A a. Nurnberg Germany Ron Jonson building 21, Wil line o. Darby Caborn Apo a 09222 Tolop Hono Dan 460-7256 or civilian 0911-712563 Tol fax 0911-717130. Wurzburg Germany Dave Melancon building 220, room 109, Fau Lonborg Caborn Apo a 09036 Telephone Dan 351-4289 or civilian 0931-286956 Tol tax 0931-8896770.a. Mediterranean Suo Palumbo and Marian Hamilton Naples Italy pc 810, Box 56, Fpo a 09619 Telo phone Dan 625-4080 or civilian 0817624049/4547 Tel fax 0039-61-7624049. Northern Italy j. King Cruger pc 54, Box 473 Apo a 09601 Telephoro Dan 632-6176 or civilian 0039-434-66-8176 lol lax 0039-434-668222. United kingdom Nancy Tornor Marc Mcfann and. Dave Oldie. Building 464 Cess us Raf Maldon Hall Apo a 09459 Tel Ohono Dan 236-2226 or civilian 0638-542226 lol fax 0638-710013. New York City Timothy Cahill room 638, 201 Varick St. Now York 10014 Telephone 212-620-3333 lol fax 212-620-3268. A Washington . Chuck Vonch. Cindy kill Lon Oast a the Pentagon room 2e756 . Box 46095,. Washington , 20050-6095 Telephone 703-6976695 Tol tax 703-693-6366. Business departments maj Richerd k. Me or Usa Deputy commander Dele Eilee newspaper operations director circulation manager Jeffrey h. Kingdom comptroller circulation toll free customer service for Homo or office delivery inquiries or do Ivory problems Call 24 hours Germany 0130-840048 bold cum 07811-8775 Italy 1678-7-3456 United kingdom 0-800-898854 Netherlands 06-022-7629 Spain. 900-99-4955 Tel fax 06155-601436 Germany Augsburg civilian 0821-544529, Tel fax 0821-044565. Berlin civilian 030-8331846. Dan 332-3540. Kaiserslautern civilian 0631-57070 or 57079, Dan 489-7100, Tol tax 0631-50696. Nurnberg civilian 0911-71255b.dsn 460-7001. Stuttgart 0130 040046. Italy Naples civilian 0039-81-724480, Dan 625-4880. Tolo tax 0039 81-72444 19. Vicenza civilian 0444-515358, Dan 634-7545, Tel fax 0444-300-641. Spain. A Madrid Dan 665-5807, civilian and Tel fax 0034 i 6561465. Turkey Istanbul civilian 0090-212-272 48 43. Tel fax 0090212-274 32 09. A United kingdom Cirencester civilian 0205-713-637, Dan 247 4445. Advertising display Germany 06155-60 247 or 601309, Dan 348. .8247. Classified Germany 06155-601349. Dan 348 8 349. Advertising Tel fax 06155 601412 please Recycle Low Marks for cafes no seats for slots tins newspaper is an author died Unotti Cial publication for members of to military services overseas. Contents of the Sta s and sin pos do not Necos satiny reflect the official views of or endorsement by the . Government the department of a Ostenso of the . European command. Tho appearance of advertising in this publication include. Ing inserts or. Supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or Tho stars and stapes of the products or services advertised. I remember the army and air Force Exchange service making a couple of promises when it took Over the stars and stripes bookstores. The first Promise was to save the customer Money. The bookmark at in Ciurlik has indeed fulfilled this Promise. I have saved a lot of Money because there Are no magazines to buy. I should Correct that. Yes the bookmark has had some magazines. Why 1 i weeks after cafes took Over they received some. Then three weeks later they got some More. Remember cafes will Only Supply the 200 most popular magazines if you like basketball you have six to choose from. Women a monthlies seven. You say you want porn Well you have 10 to choose from. How about weekly news you have a Choice of Newsweek or nothing. I guess time is not that popular. Maybe cafes does not like time. If this is True would this be a form of censorship remember the Promise of a on the shelf by the cover Date the first Newsweek was two to three Days late. On oct. 6 we were offered the sept. 19 Issue. I have asked about this at the bookmark. I have heard a the shipment was lost a and a yes we carry it but its not in they have had Only two shipments and both of these were lost or misdirected. Why have there Only been two shipments have they really lost four shipments this must be caused by mismanagement or incompetence. Take your pick. A a a a. A a a a a a. A a a a a a who suffers is the manager going to be fired for mismanaging the orders will the suppliers contract be terminated for incompetence i think the customer will suffer by a Lack of current Reading material. They will be the Only ones. I still remember the comment a we will do to the stars and stripes what we did to the class i guess they did. Staff sgt. Mickey Argo in Ciurlik Turkey i cannot understand Why the Leighton no club has 40 Slot machines and Only six chairs to sit on. I dare you to take one from the dining area even though most of them Are vacant. This has been brought to the attention of the manager but he claims he does no to make the rules. Also local nationals Are allowed to play the Slot machines even if they done to have an id card. Janice period Kitzinger German Haiti in . Interest Why is the United states helping Haiti is it for National interest or humanitarian reasons i think it is for our National interest because Haiti is next to the United states. We cannot have another Cuba next to our doorsteps. We must ensure Haiti has a democratic Type of government. George Mitchell mor6n a Spain support peace process so William Safire the partisan columnist and self proclaimed authority on language attempts to discredit the wonderful breakthrough toward peace in Northern Ireland oct. 6. He rails against the a american politicos who Are responding More favourably to the Irish Republican army a cease fire than the British government. Safire states a a million Irish protestants in Ulster form a vast majority that wants to remain part of the United he should know that Ulster is not limited to the counties in Northern Ireland. It includes three counties in the Republic which is 95 percent Catholic if All of Ulster were polled there is Little doubt that it would vote for reunification. Even excluding the catholics in these Southern counties this language experts use of the term a vast majority is deliberately mis leading. The protestant to Catholic ratio in the six counties of Northern Ireland is 57 to 43 percent and is expected to reach parity within a generation More troubling than his inaccuracies a fire ignores the pastas he worries about the future. He fails to mention the Root cause of the problem during More than 800 years of British occupation of the Island much blood has been spilled and grave injustices have been perpetrated against the native Irish. For Safire Justice for 43 percent of the population is less important than his fear that a peace agreement could return labor to Power in Britain. In the last 25 years terrible deeds have Beert done a by both sides a in a seeming never ending spiral of violence. To end the lethal Exchange one Side had to lower its weapons and stand ready to turn the other Cheek the Ira did it first to almost everyone a Surprise especially the British governments. We Hope All politicians in Ireland England and America will vigorously support the continuing peace process Ana keep the momentum going. The vast majority in Northern Ireland Are Good warm hearted people who Are sick of the carnage of recent years. John Pinschmidt. Vaihinger Germany to our readers let us know what you think we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published daily on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155601-395, Dan 348-8395. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. I commentary 1 Flat tax May be idea whose time has come by Scripps Howard news service the single Reform that would do most to improve relations Between citizens and Washington a More than term limits or Public funding of campaigns or genocide for lobbyists a is the Flat tax. And. A promising version of this hugely attractive notion is actually afloat. Rep. Richard Armey of Texas chairman of the House Republican conference is pushing a Flat tax to replace the Federal income tax. After a two year phase in All personal income would be taxed at 17 percent. A generous personal exemption $13,100 for an individual $17,200 for a single head of household $26,200 for a married couple and child deduction $5,300, double what it is today would protect Low earners. Corporations too would pay 17 percent on revenues minus expenses. Simplicity is this schemes most a and it is More than a mat Ter of convenience important As that is. Government has no business invading citizens time and peace of mind. Simplicity also has larger implications. One is that the tax code ceases to be a source of special treatment for organized interests through the granting of loopholes. A lot of lobbyists can go Home. Another is that the tax code becomes comprehensible to citizens. This would help repair Trust in government. And at least As significant Are the economic benefits. The Flat tax eliminates the double taxation of profits and savings. Corporations pay on their profits but once distributed to shareholders As dividends profits Are not taxed again. Similarly personal income left after taxes can be saved without the interest being taxed. This would free up capital for investment. And capital would flow not into tax shelters a which would disappear a but to its most productive use. Jobs would multiply and Public coffers would fill. Lest this idea sound too Good to be True please note that it has a respectable Pedigree. Armey is himself a former professor with a . In economics. Free Market Nobel prize Winner Milton Friedman Calls Armeyy a proposal a absolutely splendid.�?�. At the other end of the political spectrum new age Democrat Jerry Brown campaigned for president on a modified Flat tax platform in 1992. Back then the new York times endorsed As a a Superb the purer formulation of the idea offered by economists Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka of the Hoover institution. The Flat tax did no to make it into the gop candidates a contract with american because so sweeping a Reform be enacted in the promised 100 Days. But the present Campaign is nonetheless a Fine time for voters to let future members of Congress know they like it
