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Opinion
Wednesday, October 3,1984
A session of Congress
to address the deficit
At this point it seems unlikely
that any of the various proposals
for a constitutional amendment to
balance the federal budget are
likely to emerge from committee
for consideration by this term of
Congress.
Considering the political atmo
sphere in Washington and the rest
of the nation, it is probably just as
well that consideration of those
various amendments wait until a
later date.
The very existence of such propo
sals may, however, have spawned
some positive action on the na
tional deficit.
Rep. Ed Jenkins, the major spon
sor of one balanced budget amend
ment, confirmed that the Reagan
administration has indicated an
interest in calling for a special
A national ID card
Much has been made in the cur
rent session of Congress of the need
for immigration reform and a
workable measure to determine
who is and who is not working
legally in the United States.
One such measure sparked
heated debate recently when it was
noted that the sponsor of one major
immigration bill favors wording
which could conceivably lead to the
issuance of some form of national
identification card.
Every thinking American should
raise a voice of protest over such a
possibility, even though the identi
fication cards are not now part of
any pending legislation.
Sen. Alan Simpson, one of the
sponsors of the Simpson-MazzoU
Facing farm problems
President Reagan has announced
a multifaceted plan for offering
relief to the nation’s farmers, and
Georgia’s secretary of agriculture
has welcomed the proposal as be
ing long overdue.
And certainly if you are a fanner
facing loan defaults and an eco
nomic crunch the relief proposal is
a Godsend.
But as a nation we have not
really begun to dig ourselves out of
the government dependency habit
in our agriculture programs.
We continue to restructure and
refinance farm loans which were
approved at unrealistically low in
terest rates initially, and continue
Worthy recognition
This has been the year the U.S.
Postal Service discovered the state
of Georgia.
Earlier in the summer, the post
master general unveiled a new
stamp honoring Richard Russell,
Georgia’s distinguished and long
time member of the U.S. Senate.
Now comes the announcement that
a stamp will be issued nest year
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session of Congress after the No
vember election to work on the
national deficit.
The goal of such a session would
be the forming of a special commit
tee saddled with the task of draft
ing a method of reducing the
federal deficit which could be con
sidered by the next Congress.
Such a lame-duck session should
be free of the political problems
which make such deliberations dif
ficult now, and could conceivably
put together a blueprint for action
to be considered by the incoming
Congress next year.
There would seem to be some
potential for positive action from a
session of Congress devoted solely
to working on the national deficit
and free of the pressures of elec
tion-year politics.
bill, is pushing for a study commis
sion to develop a secure method of
identifying who is eligible to work.
Speculation in Washington is that
such a measure would require a
national identification program.
No problem associated with the
increasing number of illegal immi
grants could possibly merit the
establishment of a nationwide iden
tification system a system which
is by its very nature a violation of
the liberties upon which this coun
try’s strength depends.
A national identification card
must not be considered as an an
swer to the immigration problem
in such a case the cure is indeed
worse than the disease.
to encourage farmers to depend on
an artificial market through pro
viding price supports and in some
cases advocating less than maxi
mum production.
Even within the agricultural
community, there are inequities. A
farmer going broke growing cot
ton, for example, can expect help
more in the form of government
subsidies than a farmer going
broke growing potatoes.
It will be tough for the nation’s
farmers many of whom have
come to depend on a federal gov
ernment financial fix to kick the
farm support habit. But at some
point it will have to be done.
honoring the first president of the
University of Georgia, Abraham
Baldwin, and recognizing the 200th
anniversary of the university,
which is the nation’s oldest state
university.
The stamp will be issued during
Founders’ Week activities in Jan
uary, a fitting time for a worthy
recognition.
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Time heals wounds, not wrinkles
There was a sign hanging behind my high
school principal’s desk which read: “Make
sure your brain is in gear before putting
your tongue in motion” or something to that
effect.
Since I spent a lot of time standing in front
of the principal’s desk and quite often
bent over to grasp one corner he had
plenty of opportunities to Just swirl around
in his chair and point to the sign. When
you’re groping for excuses for this or that
and need to come up with one in a hurry,
sometimes the brain isn’t in gear.
Perhaps as a result of those high school
days and the principal’s sign cm the wall,
I’ve since become very fond of "one-liners”
those tidbits that say a lot with very few
words.
Here’re sane designed to inspire, ridicule
or simply put a smile on your face, compli
ments of Swainsboro newspaperman Bill
Rogers Sr.:
Politics is the fine art of passing the
buck after you've passed the hat.
Good government is Like one’s stom
ach; when operating properly, one never
knows he has it.
We can’t all be heroes: Somebody has
to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
A honeymoon is the vacation a man
takes just before he begins to work for a new
boss.
Students: Heed this message
I guess it is a sure sign that I am getting
old, still I cannot resist the urge to pass
along some sagely advice from the perspec
tive of my 25 years of life.
I don’t know how many of Forsyth Coun
ty’s high school and junior high students
read this column, but it is to you, the
younger segment of our readership, that I
address this column.
Mine is a message you undoubtedly will
hear when you march to the stirring beat of
"Pomp and Circumstance,” to receive your
diploma. Although I don’t intend to preempt
what the distinguished speaker will tell you
on that day, I think you would do well to
understand part of the message before it is
all over.
You will hear that you are about to go into
the world, that you are the hope of unborn
children, the guardians of high ideals and
values. You will also hear that, equipped
with a basic education, it is now up to you to
make something of your life. All very true.
I think it would be good to have pre-high
school pep talks, similar to the ones they
give you as they pat you on the back and
push you out the door of the schoolhouse
when you graduate. Unfortunately, many of
us at age 13 already know how our lives are
going to go and don’t need to be guided, so
we think.
The truth is, if you don’t realize the
importance of your high school education
Other views
Bangor (Maine) Daily News
In an expression of either extreme cour
age or total desperation, Walter Mondale
assumed the guise of a riverboat gambler
and dropped the other shoe the one the
country had been listening for since the July
convention in San Francisco when the Dem
ocratic nominee did the unthinkable for any
candidate: If elected, he promised to ram
taxes. His promise begged the question;
how?
Now, it truly can be said that there is
nothing up Mr. Mondale’s sleeves. On the
advice of his party colleagues, he has rolled
them up. exposing everything, and nothing.
The meat of his proposal is a substantial
tax increase some SBS billion that he says
will come out of the pockets of corporations
and upper income taxpayers
Johnny
Solesbee wflr
The smartest time in a person’s life is
age five and 18 at five, we know all the
questions and at 18 we know all the answers.
Grandparents and grandchildren un
derstand each other because they know how
to outwit the middle generation.
Children do not seem so taxing when we
recall they are deductible.
The semi-private room at the hospital
didn’t bother me nearly so bad as the semi
private gown they made me wear.
God took only six days to create the
world, but that was before labor unions
—■ A bachelor is a cagey fellow who has a
lot of fun. sizes all the cuties up and never
Mrs. one.
lf there were any Justice in the world,
we would all be allowed to fly over pigeons
occasionally.
The best thing about the old-fashioned
blacksmith was that when you brought your
horse to him to be shod, he didn’t come up
®°»9 ft
until you have already completed it, you are
going to miss a lot of opportunity. You will
find yourself saying, “If only I did this, or
didn’t do that."
Some of the saddest four words in our
language are “What might have been.”
You may also find yourself bewildered at
the complexity of decisions you will be
called on to make in the "Real World.”
I’ll take myself as a case in point. All
through high school, I made good grades
A’s and B’s— but there was little I took
seriously and even less I made a real effort
to absorb.
Football, wrestling, music, cars, girls,
water skiing, and working at fast food
restaurants, at various stages of my adoles
cence practically always took precedence
over learning what I spent six hours a day
supposedly learning.
After being rousingiy inspired at gradua
tion ceremonies and after I had enthusiasti-
... In an effort to depersonalize the tax
issue, Mondale is playing an old, marked
card, worn at the edges . Raise the taxes of
the faceless corporations. The trouble here
is and people will tell him this out on the
campaign trail when corporate taxes go
up, everyone pays. Prices go up. Inevitably,
today’s very comfortable 4 parent inflation
rate will suffer, however marginally.
The Newport (R.L) Daily New*
... President Reagan is probably on target
when he described this campaign as a true
choice on issues, rather than a popularity
contest, ••*
The candidates dearly disagree on the
relationship of state and church ... (and) on
a number of other important issues, such as
supply-side vs. Keynesian economics and all
that both concepts imply; the need for an
with 30 other things that needed to be done.
Social Security is the guarantee that
you’ll be able to eat steak when you no
longer have teeth.
An unbreakable toy is the one the kid
uses to break those that aren’t.
The age of puberty is when your son
quits asking where he came from and re
fuses to tell you where he’s been.
When a man sends his wife flowers for
no reason, there’s a reason.
The reason so many of us can’t hear
opportunity knocking is because it sounds sd
much like hard work.
Anybody who doesn't check his speed
ometer when he sees a police car is probably
parked.
I finally found a house I can afford, but
the dog won’t move out.
lf you insist you can read me like a
book, please skip some pages.
A keychain is a device which permits
you to lose more than one key at a time.
lt’s good to remember the tea kettle:
although up to its neck in hot water, it
continues to sing.
Time may heal wounds, but it doesn’t
do much for wrinkles.
Never insult an alligator until you are
safely across the river.
The most profitable words you’ll ever
say are those said in praise of the wife.
cally enrolled in my first freshman classes,
I was beginning to suspect there may have
been a void or two in my background. I
plugged along, still with extra-curricular
activities assuming at least the same impor
tance, and often more, than my studies.
I finally caught on toward the end of my
sophomore year that I needed to work twice
as hard if I were going to get anything out of
college. 1 also realized that, had I been more
conscientious in my wild, high school days,
life would have been easier in college.
You see where my studies and work have
gotten me. Who knows what might have
been were I more concerned about learning
and building a strong background in high
school?
I know most students are probably not like
I was. Most of you listen intently, faithfully
do your homework, and even supplement
your studies on your own, because you
realize that now, in high school, you are
developing a part of your self that you will
be counting on to carry you through the rest
of your life.
Because high school days are some of the
best and most important in your life, it is
important to realize the weight of what you
are doing there. If you learn and retain even
half of what your teachers are trying to get
across, you win find later life a lot more
care free and satisfying. You will also not be
concerned about so much wasted time.
ERA amendment; free choice on abortion
and school prayer, on which Mr. Reagan
favors a constitutional amendment. But
even the current conservative Supreme
Court does not support Mr. Reagan’s abor
tion and voluntary school prayer views.
In other regards, Mr. Reagan is more pro
business, white Mr. Mandate is more pro
labor, and Mr. Reagan seemingly is more
strongly in favor of the work ethic and-or
less compassionate toward welfare recipi
ents than Mr. Mandate is.
... Then, too, there is die current state of
prosperity, despite the existence of poverty
in the midst of plenty, as New York Gov.
Mario Cuomo has noted. If the prosperity
holds up undl election day, Mr. Mondate wfll
be hard put to overcome Mr. Reagan's
seemingly wide edge among the voters.
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