The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 43, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 30, 1981 Page: 4 of 40
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Overregulation
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PARENT’S REVENGE
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Voice of Business
Why Sould Business Care?
understand.
THOUGHTS
Monday
why the business community tivity growth and fueled infla-
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Inflation Affects
Rich Citizens, Too
Warm fuzzies,
Doug Manning
You bet business cares -
and so should all Americans.
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House Speaker Bill Clayton, Texas House of Represen-
tatives. P.O. Box 2910. Austin. Tx 78769. Pho 512-475-3400.
tion, the politicians who pro-
moted these policies have not
hesitated to blame their
failure on the world’s favorite
whipping boy—business
Their answer9 Price and pro-
fit controls such as those pro-
posed by Sen. Kennedy in his
1980 presidential campaign.
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wife and one apiece for the
kids. You’d be surprised to
learn how many cars, even
Cadillacs, are bought on the
installment plan among up-
per bracket people. Add
another $10,000 for that. I
don't know what gas and
upkeep would come to, but
add another $5,000. If the two
kids are in an elitist college,
and where else would they be,
add $20,000 more a year, with
a little more for the year one
of them wrecks his car.
Add say $10,000 more for in-
come tax and a lawyer’s fee
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Though he had nobody to
talk to but himself.
big, this will help you com-
prehend what he means:
The Occupational Safety
and Health Administration
ordered a Navajo Indian
working a small mine out
west to install a two-way in-
tercom.
State Sen. Bill Sarpalius, Texas Senate, P.O. Box 12068.
Capitol Station. Austin. Tex. 78711. Pho. 512-475-3222
My in-laws were rock hounds. That means they
have displays of rocks, bins full of rocks, huge
piles of rocks. Some of them may be valuable ...
which ones? I load rocks and wonder what I did
to them that was so bad.
I will get my revenge. I am going to start col-
lecting. Little scraps of paper. Coke-bottle lids,
those little plastic hangers that come with socks,
and whatever else I can think of,
I love my kids but the tradition must be passed
on. I am going to sit on a cloud somewhere and
laugh while they try to throw away my stuff.
That must be sweet revenge!
clans as to the real culprits of
inflation.
away stuff since all of us have thrown away
things that later become collector’s items. It is
double tough to throw away anything that is
cataloged.
How do you throw away 10,000 old pictures if
they are in neat albums?
What do you do with almost a coin collection
when the coins are in neat folders'1 What do you
do with thousands of knick-knacks when each
one has been on display for 30 years? Anyone
want a pair of pink birds with long tails?
U.S. Sen. John Tower. Room 142. Old Senate Office Bldg.,
Washington, D.C. 20510 Pho 202-224-3121.
Gather 'round all of you long-suffering
parents. I will tell you how to get your revenge.
You lived through the long nights of screaming
kids and told yourself they had colic. That is a
neat term given to cover up the fact that kids
come into this world determined to deal misery.
You lived through the rug-rat stage when they
were into everything and broke it all.
You lived through the teen years when you
would have sold the farm to pay for the ability to
put them in a deep freezer until they were grown.
I thought we parents would get our revenge
when our kids had kids of their own. I thought we
would get great satisfaction out of watching
them pay for their raising.
I have just lived through the revenge of my in-
laws. They had much to get even for. A long, tall
smart-alec came along and married their
daughter. Their revenge was well planned and
beautifully orchestrated. They spent almost 50
years collecting stuff and then managed to leave
it to the kids to disperse, clean out, give away,
hand off, argue over, decide, pull hair, and give
up trying to get it all out of the house.
My in-laws were rare indeed. They were neat
pack-rats. They collected everything and
cataloged every piece. It is hard enough to throw
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US. Rep Kent Hance. U.S. House of Representatives.
1810 Longworth Bldg . Washington. D.C. 20615. Pho
202-225-4006
On Your Payroll
US. Sen. Loyd Bentsen, Room 240, Senate Office
Building, Washington. D C 20510. Pho 202-224-3121.
To Some. Even Profit
is a "Windfall"
As excessive government
spending, taxes and regula-
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does and should care. Here
are just a few:
You Can’t Pass a Jail
Term Onto Your
Customers
On a very practical level,
business wants to comply
with regulations because they
are part of the law of the land
- laws which carry civil and
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King Ahasuerus gave
Mordecai his ring and told
Tuesday
A guilty conscience or
knowledge of one’s guilt can
cause fear, making one sus-
pect he is in danger of being
apprehended when there is
none.
The wicked flee when no
mil pursueth, bet the
rigbteous are bold as a ljom."
- Pre* 28:1
Wednesday
Editor’s Note: The Bootleg
Philosopher on his Deaf
Smith County grass farm on
Tierra Blanca Creek explains
how inflation is universal,
more or less.
Few spiders live more
than two years The males,
who die soon after mating
rarely survive even one
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economy. But with 56 million
words of fine print federal
rules now on the books, few
would disagree that the
government has far exceeded
the bounds of common sense
and propriety. The result is a
tremendous and unnecessary-
cost which escapes no
member of our society.
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facilities with CAT scanners
that hospitalization is pro-
longed. costs are increased.
Maryland hospitals are
Dear Editor:
A friend handed me a
newspaper clipping reporting
that a survey among big shot
executives making an
average of $88,500 a year
reveals they are having to
struggle with inflation the
same as everybody else.
him to write a document
saving the Jews, and seal it
with his ring.
“Write ye also for the
Jews, as it liketh you, in the
king's name, and seal it with
the king's ring: For the writ-
ing which is written in the
king's name, and is sealed
with the king's ring. may no
man reverse." — Esther 8:8
Saturday
Waste is Wrong
The Bible teaches you that,
and so did your mother and
your Aunt Mathilda! Part of
the American character, as it
has developed in a free enter-
prise environment, is to fight
waste and inefficiency.
Business people take pride in
being problem solvers,
carefully weighing costs
against benefits to produce
the best possible product or
provide the best possible ser-
vice at the lowest cost. After
all, we are consumers too! To
resign ourselves to accepting
a built-in layer of wasted
resources and effort, even if
price increases could produce
the same bottom line, is of-
fensive to most members of
the business community.
Shortly after taking office
in 1977. President Jimmy
Carter ordered his Cabinet of-
ficers and agency heads to
personally read all the rules
and regulations their staffs
promulgated. The order was
later discarded because the
officials found that there
weren't enough hours in the
day to read all the re-
quirements But the business
community has to live with
these regulations everyday,
and divert resources that
could otherwise be used for
expansion, modernization
and the creation of jobs to
meet the nonproductive
whims of government
regulators. No one is sug-
gesting that the federal
government should have no
regulatory role to play in our
By Richard L. Lesher
WASHINGTON - I spoke
recently to a businessman
who, in his frustration over
the excessive red tape and
regulation which entangle his
company, threw up his hands
and asked me, "Why should I
even concern myself with
this? I’ll just do what the
government wants and pass
the costs on to my
customers."
Why should business care’
This is a question that every
member of the business com-
munity should ask himself at
one time or another Why-
should we be leading the fight
to reduce the burden of taxes
and regulations on the
American people, when we
could simply pass those costs
on to them?
There are many reasons
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Paul told the Ephesians to
put on the armor of God so
that they may stand against
the wiles of the devil
"Wherefore take unto you
the whole armor of God.
that ye may be able to with-
stand in the evil day. and
having done all. to stand.”
- Eph. 8:13
Sunday
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A spider’s web is about as
fragile an object as can be
imagined Job’s friend.
Bildad, compares the
hypocrite's trust to the web.
"...the hypocrite's hope
shall perish: Whose hope
shall be cut off, and whoe
trust shall be a spider's
web" — Job 8:14-1$
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The largest county in the country is
San Bernardino, California. At 20.117
square miles, it's larger than nine stetes.
criminal penalties for the' tion be able to convince the
failture to comply. I have American people that such
talked to many law-abiding controls are the answer,
business people who are con- business would be caught in a
cerned and even fearful that terrific squeeze A growing
somehow they may be break- tax and regulatory burden on
ing the law by inadvertenty the one hand, but no right to
overlooking some obscure re- match those increased pro-
quirement they don't know duction costs with price in-
about or don't understand creases This nightmare
We Live in aa Interdependent alone is reason enough for the
World business community to be in-
Excessive regulation isn't volved on a daily basis in
the only reason why foreign educating people and politi-
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it may seem strange that
Jesus was permitted to
teach in the synagogues
when he was not even a citi-
zen of the cities he visited.
The services in the syna-
gogues were not conducted
by permanent officials but
by those who had evidenced
qualifications for it, accord-
ing to Davis.
"And Jesus weal about all
Galilee, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching
the gospel of the kingdom
"-Matt. 4:23
Some people take delight
in being greeted with pref-
erence. Luke says the Phari-
sees loved greetings in the
market
“Woe onto you. Pharisees!
for ye love the uppermost
seats in the synagogues, and
greetings in the markets."
— Luke 11:43
Thursday
The bible does not say
much about prophetesses,
although some are
mentioned Miriam. Moses’
sister, was called “Miriam
the prophetess" after the
Red Sea crossing Her
prophecies were in the form
of poetry with music and
dances by the women
"And Miram the prophe-
tess. the sister of Aaron,
look a timbrel in her hand,
and all the women went out
after her with timbrel and
with dances." — Exod. 15:20
Friday
Say an executive making outlay for that executive
$88,500 a year has a $200,000 making $88,500 a year comes
house, and a man in that to $91,500. before he buys a
bracket can’t live in a house single sack of groceries or
costing a piddling $100,000. Be pays his utility bills.
in the wrong neighborhood. Clearly, that man is way-
Say he paid $25,000 down, below the poverty level and is
leaving a balance due of entitled to welfare, unless
$175,000. At 15 percent in- supply side economics can
terest, that’s $26,500 a year he double his salary before his
has to dig up before he pays bank loan comes due.
anything on the principal. My friend said he hadn’t
which itself would be at least thought of it like that, but still
$10,000 a year. he'd like to give living on
If he has two children, that $88,500 a year a try.
means he has to have four Yours faithfully,
cars,one for him, one for his J.A.
My son, Paul, is six-feet- governed by 108 different
six. That is not -tall" by government agencies,
basketball standards, but it is There were years when
taller than average and that state’s government re-
reflective of the fact that his quired water temperature in
generation generally is taller patients' rooms to be no col-
than any heretofore, der than 110 degrees and the
The other evening during a federal government insisted
family outing he smacked his it must be no warmer than 110
head again - this tune on a degrees.
low doorway in a public Hospital administrators
restaurant. became their own ulcer pa-
His dome has been dented tients trying to perform that
by an assortment of door- delicate balancing act.
ways, chandeliers and low While the DOT is warning
limbs over public sidewalks, that bicycling "may be
and it occurred to me that hazardous,” the HEW has
eventually somebody is cer- recommended biking as
tain to get the bright idea of "healthful.”
starting an organization of "The Ooooops! effect.”
tall people - collecting dues Minimum wage laws in-
and getting rich - while creased mandatory wages,
demanding legislation to decreased employment op-
raise the ceilings in public portunities.
buildings. The Department of Energy
I'm being facetious - but urged foam insulation of
what'll you bet. houses; the Consumer Pro-
Organizations of handicap- duct Safety Commission pro-
ped got government to install nounced the foam a health
special ramps at street- hazard.
comers to help people in Overregulation costs you
wheelchairs over the curbs... twice! In high taxes and in
Learning too late that the higher prices.
sloping ramps misled blind Safety features of dubious
people who, without distinct value have added $600 to the
curbs wandered into the path average price of a new car.
of traffic. A meat packer is ordered to
S.J. Masty calls it "the put an opening in the con-
‘Ooops‘ effect.” veyor line for pulling
He's referring to the good samples; along comes OSHA
intentions of government ordering the opening closed!
which so frequently backfire. If President Reagan insists
When government entered that government has grown
producers are gobbling up
ever increasing shares of our
markets at home and abroad,
but it is a major one. Inflating
the prices of our products to
compensate for the $100
billion regulatory price tag on
our economy may not affect
the relative position of two
American companies
because both are subject to
these costs. But how about
the foreign competitor who
isn't and thus, can offer a
comparable product for a
lower price" American con-
sumers are often left with no
choice but to purchase
cheaper foreign-made pro-
ducts.
"That's the kind of struggle for keeping it from going any
I'd like to have," he said, higher, and probably that
I told him he doesn't much for property taxes and
Many years ago, Joe Parham of the Macon.
Ga., Evening Journal wrote an editorial titled
“Dear Toacher.” It has been reprinted many
times, but we believe it is appropriate to
publish again as school gets underway
DEAR TEACHER
Well, this week we turn him over to you. For
the next 12 years, in grammer and high school,
you’D have him on your hands. Next to his
Mother and I, you’D have more influence on
his life than anyone else except the members
of his immediate family.
He’s such a little boy now. A pair of sturdy
legs, tanned shoulders, bright eyes, a tow head
and an infectious grin. He's yours to mould,
day for your hands and mind to fashion as you
will.
He’s not afraid of anything. His mind is
clear and quick to learn. His body healthy, his
curiosity boundless and his stubbornness ag-
gravating.
There's a lot you can do for him in the com-
ing years. I hope you will.
Teach him to remain fearless. Never men-
tion the word “fear'' and perhaps he’ll never
know what it's like to be afraid. Respect for
danger and caution and carefulness, yes, but
not fear.
Cultivate that healthy curiosity he's blessed
with. Let him ask a million and one questions,
and you come up with a million and one
answers and be waiting for the next. Keep
alive always that spark of interest in the peo-
ple and things around him and in himself.
He’D never be bored or disillusioned or cynical
if his curiosity’s never satisfied.
Sure, you’re going to have to spank that lit-
tle caboose of his occasionally. We do
ourselves. Teach him discipline and respect
for authority and understanding of rules and
regulations, but don’t curb his spirit. Let him
not become a regiment automation who
follows others, lockstep style, through life,
never hunting a better or different way of do-
ing anything and always being content with
the status quo.
Instill in him a sense of fair play and deep
admiration for justice. Let him not be the
schoolyard bully, nor the schoolyard coward.
Show him that it is one thing to stand up for his
rights and quite another to attempt to depose
the rights of others. Breed into him a compas-
sion for the weak and a feeling of kindness for
the oppressed.
He already knows love, and he knows God.
The two are synonymous with him. Fan that
glow! Breathe with understanding and love
upon that ember so that it may become a
strong enduring flame. Instruct him in the
wonders of God's universe and the glory of
God’s works.
Teach him tolerance. Place no work or deer
or milace of antagonism or hatred toward any
of Heaven’s children in that small heart. Let
none of the venom of intolerance that any of us
might feel spill upon and scar that clean soul
of his.
Impress upon him the importance of
cleanliness. Help him to keep clean his ideas,
his mind, his body. Show him by example and
illustration how strong is a clean life. Build
within him a deep sense of honor and a
knowledge that integrity is not merely a word,
but a way of life. Teach him that it matters not
what a man's reputation may be. A reputation
is merely what the world thinks of a person.
But tell him that it is character that really
matters, for character is what God thinks of a
person.
He’D be coming to your school and into your
heart and your mind this week. Teach him all
these things. Teach him well, and when these
things have begun to be learned - the
arithmetic and spelling and the reading and
all the rest can be taught too.
Do a good job ... Some day you may be as
proud of him as I am right now.
Sincerely,
DAD
he 4A-The Heretord Brand-Sunday. Augut 30, 1981
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