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Patricia Soley, a Bachrach aide, said statewide regulations would be too difficult to enact, and agreed that different communities have different needs in the matter...
...other friend, Robert Gardner, 43, a high school teacher in New Castle, is urging another tactic. Aided by hundreds of "English" volunteers, he has collected upwards of 10,000 signatures and hopes to get 10,000 more on petitions urging Congress to enact a law exempting all Amish from paying for Social Security. He has even written to President Reagan asking for his support. "The Amish," says Gardner, "are not a fly-by-night religion, just formed to avoid taxes. Legislation already exists which exempts an Amish individual from paying Social Security taxes when he is self-employed. The precedent...
With petroleum prices in worldwide retreat, does it make any sense for the U.S. to enact a tax that might nudge the price back up again just for Americans? In a rising chorus, economists and energy experts everywhere have been answering with a deafening yes. By last week there were signs that Washington was beginning to listen. Proposals for levies of various sorts were under active examination in Congress, and top White House officials reported growing support for an energy-tax package within the Administration itself...
...setting the stage for a renewed supply squeeze, and a surge in imports, once the economy starts to grow again. Though an energy tax would help prevent foreign suppliers from regaining their former economic leverage over the U.S., lawmakers are beginning to see an even more compelling reason to enact a levy. Properly drawn, a tax would help close the revenue chasm in future Administration budget projections...
...Edward J. King kicked off housings the state Committee on Criminal Justice yesterday afternoon by strongly urging that the state re-enact the death penalty for convicted murderers...