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Clinton plan to tax welft
more waste in already b
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help finance the president
stamps, welfare benefits an
Realizing Clinton desperately i
budget, this proposal seems to c
laic
Presumably, one needs to be o
enough money to get through th
eminent assistance.
I uckily, most people who genu
qualify for food stamps or welfar
I he system has been highly cr
American taxpayer and for offerin
multiple children. This, some argt
unmarried.
This new proposal, while genei
eminent, would unjustly burden
the destitute.
The new revenue would be us
ing programs, but at what cost? Cc
benefit, but a great number of p
jxw rty would be needlessly ovet
Aside from the undue burden i
fare checks is perhaps the most ir
the needed money. The govemmi
for it back.
The alternative, cutting welfare 1
pit on welfare need some financi
putting poor people on the street
What the government does nee
lent, but without hurting the peo]
some manner of health care refoi
tent needs a new focus.
People must be encouraged to
ic. t5)' penalizing people lor being i
.system only perpetuates its own p
People on welfare receive it foi
away their benefits in the name ol
IW putting forth a concerted eff<
pull themselves out of the welfare
ing both itself and the American p
Casino gamb
money, not u
Jasper County Councilman Danny
McKcnzie hit the nail on the head
when he recently shared his opinion
on casino gambling: "If it's not
morally wrong in Mississippi, 1 don't
see wny it would De morally wrong
in South Carolina."
Several S C. cities, including Columbia,
are giving the idea a closer
look as lawmakers search desperately
for ways to clear a cloudy economy.
One problem holding them
back is a six-letter word that always
seems to spring up in the Bible Belt:
morals.
.Gambling should never be con- '
side red a moral issue. People can
spend their money as they please.
This is an economic issue, one of individual
rights and one that more
anil more states are putting their
"morals" aside to accommodate.
South Carolina allows activities
that a consensus would probably
consider much more immoral than
regulated casino gambling A surplus
of topless bars inhabit the Columbia
area, while video poker parlors
aren't an oddity on neighborhood
street corners.
To say casino gambling is immoral
ii t ?*
wouki matte a nypocnte 01 any
South Carolinian who has no problem
with video poker and nudie
biurs.
( ambling as an economic issue
appears much more sound and coherent.
Everyone complains about
high taxes ami no |obs. Big casinos
tend to need a lot of local people to
help run them ? everything from
parking attendants to housekeepers
to blackjack dealers. The government
would collect a hefty sum in
taxes from casino owners, money
that could help lower the average
Joe's property taxes.
Then there's the issue of economic
development. Columbia's
previous dreams of making some
money from people other than its
own were shattered hv a rertain ath.
Ictks director who thought a season
of NM games would hurt Gamecock
football That was only about $40
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I
ire benefits creates
iefficient system
is reportedly considering a plan to
:'s welfare reforms by taxing food
id housing subsidies,
needs to cut spending in the 1995
ounter the entire purpose of wcl>n
welfare because he isn't making
e month and therefore needs govlinely
need financial assistance can
e payments.
iticized for being a burden to the
g incentives to single women with
lie, encourages the poor to remain
rating revenue for the federal govthose
who can handle it the least,
ed to expand work and job trainrtainly,
there are those who would
eople living on the edge of total
burdened.
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on wenare recipients, taxing wclleflicient
way possible to generate
snt gives people money, then asks
benefits, also isn't the answer. Peoial
help, usually temporarily, and
t won't help the situation.
:d to do is reform the welfare sysale
the system seeks to help. With
m soon to come, the welfare sysget
off welfare, not to remain on
narried or having no children, the
>roblems.
a reason: They are poor. Taking
f reform is simply not the answer,
art to give people the incentive to
mire, the government will be doicople
the greatest service. ^
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EDITOR S NOTE j
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million flushed down the toilet.
Now, there's a chance to bring
people to Columbia again. The zoo
and the State Museum are great, but
after a few trips to each, outsiders
want bigger and better things. A casi- c
no would attract people from At- 1
lanta, Charlotte, the Upstate, the ^
Lowcountry and maybe as far south
as Florida. Of course, these tourists, Is
who will nppH nbrpu If* chrin clpcn n
? -? -? r""-w ^,vvK
and eat, will boost Columbia's J
restaurants and hotels. |
Where to build it though. Alter a a
century and a quarter of being the ft
state's most violent prison, CC1 has c
relocated its last inmates, leaving r
some attractive riverfront property
on the Congaree.
This location would be ideal: It's
right off the interstate, close enough
to Five Points and the downtown
area and a few miles from WilliamsBrice.
Those Golden Spur Game- I
cock Club members would now j
come to town in their Winnebagos
Thursday or Friday night to play
some roulette or craps before a football
game.
Get it now?
To let morals hinder the economic
development of an economy
so many claim has gone awry would w
be something those moralists will re- r(
gret. Casino gambling is just clean, fi
safe fun. If it's managed properly, c<
the government, proprietors and citizens
of South Carolina could truly tti
benefit. H
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every other Monday.
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Today is St. Valentine's Day. I would like to
take this opportunity to extend a personal
Valentine s greeting to all of the women in my 1
life, from my mother to my professors to the
:harming young lady who visited our offices
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)eing able to put up with the likes of me. v
However, I'm going to be a bit more discrimi- 2
"tating when I send valentines to members of the
nedia. While some reporters are doing a line s
ob in their pursuit of the truth, others are giv- r
ng journalism a bad name. >
| No Valentine's greetings for producer Rick r
(apian of ABC News. According to Tuesday wire F
eports, Kaplan served as a media adviser to Bill I
Clinton's presidential campaign. This wouldn't v
>e an issue if Kaplan hadn't been the producer C
>f "PrimeTime Live'' at the time, or if he hadn't d
old reporter Sam Donaldson to "go easier" on L
Clinton during a story on the candidate. L
Last month, Kaplan was transferred to "World b
Jews Tonight, ensuring that you will never c
gain hear the word "Whitewater" pass Peter si
ennings' lips. It
| Speaking of Jennings, the ABC news anchor is \
Iso off the Valentine's mailing list. While filing o
*om Sarajevo last week, Big Pete had a 13-year- |
Id Bosnian boy give him a tour of the sites of H
ecent shellings. Jennings wore a flak jacket v
JSC fans don't give short Ume anc
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ogler needed support be, the Game<
spectable bask
o the editor: son.
Shame on you USC students! I listen to a
hame on all fairweather fans! Nashville, and
For all the people at USC and in calls in to expn
outh Carolina, you don't deserve a Fogler has do
inning tradition. Our athletics di- though its shorl
;ctor does his utmost to bring the ally galls me is I
nest coaches in the land to give us students and fai
jmpctitive teams in all sports. giving Fogler ai
Coach Fogler came at a time when There are ov
ic cupooara was ciose to being Dare, the main camp
e has installed his system in a very people in the C
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restructured. I don't think
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Patrick McNeill
COLUMNIST
vhile on camera. The child wasn't provided with
Ldditional clothing.
Many viewers weren't amused. In fact, talkhow
host G. Gordon Liddy has offered to
ebuild Jennings' rectum from scratch. I propose
nstead that Peter give the jacket to his guest
text time, since Jennings obviously isn't pre>ared
to take the flak.
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alentine from me either. On Thursday night,
Bonnie and her "Eye to Eye" team became the
lefense counsel for Olympic figure skater Tonya
larding. While I'm not (yet) opposed to
larding's participation in the Games, it seems a
it tasteless to have the network plead Tonya's
ase to preserve its "Lady and the Tramp on Ice"
howdown. CBS can "share a moment with my
jnch, and Connie can get her love notes from
laury Povich and David Letterman from now
n.
I The New York Times was never on my list.
>ut the paper deserves a big lump of coal in its
alentinc mailbox. Last year, David Brock of The
I although the win/loss yet to see an average of 01
bat all of us want it to 8,000 in the Coliseum, \
:ocks have played re- 12,000.
etball most of the sea- Building a tradition at ai
is more than just winnin
i sports talk show in takes the support ol all f
1 each night someone less of the record and re
ess amazement at what who we're playing. Vanch
ne with this team, al- game, and although it hurl
t of top talent. What re- there will be 13,000 for
he lack of support you game,
ns all over the stale are 1 remember a few yea
nd the team. Michigan football team
er 25,000 students on record, terrible by their sta
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olumbia area, and I've for the next game.
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Biology junior
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:ivil rights organization. The founding
loms we enjoy today"
LaTonia Burrow
:utive assistant to the president of the USC NAACP chapter
serve valentines
American Spectator scooped the Times (and the
rest of the world) by breaking the Arkansas state
trooper story- Rather than write a toffovv -up or
hire Brock, the Times instead decided to "out"
Brock as a gay conservative Republican.
In the article, the Times quoted a "former
friend" of Brock's, who explained that because
David is gay he hates women. And because
David hates women, he's a conservative
Republican. And because David is a gay conservative
republican, he really, really hates Hillary
Rodham Clinton and is out to discredit her and
that goofy-looking guy she hangs out with.
Really.
The Times was scooped again last week by
rhrictnnbpr v?' U/AO# "*'?
uuuvi; ui niv. new iui N i'vji, who
broke the news of how the U.S. Park Service
botched the investigation into the death of
White House counsel Vincent Foster. Be sure to
look for the in-depth story next week in the
Times about Chris Ruddy and how often he
beats his goldfish.
Happy Valentine's Day to alt 15 of my readers.
Be loving and gentle to each other, and I II see
you next week.
Patrick McNeill's column appears
every Monday.
yer 7,000 to This is a tradition, and until you stuvhich
seats dents and fans all over the state take
a step forward and assist Fogler, Scott
a institution all other coaches, you don t deg
games. It serve a winner,
ans regard- j challenge the fraternities, sorori
... . ties and spirit groups to band togeth^".H
lose a er, pack the Coliseum for the rets
their tans, . . ,
their next mam,n8 games, give the coach and
team the support they need and show
rs ago, the the SKL that USG has arrived,
i had a 7-4
ndards, but Sid Badger
1 the stands USC alumnus
Nashville, Tenn.
axed?
iniiely don't think they should. It doesn't
any sense to tax welfare. People reajly
Lhat money."
Rod Dawkins
Criminal justice freshman
don't think it's right. If they're going to
he money away, they shouldn't take it
Melanie Creech
Biology sophomore