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nBai Serving USC Stephanie Sonnenfel Chris Dixon, Vi< Editorial Martha Hotop, Achim Hunt, Jennifer Stanley, Lisa Noworatzky, 0 P I M Students urge UAIAHA A4ANIHI committed oy young people. ] The AMA said children imitate what they see in the media, citing 1 studies linking television viewing ] with alcohol and tobacco use, \ obesity and sexual activity among j children. i According to the AMA study, ( 81 percent of parents want a rating t system for TV shows, 72 percent want a rating system for music \ and 66 percent want a stronger 1 rating system for movies. t We believe rating systems for t TV shows and music are a good r idea, but they should be imposed r by the entertainment industry, not the government. Government- t imposed rating systems wreak of r censorship because they take away p the consumer's right to choose t. what is appropriate for him or v i? - iiei. 1J A stronger rating system for a movies, however, is not needed, v The current system works fine, v Our government is big enough, g News: " TC?r Adverti lOuJlItuJlK FAX: 7 Stephanie Cece von D Sonnenfeld Kolnitz Editor in Chief SpeciaJ Projects emu uixon Lisa 1 Viewpoints Editor Noworatzky Martha Hotop Copy Desk Adam Snyder Robert Walton News Editors Photo Editor Jennifer Stanley Brian Rish Features Editor Graphics Editor Achim Hunt Rob Gioielli Sports Editor Asst. Viewpoints The Gamecock is' the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semesters, with the exception of university holidays and jj, exam periods. Le Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the nai editors or author and not those of the University of Lei South Carolina. Th The Board of Student Publications and Communications Th is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of sty Student Media is its parent organization. he ugiuig aiayiii; One of the _______ most valued limits we have in this country is The prote one of protest, to j^y fyjQ jjjs assemble as we see fit and voice n,? _Ao unnea our mmds over what we have objection to. This ideal is part of the American culture. But when it comes to more extreme actions, sucn as nonviolent, civil disobedience, and other situations where people are actually breaking laws, it is usually considered that these actions are justified as a kind of last resort, when all other avenues of change have been exhausted. The two DJs from WUSC who recently protested the music policy at the station by locking themselves in a station boothn, said they were trying to get the attention of people. Obviously this was an extreme action, but was it necessary? WUSC is a student-run radio station where students make all Additional reg needed in ent The American HIUiAaiii Medical Association Parents, released a report govern men Monday saying regulate obji violence on mater television contributes to violence tock Since 1908 d, Editor in Chief ;wpoints Editor I Board , Brian Kisn, Adam Snyder, Cece von Kolnitz, Robert Walton I I O N id to think g protests policy decisions about programming, st staged especially music. at WUSC These two were rme and ?tu(']ents themselves, and ?ssary. ag mucj1 power in the station as the nextDJ. They could have worked their way up within the system,ahd if a lot of other students agreed with them, then they would definitely have had the backing to get things changed in the future. We live in a society with laws, which are there for a reason. Our FT democracy is based on the idea that if the people don't agree with the laws, they have the opportunity to change them. Sometimes people have ho access at all to the power ? structure, so they have to take an extreme action to correct it. But this type of action is only justified J in.these kinds of situations. ^ Unfortunately, the two gentlemen at WUSC thought they were in this kind of position. ^ illations not * ertainment yel M We don't need ^ any ^ more po] regulations not the because they an< t, should tend to have a wo ?ctionable snowball effect refi jal ? once the ofl government gets ^ started, it feels the need to restrict everything we do. t While parents' concerns about apj :heir children's viewing and 0f c istening habits is understandable, inC( ve cannot depend on the federal the government to do our parenting hig or us. We have become too pro lependent on the government to b u 1 ;ake care of all of our problems. Monitoring what a child vatches or listens to is not difficult. "Q it's a matter of turning off the elevision or radio, or not giving he child the money to attend a novie that contains objectionable naterial. Parents need to be aware of he content of current music, i novies and TV shows so they can / noted their children from material JT hey may find offensive. If parents /ould be responsible and take the nitiative to educate themselves 0f D bout what their children are 1 matching and listening to, we the pould not need any unnecessary Clh overnment regulations. but wou ] fron 111-1126 sing: 777-1184 aP** 77-6482 Keith Boudreaux u { nKRnniffl Circulation Manager IHHlBBiBliQHI Chris Carroll Mai ipka Bhambhani Director of Student Media We I Jessica Nash Laura Day couj( Asst. Features Creative Director Bryan Johnston J.T. Wagenheim Dwayne Director ^ McLemore Mark Hopkins Ame Asst. Sports Graduate Assistant , . Nikki Thorpe Marilyn Edwards Asst. Photo Taylor WOU Jason Jeffers Marketing Director the ^ Daniel Brown Erik Collins love Cartoonists Faculty Advisor whc supf M H 'I TTTffH^? dose e Gamecock will try to print all letters received. .. it??rv vhmilrl h* 900-7^0 u-nrrk .nri mnvt im-lnsi* *.. 11 WUIT ne. professional title or year and major if a student. PT63 Iters must he personally delivered by the author to ? e Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 321. RfiDl e Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for Ron le, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not HCpi withheld under any circumstances. ^ f flisrae, Yc C3H \THe H/9*sr xi wu THARG Se/*S? Ar "They wouldn't budge. They wanted to p Steven Gionfriddo, WUSC stati Current tax systen John Frick I Investment is the fuel of the c engine, often providing the n which businesses are started; rhey are as inevitable as death, (and better) jobs are created. \ and only slightly less pleasant. Eliminate taxes on capital gaii The complexity of their form Another inconsistency pr in modern America can be America's tax system is the s likened to such things as progressive, or graduated, inc< antum theory and organic chemistry, This approach, while hiding coy] ; they touch the lives of even the most the rationale that those with moi linary people. They are taxes, and give more, continues to punish ( ;ir size, scope and form dominate our achievement by demanding a bi litical and economic discourse. Yet, bigger percentage from those whc st tax debates center around semantics, for years to get ahead. This is he 1 few and far between are those who young adults find themselves r uld actually make groundbreaking less take home pay when they i Dim proposals. To those who are faint small raise. They may be hovei leart (especially those whose heart under a higher tax bracket wl: ?been known to bleed), read no further, are bumped up, causing their ne in the next paragraphs you will find to decrease, as more goes bnservative's Tax Wish List. government. A flat tax would 1 It has been said that the power to playing field, while still requirr is the power to destroy. These are from those with more by the sin >ropriate words to describe the effect that we calculate what is owed nniffll trains tavos nn an inrlnnrliial'o d' mvuTiuuui o pcivciiiagc. iiils kj tci tcuiii^y irtii entive to invest. This hurts not only it still places the highest burden individual investor who must forego who can afford it, while philoso her yielding investments in order to it asks no more of anyone than tect his or her money in a tax shelter, asked of their neighbor. This s t also the economy in general, solve one problem of our currenl Republican party truly Fred Leach I and having babies. Nonsense. they at least should be able to we so they won't stub their toes wh A poll was recently taken in bring their man a beer. my Psychology 101 class Seriously, though, the lack asking for whom would we women have in the Republica; vote if the presidential election stems, I think, from believii were held today. Republicans will limit the am ippointingly, Clinton came out ahead opportunities available to them, ole by about six percent. '90s, however, and the Republica What surprised me, however, was has realized there is almost no large amount of female support man can do that a woman can't, iton received. Most of the males in most part, women are just as class said they would vote for Dole, men are. There are some diffe the majority of the females said they however, and that is where c( Id vote for Clinton. sense comes into play. [ have seen similar results in polls A woman, for example, wou 1 across the nation. This leaves me a harder time being a construction dering what it is that women find than a man because, on averag saling in Bill Clinton. are stronger than women. Th; t could be those pasty white thighs chauvinism, it's just fact, hows off" while running around the It's like the question of wome; I in Washington which, thankfully, military. If a woman can provi laven't had to see in a while. Or, it physically capable of meeti 1 be his extraordinary musical ability requirements of being in a front li :ks seem to dig musicians). then she should be able to be on Whatever it is, I believe a great many line if she so desires. If she me irican females are being fooled into requirements to fly an F-14, ther king Bill Clinton is the man who fly one. Id best represent their interests in However, the physical requir White House. Fortunately for all the for women in the military are low ly ladies here at USC, or anybody men, and yet, women demant i may be a bit confused and is opportunity. The same is true at i >orting Clinton, I am here to offer a institutions. The requirements for of common sense. at places like the Naval Academy )ne of the main reasons I think Point, and now even the Citac ien support Clinton is there are a lower then they are for men. We < t many misconceptions about the a right to pursue whatever we li lblican party. A lot of women think \ why should the standards be li lblicans believe a woman's place is all in the name of political corre ie house; barefoot, cooking lasagna Another reason I think worn )dne TOST A600T OWN KCUPONCTuMf) S?*Mf / ffl ?5. ' / Irfesk /"f // ^OTHZZ Lb^SulT g$?\Kj(t >lay the hits. They wanted to play i ion manager, on the protest of WUSC's music format i needs majoi apitalist tax system, but I still believe there's a leans by better way of doing it. So, Wish #2: and new Abolish all taxes based on income. Vish # 1: Another tax establishment we find is. at the local level is the property tax. This esent in notion is particularly disturbing to me, iO-called because it seems to trample all over the ame tax. supposedly protected right of securing y behind and keeping property. If you look to the ne should core of this establishment, you find it jconomic boils down to paying the government gger and rent for property you are already paying i struggle for. Not only does this take place while >w many you are paying for this property, but once eceiving you have paid for it, you must continue eceive a to rent it from the government or face ring just forfeiture of your property. This is totally ten they inconsistent with capitalist democracy t income in that the result of this process is the i to the implication that the government owns evel the all property. This is'not the message we ng more should be sending, which leads me to iplefact Wish #3: Abolish all property taxes, using a We have now arrived at the point because where, except for taxes on businesses on those and various other goods, there is little phically to no tax money for our wonderful what is government to spend. While I would love eems to for this to be the case, I do recognize that ; income there are legitimate functions government the oartv for wc 1 J I think faith in the Republican party has to do i ar shoes with compassion. Democrats measure i en they compassion by how many people are i being supported by the government, j of faith That is, how many people are on welfare, ] II party etc. Republicans, however, measure lg that compassion by how many people are able j ount of to stand on their own two feet and get It's the along without any help. j in party Most parents want to see their kids thing a be able to get out there and make it on ( For the their own. Government is like parents able as in the sense that it is there for us when rences, we need it. But a couple who's child has : )mmon to live off them their whole lives is 1 generally not thought to have done a ( Id have good job of parenting. There are many ' l worker people who truly need help, and this help j re, men should be given to them, but there are i it's not many who decide it is much easier to live off "Mom and Dad." This is where n in the compassion fails. 1 3 she is I realize that many say the issue of ] ng the abortion is the major factor in women } ne unit, supporting Clinton, however, I just don't } a front see how that could be true. It would be ( ets the extremely difficult for Dole, or any person, j i let her to change abortion laws. The polls that | I have read show a close division between ements women on the issue of abortion. It would er than be a mistake to think this is a major 1 equal issue in deciding who to vote for, when nilitary issues like education and economics are ' women much more important to people, or West Education is also a very important 5 lei, are issue to women. The Democrats have all have tried to portray themselves as the party ' ke, but of education. However, the last 30 years ( awered of liberal control in our schools has yielded I ctness? nothing but lower test scores and poor f en lack performances by students . It is clear 1 11 16. what they wanted." overhaul must cany out and thus, there must be a cnnrrp nf crnvpmmpnfnl inrvima Qin/v* I cannot see the U. S. Postal Service clearing enough profit to provide for a national defense or promote the general welfare, there must be a new tax structure. Here, I propose a simple consumption tax. It can be as simple as a sales tax which could be divided up from the local, state and national level. Its logistical feasibility is challenging but definitely workable, and the benefits from such an approach would be many. First, it will continue to place the greatest burden on those who can afford it most, for they will be the ones with the most expendable income. Second, it will not punish for achievement. Everyone will pay the same rate and will diller only in the amount they spend. Third, it will promote saving and investing, which will continue to spur our economy. Wish #4: Replace above taxes with consumption tax. While paying taxes will never be enjoyable, it is high time we created a tax system which made a little more sense and upheld the principles our country was founded on; life, liberty and property. )men voters that the quality of education has decreased nationwide, yet the Democrats are so good at shifting the blame to others, that many believe they would do the best job educating our youngsters. Liberal philosophy is veiy attractive; fairness to all, everybody has a job, aveiybody is taken care of and has a good life. In the real world, the ways by which the liberals want to accomplish ??? imnronfmol uiesc cuus aic uvwcai. That is to say, they just don't make sense. If people would look at the issues and think them through logically instead )f emotionally, many would see that the [iberal policies of the Democratic party ust will not work The Republican party s the party of common sense. Take the issue of tax cuts, for instance, raxes are cut, people have more money ? spend, people spend this money and businesses make more money to create lew jobs. With all the new jobs, many nore people will be able to pay taxes so he government will really not be losing hat much revenue. It worked in the *80s, iut the liberals won't admit it. It has not been my intention to idicule women in any way in this column, [just wish women and men would think ibout the issues instead of listening to Clinton, who is a wonderfully persuasive speaker. I asked one girl on campus why she iked Clinton, and she said he was :harming and good looking. I truly hope people aren't really that shallow; but I juess if Niki Taylor was running, she'd lave my vote.