Editing 79-03-B8 (section)

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Here we are well into 1979 and we'll soon be working on those confusing and 
ever-changing forms the IRS requires with regard to our income tax. Of course we've been
looking forward to what our share might be of that $18.7 billion tax cut that was
passed just prior to the '78 election. I hope you haven't spent any of your share yet
because the odds are about six to one you won't have a share. First of all, cost-of-living
pay raises may very well have pushed you into a higher surtax bracket and
second, your social security tax has been sharply increased. The estimate is that
about 85 percent of all earners will be paying higher taxes and only around 16 million
citizens will come out ahead.

Every once in a while we need to be reminded that our public "servants" think
it is their place to set government policy--not carry out policy as determined by our
elected representatives. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees has launched an all-out drive to prevent proposed reductions in a variety
of federal programs. Union boss Jerry Wurf says the cutbacks would "damage the quality
of life in American communities." How dare Californians pass a Proposition 13 without
his permission?

This next one has to do with crime and those who think guns should be restricted
to those in law enforcement. Just recently in upstate New York the proprietor of a
small grocery called The Farm Market became worried by numerous break-in attempts.
Armed with a shotgun he decided to spend the night in his store. He was awakened by
a noise which proved to be someone prying the front door open with a crow bar. He
could see cars parked in front of his store. He called the New York State police and
then moved in on the would-be burglars who had now gained entry . With his "scatter gun"
cocked and ready he held two intruders at bay. His prisoners were on-duty uniformed
sheriffs deputies armed with service revolvers. The three cars in front of his store
were sheriffs patrol cars. A third officer was arrested later. There's no doubt it
sure is dangerous--for burglars that is--to let us citizens have weapons.

Now an item proving how much you can trust the Communists. Back during the
Vietnam war a Buddhist monk, Thich Thien-Minh in Saigon, headed the opposition to
South Vietnam's President Thieu. When the victorious Communists marched in,
he welcomed them and urged his fellow citizens to rally behind the conquerors.
Thich Thien-Minh died October 17 in a North Vietnamese prison--of undisclosed causes.

And speaking of trust, the President is still determined to pull our troops out
of South Korea. But we now know the North Korean army, which we were told consisted
of 25 divisions has, in actuality, 41 combat-ready divisions. Leaders of the House
Armed Services committee have asked the President to reconsider the troop withdrawal.

Last item. Apparently old rebels neither die nor do they fade away. The man
who staged an "international war crimes trial" of Lyndon Johnson in Stockholm back
in the '60s has turned up in Iran complaining that he was beaten by the Shah's secret
police.

By the way, does anyone remember that the Iranian rebels, who invoke the name
of God in their cause, burned down a theatre last year killing several hundred
people including women and children?

This is Ronald Reagan.

Thanks for listening.
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<TD>Production Date</TD><TD>02/13/[[Radio1979|1979]]</TD></TR>
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