16792 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 10, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS A SALUTE TO 50 YEARS OF NA Americans were recognized and honored. extension of the convention movement TIONAL NEWSPAPERS ASSO Many Black publishers, editors and others through which White America had been led CIATION took the view that, as we gained our civil to open its ear occasionaly to Black com rights, Black Americans would become "in plaints. tegrated" into every aspect of American life Then came the bitter circulation competi HON. LOUIS STOKES with few, if any, problems. Moreover, some tion among all American newspapers. White OF OHIO Black publishers stated openly that their publishers went so far as to burn each IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES newspapers then would become more like a other's newsstands. The major Black pub "general" press. The "Black press" that has lishers burned no stands, but they ceased Tuesday, July 10, 1990 leaned in this direction is seen, by some, to communicating among themselves and even Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be hovering over a precipice that could banned each other's names from the pages take this occasion to salute the National mean death. of their newspapers. Newspaper Association [NNPA], which is Other Black publishers with a slightly dif It was clearly time for a renewed attempt ferent, but acutely important focus, have at association for the Black-oriented press. celebrating its 50th anniversary. This distin begun choosing not to be identified with the guished body of black publishers has been A "Young Turk" named John H. Segstacke term "Black press." Instead, they have came forward to take the reins in hand as the conscience and catered to the vastly dif chosen to be identified as a Black-owned founder and first president of a new associa ferent needs of the black community. The and "Black-oriented" press. These publish tion. In the June 20, 1987 issue of The black press has helped to promote self ers have recognized that for any medium to Michigan Chronicle, he tells about the esteem by recognizing black achievement, be judged worthwhile by its major support founding of the National Newspaper Asso and serving as a channel for education, and ers, must be oriented to the needs, view ciation e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of i:he House on the floor. July 10, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 16793 In 1943, the NAACP called a meeting of with the work of John Russwurm and ing through and with the other organiza the publishers of two dozen prominent Samuel Cornish and many other early Black tions in AOIP, our group is rededicating Black newspapers. The Washington office newspaper publishers. Although Monroe itself not only to greatly expanding Elkdom, of the NAACP was made available for Trotter, who served as the editor of the but also to building all of our communities checking copy. At this meeting the publish Boston Guardian in the early 1900s, was as never before by taking leadership respon ers agreed to help each other. known nationwide as a kind of radical, he sibility for garnering priority support for Sengstacke continues the story. was in fact a consummate and impassioned and involvement by our Black businesses "The NNPA also called a summit meeting community builder. He and his sister, and professionals committed to AOIP and of all the major Black leaders including Maude Trotter Steward 39-059 0-91-6 (Pt. 12) 16796 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS July 10, 1990 fields, at the processing labs, on the ship their schools, more and better drug treat JEFFERSON COUNTY, LOUISVILLE, KY; ment routes, and in the ports. So if we can ment, a stronger criminal justice system Butler Traditional/Technical High disrupt this huge market for drugs-dislo and polls indicate that they overwhelmingly School, under the direction of Principal cate the mechanisms of supply and demand approve of the President's efforts to re Kenneth W. Frick, has implemented an in at each point from the demand for coca leaf spond to these needs. Now we need to build novative program for its students. This pro to the demand for cocaine paste right a consensus around our anti-drug efforts gram takes an unique approach to leader through the processing ::;ystem-we can do abroad. This turns out to be a more difficult ship training as an integral part of a tradi great damage to the deadly efficiency of the task. There is, in some quarters, an unre tional education. This is no one or two day cocaine industry. lenting cynicism about any American initia seminar, but an ongoing program that fol So far, we have taken just first steps. We tives in foreign countries. Far less cynical, lows its participants to graduation. are now at a critical point. The next few and far more powerful, is the quite natural The Butler Leadership Academy Percentage change tax! Due to 1977 legislation which increased The liberal discussion of progressivity of the payroll tax rates for social security, the taxation misses the distinction between the 1979-87 1982-87 overall payroll taxes increased for the poor oretical and actual progressivity in the dis est families from 5.4% in 1980, to 6.9% in tribution of the tax burden. A tax of 100% Middle ...... +5.0 10.0 1985, and 7.6% in 1990. In the last decade, on high incomes is certainly progressive. Fourth ...... +8.5 11.1 Fifth ...... 14.6 11.6 the total effective tax rate for the bottom The actual result of such a high rate is that fifth of families went from 8.4% to 9.7%. 10.6 no tax is paid, and the entire burden of tax Average ...... +9.0 This increase is completely due to the 2.2% ation is shifted onto middle and lower C. Adjusted family income, weighted by persons: increase in the effective payroll tax rate income taxpayers. Lowest ...... - 9.8 +7.8 over this period; deepening the negative In light of this, steeply progressive tax Second ...... -.5 IO.I income tax rate helped limit the damage. Middle ...... 5.2 12.1 rates can be seen as a totem of an ideology Fourth ...... +9.3 12.9 It is the hefty increase in payroll taxes that considers accumulation of capital as Fifth ...... 15.6 13.6 that should be the focus of these studies. morally wrong. Indulgence of such symbols 12.8 Not only do they hurt the low-income wage Average ...... +9.3 earner the most, but they serve to stifle job could be costly: not only would the economy creation-the lifeline to economic gains for suffer, but over twenty billion of additional Not only do the "Citizens" use the same the poor. personal taxes would have to be paid by the misleading data base to make their point, in Foney Fact # 3. Citizens for Tax Justice bottom 99% of taxpayers, if it were not for corporating the two worst Carter years with say that the 1981 tax cuts shifted the tax the changes in tax burden which occurred the Reagan years, they discount the raging burden from the rich to the poor and the under the 1981 Kemp-Roth tax law. inflation of the Carter years. And their data middle class. What is the Truth? Foney Fact # 4. The federal deficit does assumes the economy would have grown at Proponents of the 1981 tax cuts argued not come from too much federal spending the same healthy rate with the 1981 tax cut that lowering prohibitively high marginal it comes from not enough tax revenue. And as it would have had the tax cut not been tax rates would increase the realization of we need therefore to increase taxes in order passed. It is obvious they tilted their figures taxable income through expanded work to lower the deficit. What is the Truth? to make a political point. As David Broder effort, higher realization of capital gains, Congressional spending is limited only by of the Washington Post has pointed out, and a shift of funds from tax shelters and the level of tax revenues and the maximum both the Citizens for Tax Justice and the discretionary tax avoidance activities. As a politically acceptable deficit. History shows Ways and Means Report use misleading result, the share of the income tax burden us that whenever Congress raises taxes, it data to make their point.
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