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ment. We have good highways, good schools and are
considered one of the most progressive states in this
country.
We do, however, have one tax that is an unfair tax,
capricious in its application, and probably the most
disliked tax in our state. 1 am, of course, referring to the
intangible tax.
This tax was instituted in 1868 and was instituted at a
time when capital was not as important and when the
economy was more labor intensive. It is a tax that
discriminates against capital and is out of step in the computer
age of the 20th century. It is a tax that discourages
investments and savings.
Because of changing tax laws, tax shelters, thrift plans
and other investment vehicles, as well as computerized
transfers of mnnov ; i- -f"-! ? *'
it 11 kj lunger cuicienuy collects what
it was designed to do. It's peculiar application hits very
hard at retirees and new businesses and most all
discourages people from moving to North Carolina.
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? Chronicle From Page-itcompeted
against larger and more well-established
papers such as the Philadelphia Tribune, the nation's
oldest black paper which publishes four editions a
week, and the Los Angeles Sentinel, which has a circulation
of 50,(XX). Papers from Chicago, Houston
and San Francisco also competed. The Chronicle's
circulation is about 5,000.
"We've done well to be so little," said Johnson.
"It's nice to be the little guy and come out on top."
Christopher H. Bennett, publisher of the Seattle
Medium and the Tacoma Citizen, is president of the
NNPA, whose membership consists of black
newspapers throughout the nation.
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release called "the real record of accomplishment and
goals of the Reagan Administration."...
Not only are the Republicahs on a national level
meeting with black groups to form agendas and to plot
strategy, but the same holds true on the state level. Last
Saturday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Martin
met with black Republicans from across the state to
develop his strategy for the upcoming election and to attempt
to draw black voters back to the Republican
Party....
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Black family crisis
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mastery," a set of interpersonal skills, and acquire social
and technical ability. The ultimate socioeconomic and
political function of the black family, Billingsley asserts,
is to perpetuate the continued existence to black people,
to provide the necessary cultural, social and intellectual
foundations to preserve the community's integrity, and
to help to promote the improvement in the immediate
material environment in which blacks must exist.
In "The Strengths of Black Families," Robert Hill
observes that black families manifest stronger kinship
bonds than white families, a social trait illustrated "in the
hiaher frenuencv to which hlack families take relative in
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to their households." Hill argues that this tight kinship
network provides crucial emotional and economic
strength which is missing in a middle-class, nuclear family
unit.
Moreover, the extended family creates great flexibility
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Children learn to assume key responsibilities at an earlier
stage of development than white suburban youth. And
surveys of low-income black families also indicate a
"high achievement orientation," according to Hill. A
majority of black working class and poor parents provide
support for the children to succeed in school, contrary to
Moynihan's thesis.
Dr. Manning Marble teaches political sociology at Colgate
University in Hamilton.
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Infant mortality rate
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But federal nutrition programs targeted to pregnant
women and their infants reach far less than half of those
eligible. And a combination of budget cuts and the lack
of a clear federal policy means that many medically needy
pregnant women and children don't have access to
Medicaid.
Clearly, there is a vital need for a comprehensive prenatal
care program that closes the black-white infant
death gap. The tragic toll of preventable deaths and illnesses
should no longer be tolerated. Federal action is required,
not further study.
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John Jacob is president of the National Urban League.
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Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina
all have an intangible tax. Ohio will eliminate its intangible
tax on Dec. 31, 1984, and Indiana is phasing out its
intangible tax. Georgia and Kentucky have a lower rate
of intangibles and lower income tax than our state.
The General Fund of the state of North Carolina has
an estimated surplus of $400,000,000 to $500,000,000 this
year. It is only fair that the taxpayers in North Carolina
share in this excess revenue, particularly since their taxes
were raised by $219,000,000 in 1983.
The Legislature needs to know how the citizens of the
state feel and I would encourage every taxpayer to contact
his legislator by personal conversation, telephone
and letters to encourage him to repeal this most unpopular
tax. It can only be done if the taxpayers let the
legislators know how they feel.
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