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About The Oregon public employe. (Salem, Oregon) 1981-???? | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1981)
C O M M E N T A R Y OFFICERS PRESIDENT DEB BOLTON 884 «5th P ito t SE Satom 97301 VICE PRESIDENT D. H. "PETE" PETRY 1304 W i t Baker 9791« SECRETARY-TREASURER 0 . JUNE BLAKLEY 3383 W lllam atfa Or. N, Salant 87303 DIRECTORS 1. JAN BEALS 2660 NE Crocua CL Hillsboro 87123 RICHARD H. WALKER 3618 N. Montana Portland 97227 2. STEVEN QREEN 6883 Doral Driva SE Salam 97302 KELLY CLEMENCE KATHRINER 472 Chamawa Rd. N. Salam 97303 BARBARA PALMER 870 Chamawa Rd. N. Salam 97303 3. RICHARD O.YOUNQ P.O.Box 3022 Sugano 97403 LTD DIE BELLE BEDIVY 81778 Lawrence Lebanon 97355 ‘Reagonomics:’ You Can Count on Cuts into Your Pocketbook 4. TERRI ANDERSON 542 Morion Si. Ashland 97520 RUTH MONTGOMERY P.O. Box 213 Medford 97501 5. PAT PETERSON 1810 3rd SL La Orando 97850 CARA JONES 315 South Columbia M ilton P raew atar 97883 8. RICHARD W. FRASER P.0. Box 804 Waatport 97018 If you think “ Reaganomics” will improve your standard of living, you had better think again. As Lane Kirkland, president of AFL-CIO told the House Budget Committee on March 4th: “ Cuts in operating subsidies for mass transit will result in higher commuting costs for workers, in creased p ollutio n and more wasted energy . .. “Cuts in alternative energy programs will mean consumers will pay more at the pump and more for home heating . . . “Cuts in urban aid and economic de velopment« programs mean the nation will continue to pay the high cost of deteri orating facili ties, slums and unem ployment ‘The cuts do not cut the cost of social programs— they defer some and shift others to the budgets of the states, localities and the poor.” In the final analysis, federal programs that have benefited moderate-income working men and women are going to be decimated. While the Reagan ad ministration’s 10 percent tax cut will only truly benefit the top 20 percent of the taxpayers, you can see by the sampling of proposed cuts showq on this page, pro grams that are widely used by working Americans are being slashed. The state of Oregon and spe cifically you, the state and local government employes, are going to be affected by Reagan's budget slashing. Reagan’s wreckless chopping of billions from such programs as Child Nutrition, Aid to Families With Dependent Children, Comprehensive Em ployment and Training, is going to deprive needy families of assistance. Furthermore, these cuts will eliminate jobs in public govern ment. If you are lucky enough to SOME PROPOSED REAGAN CUTS — in millions of dollars Food Stamps 1,828 Urban Mass Transit 1.657 Child Nutrition Grants and Subsidies 1,053 Aid to Families with Solar Energy, 520 Dependent Children Conservation Bank 132 Medicaid 1,237 Women, Infants, Children 197 Natl. Inst, of Health (WIC) Nutrition 300 Student Assistance 1,016 NE Corridor Rail Youth Conservation Corps 60 Improvement 286 Young Adult Park Land Acquisition Conservation Corps 250 and Conservation 566 236 Vocational Education National Consumer Co-op Bank Comprehensive Employment 136 4,644 and Training Subsidized Housing: Unemployment Insurance Rent Contributions 4,916 Extended Benefits 700 National Endowment Trade Adjustment For The Humanities 165 Corp. For Public Assistance 1,150 677 Energy Conservation Broadcasting 43 431 Amtrak Subsidies Inti. Development Aid 1,854 (Table courtesy of Friends Committee on National Legislation) manage to escape layoff, you can be sure that your work load will increase. In short, “ Reagan omics" is a no-win bud get for you ths Oregon public em ploye! Write or call your senator or congressman and let them know where you stand. STAFF THOMAS J. OALLAQHER Executive Director CHARLENE SHERWOOD Counsel Io the Board BROMLEIQH LAMB Attorney F. PETER DELUCA Attorney ALICE OALE Attorney MARIA KELTNER Attorney CHUCK MENDENHALL Qovemmenl Relations Director ERIC PARKER Legislative Lobbyist jan M c M illin Public Relations Director DOUGLAS CROOKS Editor FRED HABLE Membership and Education ELEANOR M. MEYERS Personnel and Classification Analyst RALPH JULL Business Manager GORDON WEBB Dlrector of Field Services BUSINESS AOENTS PHIL DEAS FAITH DUBIN JAN EZELL SHARRON FARRELL CAL HACKLER DIANE LOVELL JEAN MOYER LARRY OGLESBY JOE ROCHE JEFF SCHRADER QAIL WASHINGTON JUNE WISSMATH CINDY PARRISH Insurance Administrator Fred Hasle, Director, Membership and Education Page 11
