Letters
Candidate's fiscal views
Dear Editors: The statement that I made on your
"Election 1976 Questionnaire" actually made
no reference at all to the funding of the resource equalizer
formula. I wrote on that questionnaire, as an alternative to a
tax increase: "I ... would call for reduction in spending
not only in welfare but in education, transportation, and general
governmental operational expenses."
I believe that I'm not the only legislator who would recognize
that some excess can be cut in every agency's operational and
administrative budget. If these areas are made to "tighten
their belts," then I would, in fact, support a full funding program
for the resource equalizer formula.
Rep. Thomas W. Ewing
State Representative
(R., Pontiac)
12/ 1976/ Illinois Issues