Wednesday, August 3, 1977 TIVUE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Wednesday, August 3, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Bill would give dsplce peu cers homemkers tax break CLI UI By DENISE FOX it will change On most nights, the Dental School grounds Another fol have about as much life in them as an extract- Barb Binim, ed tooth, but two nights a week they come good dancer it alive with spirit and movement. "I'm a klut Members of the Folk Dancing Club kick tp cause it's fu their heels each Tuesday and Friday night to sport. the music of different -countries. And once AD NOB they start stomping, dancing, clapping and . yelling, there's no stopping them. cers who t circle, and eni IN BETWEEN leading various dances and else is going tending to the music, Alex Stoll, a sophomore Newton Mce who just started folk dancing last fall, ex- folk dancer si plained how he became attracted to this type it, even thoug of dancing. "In the beg Stoll hardly considered folk dancing worthy "but in the en of his time until he took a beginning course at weights on yor the University. Then he was hooked. Folk dancir 'I really enjoy it," Stall said. He said he catse it is no manages to endure the comments and gazes or be ethnic," that he draws from others who haven't yet But Saralee succumbed to the thrill of folk dancing. tion about be Recently, sl "YOU GET FUNNY jocks who give you improvisation, ]oks," he said. "If you get men's liberation, his bottom. Bullard tours local fi' men's o k anc claims n ordert fz," she n and DY SEI sidly th d up go ight. ,Michael, nce Feb h it is p inning I d you fe ur legs.' rng appei t structu he said Goodm ing "fan ie said,s al ande By BARBARA ZAHS Widowed or divorced home- makers will no longer find themselves burdened by the pinion of folk dancing. 'tax liability of their former ,tUnierofyfolk ent spouses if Congress approves e r, University student a hill proposed by Rep. Carl you don't have to be a Pursell. to enjoy folk dancing. "It's a tax equity that they confessed. "I do it be- were deserving," Pursell ex- it's not a competitive plained. THE TAX Averaging Equity EMtIS to mind the beg - Act introduced last week would o md teliminate the "unjust and dis- row their feet into the ~ criminatory" aspects of income ing left when everybody averaging regulations. Widow- ed or divorced homemakers who has been an asvid who have taken jobs outside ruary, said that he loves the home to support themselves )hysclly emaning. and their families would bent- 'hysicaily demanding. fit most from the Act. really enjoy it," he said, Current IRS regulations al- el like you have 51 pound low persons with rapid increases in income to ease their tax bur- aled to McMichael be. den by averaging their earn- ured. "You can be fancy .ings over a five-year period, thereby paying tax at a lower . rate. an adds a note of cau- But displaced homemakers- Icy." those seeking employment aft- somebody felt daring and er divorce or death of a spouse ended ip falling flat on - have not been able to re- ceive the full benefits of such averaging because they have stv'arrgrWressrMrrs tr ~ generally filed joint returns and iust i'iclide the past income of their former spouses when- figuring their tax liability. UNDER TIE NEW proposal, however, these persons may- disregaird their former spouses' income and compute their tax based solely on their own earn- iota. "It's a tax advantage to the individual." Pursell said. "I be- lieve the Tax Averaging Equity Act will ease then financial bur- den and erase the tax inequity mane women - and some men - now face." The Ihouse Wavs and Means committee is now considering the bill, and Piirsell said he is "very encouraged" by response received thus far. THE BItI WAS developed by Barbara Markana and other members of the Ann Arbor - Washtenaw National Organiza- tion for Women's (NOW) Task- force on Displaced Ilomenak- ers. "If this bill goes through, (displaced homemakers) could save themselves a good amount of mones on their income tax returns," she said, adding, "It would come at a time when every little hit counts." housing By GREGG KRUPA State Representative Perry Bullard took a guided tour of several local housing facilities yesterday, courtesy of members of the Michigan Student Assem- bly (MSA) Housing Law Re- form Project. Bullard congratulated Project members for conducting a "highly organized tour" and praised their work in the area of housing taiw reform. BUT HE SAID a stronger Atn Arbor Tenants Union was aisut nieressars to insure improve- rent of local housing coni- tatns. "Part of the proiblem in terms of gathering strength is developing a cohesise organiza. tion," said Bullard. "And that's difficult to do with the high mo- bility characteristig of the housing market in this city. People tend to take the Ameri- can way out and move out of houses, trying to get a better place, rather than changing con- ditions through organizing ac- tivities and staying and fight- ing." Chris Bachelder, MSA Execu- tive Vice President, said the facilities tour was conducted "so Bullard could have a firsthand look at housing problems in the city, some of which are pretty se- vere. Perry seems to general- ly support liberal housing leg- islation that will help the haus- ing problems along." MEMBERS OF the Housing Law Reform Project said the first building shown to Bullard was "admittedly an extreme exaniple." The house on S. Strite St. sias without electricity because the landlord had not paid the hils ind the bath- roois leaked to the flor be- Rick Allenr one of the build- blg's tenant:, sad he spent mitch of his te trying it- keep street people from stealing the firniture. "There arent aty tacks on the front doir; anyone can just walk in. We had to put locks on the refrigerator to keep the food from being stolen. My baby almost fell off the stairs and hurt himself real bad because there's no light on the stairs." IRONICALLY, as tour group members left the premises, See BULLARD, Page 10 State Representative Perry Bullard gets a firsthand look at local housing conditions yesterday as members of the Michigan Student Assembly Housint Law Reform Project lead him on a tour of several facilities. Homeless desks Say there, needy student organizations, wouldn't a decorative U of M desk look good over in that corner? Or how about a tasteful (if slightly used) file cabinet over by the office door? Well, any stu- dent organization with an office in. the Union is welcome to easy pickin's from the attractive supply of desks and cabinets currently residing in the Stu- dent Service Office hallway and the Union's third floor lobby. Student Service Office's Tom Easthope is the man to contact. Happenings ... secretaries of the world, unite? The Organiz- ing Committee for Clericals (OCC) will be holding a meeting at 5:30 p.m. at Lord of Light Lutheran -TODAY- Church, 801 S. Forest . . . attend an introductory lecture on transcendental meditation, sponsored by the Students International Meditation Society in the UGLI Multipurpose Room at 7:30 . . . and also at 7:30 the A/V Center will offer Older Children's Films (we're all older children, right?) including Follow the North Star, in MLB 3. He'd rather be rich than be President Quick, who makes more money, Billy Carter or Jimmy Carter? Oddly enough, brother Billy's en- dorsements and appearances this year will net him a cool half million, compared to which brother Jim- my's salary is peanuts. Money magazine, in its August issue, reported that Billy's estimated $500,000 income will be earned at $5,(00 per public appear- ante, certified check in the bank. In addition, he will have part of the take from the Carter peanut farm, which grosses $5 million annually, and revenues from his gas station, which is taking in tourist dollars at the rate of $5,000 a week. "If people are crazy enough to pay money to hear me speak, I'm crazy enough to do it," Billy said. On the outside A good day for castles in the air (lots of clouds) but a bad day for castles in the sand (rain). Very cryptic weather. There will be widely scattered showers today and tonight, ending by tomorrow morning. The high today will be 78, the low tonight 60, and the high tomorrow 80.