15 



Jack Kingston 

 March 25, 1993 



combination of reduced farm program levels, increased 

 assessments and user fees, the "Btu" energy tax, the inland 

 waterway tax, and the host of other revenue provisions in 

 the Resolution will drive substantial numbers of producers 

 out of business over the next 4 to 5 years. 



Of course, when these producers can no longer afford 

 to stay on the land, an economic "tidal wave" of adverse 

 impacts begins to roll throughout the entire economy -- 

 wiping out the smaller rural towns and communities first, 

 but with absolute certainty crashing down on the suburbs 

 and inner cities of America as well. 



This is not a case of a modem-day "Henney-Penney" 

 running around shouting that the sky is falling! The 

 adverse impacts and the ultimate disaster which will be 

 felt throughout our country is very real and very 

 predictable ... it will happen unless we on this committee 

 use all of our energy and all of our ingenuity to change 



4 



