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Show Pag Friday, Nov. 4, 1966 Westminster PARSON Two . by Tom Dawson These eenry ftpprer cP . VaESTMINSTERS OMECOMitJG Editor's Stand Vote For Proposition 2 The Parson urges its readers to vote YES- - on Proposition No; 2 calling for a Constitutional Convention. Reason No. 1 Our Constitution was not divinely inspired, it was created by human beings, thus not perfect. Reason No. 2 The Constitution is out of date (1896), in our state. inflexible and the reason for federal take-ove- r Reason No. 3 Yes, the Constitutional Convention will cost money, but what it will save later on can be invaluable. Imagine, the Constitution says the Legislature can convene for only 60 days every two yearsl They meet once every two years to handle a budget of 365 million dollars (per year). Also, legislaturers are paid $1,000 for two years. The governor ccrn be controlled by the secretary of state and attorney genboard called the board of eral by their vote on a three-ma- n examiners. The board controls the fiscal policies of the state. Any political scientist will tell you this kind of machinery will soon bankrupt states and then states will lose their to the national government in Washington. sov-ereigt- Vote! Tuesday few issues back (October 8) I mentioned a fear of apathy rising in this country. For an example of this watch what percentage of the voters in America vote this coming or less of the eligible voters will vote. Tuesday. The bet is 60 Why? People say they care about their country, but 40 election-voter- s will not care. of these off-yeof the eligible voters vote: In Sweden In England, 84 And yet the greatest country in the world cant even get out to vote in a presidential election. 68 in Maybe the election day ought to be on Sunday as have would work that then the people England or France no excuse not to vote. People also become tired of the length of the campaign. camMaybe people would get a little more enthusiastic if the weeks. three about Lets shorter. say paigning season were In making up these excuses the readers of this article knows the real reason: it is a dont core attitude." I hope the future will be brighter in this area. A ar 90. r: Know oo o (by MIKE MITCHELL) Prices are up. Inflation! Prices up. Yes, prices are up and this is inflation. We have always been told that inflation is bad for certain people. So, we ask, if inflation is bad then why do we have it? Since 1913, we have had the Federal Reserve System in this country, which has controlled our monetary policy. This policy of the Federal Reserve System, was strengthened under FDRs depression-legislatio- n. Therefore, in this country, we have a controled economy. So people ask, if we have a controled economy, what causes inflation? The reason most often given is that government is overspending. Well, lets look at what inflation is and what are its causes. There is just so much money in our economy and in the same manner there is just so much material resources that we can make products out of. If the number of products increases and the money supply stays the same, then the prices of these products are goes down. Also, the reverse is true. Therefore, if the amount of money in the economy increases and the number of the products stays the same, then the prices of these products increases. So the argument is that the government should regulate the amount of money in the economy. because the government spends so much money, it just adds to the supply of money. But to say the government is solely at fault is not correct. This country has a physical limit, and we have just, about reached it. When the U. S. reaches this limit there will be less goods and the same amount of money in the economy. But is government spending, the only culprit? (Tbis is considering that inflation is bad.) buying, buying. They were buying cars, houses, furniture, and all of the new products they thought necessary for a new marriage. My contention is that all of those new marriages plus the buying caused the inflation. You might ask why. When these people buy the limited number of products, the number of products goes down, but the amount of money stays the same, and as we have seen this causes a rise in the prices of these goods left, or in a word, inflation. The small amount of inflation that we are experiencing then, in my mind, has an historical cause. But why is it bad? For some people inflation is bad. These are the people on . fixed incomes or people who are just living from their bank accounts. Their money is not worth as much as it was before the inflation. Economists and government do know just what inflation is, and how to handle it. Last fall the Federal Reserve System in- -, creased the cost of borrowing (Sex, Pg. 4, Col. 3) . Now our country is involved in war in Viet Nam, testing the forceable strength of this issue. One may look at the Korean as a test action Police do you as well how But issue. a college student recognize the concep t s of Communism and capitalism? During a recent developme nt when one U. S. soldier turncoat who decided to come back after living in Red China for twelve years was asked: Why did you defect? the answer was he had no concept of what communism meant. When he was captured during the Korean War, and put under a brainwashing process, the communists worked to better his concept. The process filled his mind with false beliefs and idealogical concepts of commu- nism. He later blamed his Pg. 4, Col. 1) suscept-(Communis- And It is a historical fact that the baby boom took place, that these babies were recently of marrying age, and getting married, and that they were buying. post-w- ar LI Communism till Weekly publication of the students of Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah. 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