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Show PAGE 7 THE ZEPHYRDECEMBER 89 But what dots It main? Is It Just a dsbt that shows up on a pises of papsr? ws rsafly hava to pay It back? Who do ws ows ths monsy to? You'd bsttsr ballsvs ws havs to pay It back. Ths federal govsmmsnt flnancss Its dsbt mainly by Issuing U.S. Savings Bonds and U. S. Treasury Bills. Savings bonds are bought by middls Incoms Americans who want to put somsthlng special In ths kids' Christmas are bought In massivs blocks by stockings; U. S. ills investment powerful firms, corporations and foreign governments. In tact, Hfs bsBsvsd that as much as half of ths national debt Is being financed by foreign countries (at a healthy rate of Interest). Youve seen pie graphs that show what percentage of the pie Is going to various budgets. Traditionally, defense has always been the number one expenditure In the federal budget It has In the past been followed by a variety of social programs, housing, education and so on. In 1989, the largest expenditure In the federal budget after defense Is repayment of the national debt Of your tax dollar, a healthy chunk of It is being used to pay back the money we borrowed last year, or the year before that or the year before that Get the picture? I guess I'm getting verbose again my friend Beekman warned me about that but there's just so much money to go around. On the state level, the Community Impact Board money that may help build the Book Cliffs road could have been used to construct a new Grand County Jail. Now who's going to pay for the Jail? We are. How? Probably a tax. Is the Book Cliffs road still not going to cost Grand County taxpayers a penny? I rest my case. Do tv owi 'Iftot, ne T-B- (fautd Oft&Unq,, Deeertt&en Food GIVE A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION TO THE ZEPHYR FOR CHRISTMAS 13, 19 9 & Pharmacy 425 South Main Street The Zephyr will send a card to the recipients, and start their subscription with the December issue. To: name address From: name Register for La Hacienda 9 574 No. Main Jeff Davis, owner Open 6 AM to 10 PM 7 days a week 259-631- FREEprizes i v., 'I I Salad Bar Complete Deli Expanded Bakery Fu Service Pharmacy Expanded Grocery Department I STEAK FAJITAS FRIDAY 5.95 every Friday till we drop make my Xmas merry and yours too .. - ? ( sxf-- 7 rH |