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Show PaKe THE DESERET SAMPLER, Friday, February 29, 1980 Commentary Economic chaos starts 80s off in hole pay in a giveji year. Solutions' to our economy that I am about to outline would be fantas- By SSC Phil Hale Guns and butter are supposd to be traditional rivals for the economic tically popular with the American well being of a country. I think;weve finally succeeded in disproving that theory. The U.S. Government is intent on also disproving P.T. Bamum by trying to please all of the people all the time. WHAT have we succeeded in doing in this area? 1. We have the oil of to the point that the oil price companies with their powerful lob- . people, unfortunately, we dont have a powerful enough lobby in Congress. We also dont pay the econo- keeping them open. With two Fort Knoxes instead of one, bur money : would be stronger and healthier. 3. Much around the world is said of the national debt of the United States, but little if anything is said of the millions and billions owed us by mists salaries, we, unfortunately, our allies and some of the develop- only continue to pay the price for ing. nations weve helped with our the blunders. foreign aid programs. It is hiijh time ' HERE is what SHOULD be done: we called in these markers and ac1. The Government should nationsought repayment qf these, alize and place stringent controls on tively debts to the U.S. Many of the na- -' petroleum. We should stand up to tions now so gleefully exploiting the OPEC and every other producer and United States owe their very exis-- v say,' all right, you can charge $59 per tence to us. , barrel, but by law you cant sell it in 4.- WE must get rid of the fat 'in our country at that price. How long contracts as well. The government do you think theyd last sitting on most expensive item in the their tankers? We, should encourage single Federal budget is for the vaguest of the other high consuming nations to all items Consultants. do the same; so control the price Many of our government executives that these extortionists would have are pulling in over $30,000 a year ho place that would allow them the and if they need to hire consultants exhorbitant profits they so freely all the time to tell them what to do, blackmail nations with now. the fees for the consultations should 2. Instead of dumping gold, we come out of their salaries, not be should be buying more and mining tacked on to already overly expenmore as a national effort. Have the sive costs. some of Corps of Engineers Another .way to spread the wealth the mines that have been closed, not of the nation around and halt the because the metal ran out, but due spiraling increaseiof the federal bud to the economic infeasibility of 1 bies are free to make exhorbitant profits on extremely flimsy evidence of a shortage.2. Rather than strengthen the dollar base by buying and holding onto - .. gold, our economic wizardsare dumping it on the free market, not only depleting the national wealth but fueling an outrageous fireball of a world gold market. 3. THESE actions have made both guns and butter more expensive now than ever liefore. 4. Tax relief Ls a joke, you may no longer deduct the state tax gasoline which is perhaps the most tax you . . ns. suitable and far more pallatable substitutes for these items, why not just buy them? Any trooper will tell you hed rather shell out and buy a good Set of civilian manufactured corcoran jumg boots than wear the issue variety, so why not furnish the Corco--. rans to start with? HOW MANY drivers of the would feel a lot safer and more comfortable driving a Jeep -- M-1- 41 CJ-- 5 instead. So why dont we buy them to start with? These are but a few examples of areas where the free enterprise system in this country has coine up with a better mousetrap so to speak, that would easily fulfill the needs of the military, these better mousetraps should be explored and exploited more carefully, and if necessary, employ a DOPD DOD consumer liason offie which would screen products and cross reference them to the needs of the services to find out where these might work better or be more suitable for the needs of the services. Funds for the research and development of an item should be directly and irrevocably tied to funs for final production and implementation of that or a similar item. For example, if the MXR&D funds were tied to a contract for say 120 missiles. Ballistic. The overall end cost would be cheaper than the expenditure of billions for 3 or 4 prototypes and if the Bl was a lemon, the funds should have been there for a suitable replacement or for upgrading of the B52 fleet. I feel the taxpayers feel they are being robbed regularly every April 15th by a government that is too expensive' for all the wrong reasons. I BELIEVE its high time we as civilians and taxpayers started asking some very pointed questions of our elected officials, and let them know that we wont accept patronizing answers. Its also time to mention to you dear readers that if you dont exercise your right and duty as a citizen to vote, youll pay for'it every April for the next four years. How you vote is up to you, but you can't help your country and you cant expect change, if you dont vote yourself. then scrapping the entire project You cant afford not to vote and a complete restart somewhere more, it, like everything else else, as happened with the Bl. Even expensive. Letter to the editor Dear Ms. Hancock, Hold on here, wait just a moment. Who said anything about sending women into combat? Do you have Dear Editor, I would like to take a minute to say to all those who are called to take the Ditto Tour, by all means take it. Ive lived at Dugway for 15 yean' and I really never knew what went on in the test area. They say we only saw a little of what is really there, well personally I was fascinated. Id. love to go back for seconds to Tammy Hancock answer is no again. However, they could lie used to free many males in the rear echelons for battlefield 'duty. Key stateside commands could be staffed by women. Only if the war took place on U.S. soil would any idea what President Carters draft registration plan entails? Iet me explain the plan for you. Once you learn the facts you may change women in combat become an issue, and by that time women notin the your mind. were fantastic and I finally saw some of my friends doing what Id only heard about before. To my boss I say thanks for sending me, to those in the test area, I say thanks for showing me, and to the bus drivers I say nice driving under sloppy conditions. I hope when Baker Lab is finished, we will be able to visit it too. P.S. Even the gas masks were fun combat. Since you have already opened 0, the subject of the Equal Rights clusive, must register for the draft; All women, ages 19 and 20 mint reAmendment, I will comment on it for draft. the further. Why should women have gister Thats it. Thats the entire plan. equal rights with men if they arent Where does it say women will be prepared to share equal responsibisent to combat? Indeed, it doesnt lity with men? In fact,. if women even mention women actually being dont share the terribly important redrafted. Therefore it would seem sponsibility of defending the nation, issue. that you are arguing the wrong they could lose the rights they have comYou are opposed to women in now; for without their support-wbat (which, incidentally, so is Mr. may not win a. war against the ' Carter), when the 'real issue is' wo- ' Soviets. men registering for the draft. So lets Then, Ms. Hancock, women may in the issue. real combat debate the have to serve-ichildren that Mr. Carters Soviet Army while their Well assume draft plan is are indoctrinated in Communist theregistration proposed' in government owned and passed by Congress, and allwomen ory local at their and 20 19 ages register operated nurseries. Does this office. So, you see, if women dont regisnecessarily post but drafted? No, mean they will lie ter, your fears of women in combat draft and breakup of the family unit could they would be available for the should they be needed. become reality anyway, only under Lets say we do indeed go to war much more unpleasant circumstances. with, say, the Soviet Union and women are indeed drafted. Would they Sincerely, be sent to the front lines? The Brett A. Staufer MB and thirds. The people out there military may find themselves in Mr. Carters plan is as follows: all inmales between the ages of 18-2- . e A Totally fascinated Observer i Dugway LDS ward goes to new consolidated meeting schedule Norma McDonald , , VINYL RECLINER Special Buy. Limited Quantities. Black or Avocado I Dear Editor, To all our friends at Dugway, especially those at the Comptroller,-Tes-t Operations, Materiel Test, the Education Center, Recreation Ser- Tufted springs vices, ACS, Civilian Welfare Fund, Civilian Personnel, the NAF manager and employees. Force Development, the Commander and his staff, and the rest of the Dugway community, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your 'cards, flowers, plants and most of all your kind words at the loss of our baby. Once again, we thank you forcaring so much. Rajendra and Zandra Ramcharitar styling with 3" thick polyfoam hardwood frame for lasting support. pillow-bac- k & 2-W- AY padding. Resilient steel RECLINER SAVE $105.00! ?4d2) Green plaid Hurculen or Saddle Brown Vinyl Jf mutual activities. A meeting schedule with room assignments has been printed, and will be delivered by the home teachers to the ward members. The purpose of the consolidated meeting schedule is to: conserve energy, reduce the amount of travel by church members, . Tire meetings will run from 9 a.m. to. noon with the Priesthood, Relief Society, Primary and Young Womens meetings. Sunday School will begin at 10 a.m. and sacrament meeting at 10:50 a.m. The daily meetings held on weekdays will be the Relief Society work meeting held on the first Wednesday of each. month and some v any- is to re-op- en An open letter ur ples are easy to come up with; . .LRPs or Long Range Patrol Rations are the freeze dried food used by the Army. These things taste terrible, as do their predecessors, Private industry has on the market . ed Beginning Marc) 2, the Dugway ward will hold its meetings in a single block on Sundays, according to Bishop Ken Sperry. get is to stop over specifying on our defense needs. Several good exam- personal and family responsibility for learning, living and teaching the gospel, and to allow church members more time for personal gospel study, service to others and for meaningful activities. . && First Security Bank of Utah, N.A. First Security Bank of Idaho, N.A. First Security State Bank, Salt ... . 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