Show Do We Have The Guts As election time approaches those letters from Crom Congressman to constituents at home are beginning to flood the mails And if the letter from Crom a Senator of a Western state stat is typical their theme helps to explain why we have inflation why prices keep rising and why the average family can expect to have an tougher ever time of making ends meet That theme is simply to get as much muchas as possible from the federal treasury for hometown projects The Senators Senator's letter listed the appropriations hes he's helped to obtain for his state They included grants for water and sewer projects rural environmental tal assistance research on stubble field burning funding for 4 H programs cial dial milk programs rural housing for Cor domestic farm to labor name but a few Each program or appropriation is directed directed directed di di- toward a certain group of voters Nothing is said about the stern need for economy in government spending or the danger of oC inflation to the savings and earnings of every citizen in the coun coun- try Apparently the Senator was deaf to the remark of Mr George P. P Shultz US U.S. Treasury Secretary who recently commented Do we have the guts in inthis inthis inthis this country to exercise discipline over how much we sue spend so that we wont won't have to raise taxes or endure further inflation That is the battle the struggle struggle gle that i is going on right now |