| Show UP TO THE PEOPLE A new fiscal breeze is blowing through the land and evidence of its impact is seen lieen in the report that the federal budget bud get after eight years of red ink ended fiscal 1969 with a surplus of more than 3 billion This is a sharp reversal from fiscal year 1968 when the federal government recorded a budget deficit of billion It remains to be seen whether any term long-term control of federal spending levels will be politically possible The brakes are on they are being felt and not always with pleasure by those who are affected Controlling inflation means such things as high interest rates and difficulty In financing home buying It means greater resistance to costly settlements settlements settlements settle settle- ments in labor negotiations It means the slowing of business expansion and finally even though 1970 is a congressional congressional election year it means restraint in expansion of federal programs and services in which millions of people who are also voters have a vested interest Only the people of the United States support of control and common sense in federal spending policies can assure that a few years from now the dollar will still be worth somewhat more than the paper it is printed on |
