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Show U.S. losing freedom, says Goldwater j 1 f j r Barry Goldwater Jr., republican congressman from California, told University students on the last day of Challenge Week that Americans Amer-icans are looking for their freedom free-dom through ignorance and lack of pride and purpose. He criticized government spending, saying, "Americans are paying more and receiving less," and predicted a taxpayers revolt. The son of the 1964 presidential presiden-tial candidate delivered the third annual Stephen L. Brockbank Memorial Lecture in the Union Ballroom Friday morning. He was visiting the campus as politician-in-residence under the Hinckley Institute of Practical Politics. Congressman Goldwater said he was alarmed at the costof government govern-ment and the ineffectiveness of bureaucracy. He said Americans pay 40 percent of their income in taxes. "When you pay 40 percent of your income in taxes you loose 40 percent of your freedom to see how that income should be spent," he said. 'More Spending, Problems' Attacking the billions of dollars spent in government welfare programs, pro-grams, he said that "after all the spending, the problems are worse today." "We still have poverty, discrimination, discrim-ination, slums and crime." He called for welfare reform saying the present programs have only perpetuated and extended poverty. The congressman said the aged and dependent should have their own relief program apart from welfare and that more control of welfare should be put on a local level. He criticized the aid for dependent de-pendent children program calling it a "kind of blight," and he said, "People should not be asked to support able-bodied men who are too lazy to work. We must get rid of the chiselers and loafers." Suggests Alternatives Suggesting alternatives, Congressman Con-gressman Goldwater said business and private groups must be involved in-volved more in combating poverty. pov-erty. "We do not possess enough money to solve all the problems of the country, even if we were REP. BARRY GOLDWATER JR. . . ."Americans pay more, receive less" Photo by David Crompton socialist," he added. "The solution solu-tion calls for sound programs based on history." "We must have a dollar with steady buying power, lower taxes and investment incentives." During the question and answer period, Congressman Goldwater outlined his support for an all-volunteer all-volunteer army. He said a volunteer volun-teer army would be more professional profes-sional and would be cheaper because of a lower turnover in personnel which would save in training costs. |