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Show t TIm Daily n tw Utah LETTERS 6C HMO N America Needs Backbone politicians to believe that archaic forms of capitalism still work toward the good of all.1 Ignorant and reactionary citizens have diverted the blame for the nation's woes from the irresponsible actions of corporations to the fallacy that social programs actually hurt citizens. What American citizens have ignored is the tacit alliance between both major political parties and big business, which is at fault for American citizens losing their fair share of the pie. ' Christian free-mark- et Arid Chronkk Twitch .Edtar of the next millen-'- . host of social informers, nium, a the including press, scholars and At the onset ' economists, have repeatedly divipointed to an sion of Americans into two "haves" and age-ol- d " This economic "have-not- s rifty often blamed on the deregulation ever-wideni- cate-gories-t- he By financing and subsidizing the United States international oil companies and international of ; v corporations . during corporations, while refusing to Reaganomics, is expected to; adequately subsidize small business and die individual, our govwiden in the near future. . This disparity between the ernment is effectively robbing the classes is largely the result of a poor to feed the rich. Instead of funding social and cyclical and systemic neglect of America's poor-w- ho may even- higher educational programs that swallow the indiand encompass attempt to "boot-strap- " tually " the middle class. Chronicle Editorial teleaffirma-- vised tions "things . are getting better," the displacement of working- jobs to , . . foreign ' nations and the effects of -class aruL taltiaiv qxio zncuj taxi&As itv tlvcy Lote tai S State to .. UA mmmmmmimimi coerced the denying the poor basic subsis- tence and a means to ciency hurts everyone in the end. seif-suff- . ir The poor aren't abstractions. . poverty on to future generations and to pur society at large. Because of America's stiflingly capitalist outlook, . many Americans have kept their eye on the dollar and not on the big picture. We've forgotten that we are a society, not just an amalgam of individuals. We've forgotten that , see "Arial" an page THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Tht Daih Utah CAmnM Krister Riedelbach dent newspaper published daily Monday through Friday during autumn, winter and spring quarters (excluding test weeks and hol I days) and weekly during the summer quarter. Ghronlcle editors and staff are solely rcsponsi- ble for the newspaper's content. Unsigned edito-rials represent the opinion of the editorial board and not necessarily the opinion of the student body, the administration or the university's gov-crning bodies. SubscriDtions must be nrenaid.. Forward all subscrintinn cnrrrannnAnr including the chanee-o- f address to the Manager. The Dailv Utah Chrtin&U : tHV. UtaiL K41 VI. bar ntMcttrkne complaints call (801) 581-7041. rnmmnt 9 Aft . News Editor Awt New Editor T vST AWsEr FeatmrEdor Ed&tfei Spencer Young Eva Mkheflc Hunter , Mark Suaawxt , ' Scott Brown urcgixacnam texf SSl 0 Sara NtUoa, Matthtw Nicholi, Hick ' il -- H ilt t v 5 x Vuaex v W s J is. , y-Qr- , s Ear Photo Edor Asst. Photo ZCtor CopyEdior Ot&mt&oe r?.rvl an w t Seamai Ecny, Shaae Meliisa lyde v ... Kndalyn Keyo, Ken LootL Write the Editor at jeff.(fa)ima.ccct2!Ltda Write tnn V. Ear, CtflwilJxttCi:; r t Zxii;: I zl r - ' , 4 it Editor djfldiprCittiiitii - 1 v :V '""IC 1 vS ' ( C E -- The poor are actual people people who, if unassisted, will pass largest contributors to America's monetary and social gaps. The cost of computers-t- he tool of the 90s-- is the inhibitiye; paperwork of American social systems often eclipses actual work; American corporations are exporting jobs while expecting to import and sell their products to America. Even worse, America has been misled by ' corporations and r W Congress has pensing money and services, corporations seem to be the Jk. Security and even education. The sick part is that cooperation of the middle class. While governmental bureaucracies may be, inefficient at dis-- ' living wage. Inaccessible technology, stagnant bureaucracies and heartless tf M cd ic a id , S o c i a 1 x work. The poor; often fare worse-work- ing for less than a - social ple safety nets like welfare, programs actually hurt ; cithern: corporate downsizing have cripcitizens pled young middle-clas- s and their morale. It's not uncommon for young people to accept' substandard pay for exceptional nxafLos wqaxsu pA&Jb Congress wants to crip- citizens have diverted the blame for the nation's woes from the irresponsible actions ofcorporations to thefallacy that social ' that " . the current Ignorant and reactionary Despite reg- ularly; vidual . .... . ::itIcl:;zr ic: i"!: ' j ' C V -- -- |