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Show 18 - The Daily Utah Chronicle Friday, 5. June 1998 Debt America's Greatest Daoger Dear Editor, In the 1930s, the world watched as Germany built the most advanced army that had ever come into existence. Breaking the treaty of Versailles was easy with no intervention on behalf of the nations who composed the treaty. What a grave error that was. Today in our society we face a similar problem. As we look at Washington, D.C., we face a dilemma that, although it would not have the same results as WWII, is also very detrimental to our nation's morale and productivity. The national debt has now surpassed a staggering $5 trillion. If we estimate the average responsibility to the American public, the total would be more than $80,000 dollars for each family. That is an incredible amount of debt. So what do we do to solve the problem? There are two things we might do to turn the tide and reverse this grave error. Perhaps the most fundamental thing one could talk about in solving or any other problem lies in educating the public. In a recent poll people were asked what we should cut to eliminate the national debt. Surprisingly over 35 percent of the public responded that foreign aid, if cut, would lower the federal debt. Little do these people realize that less that 3 percent of the total national budget goes into foreign aid. With education comes a determination to remove the stumbling blocks. Education comes through this self-motiv- a tion. Taking a class or subscribing to magazine which deals with political issues would spark more interest in what is happening and inspire political action by the governed. The second proposal I would make is the formation of a new party. Many of our problems with the budget stem from allegiance to a party. Even if the politician would like to vote or think a certain way, he or she almost always follows that dictation of the party. The attitude seems to be more "Will this a instead of the American pejjple?" The new party would become an allegiance of statesmen and stateswom-ewho only desire the welfare for the people at large. There would be no PAC money, no acceptance of lobbying in D.C., no gifts from corporations. The only motive for being elected to this party would be for the common welfare of the people. The national debt is certainly not something to be ignored. If it goes unattended we may find ourselves like those who ignored the treaty of help me get "Will this help n fersailles - in crisis. -- John McKee Russian Minorities (gONGITOlLATOWSee LASS OF Classes of We from page 14 dards is ended and minorities are the given opportunity to succeed within the system, they do. In the end, the Chronicle's state- 99 ment that this post-affirmati- action environment forces students in California to "prove themselves worthy," is an ignorant and ethnocentric statement. Indeed, the only thing those minorities who manage to make it into California schools despite skewed admissions criteria will prove is that they are not only "worthy," but markedly superior for the fact that they have W00VOr and beyond... wish you all a safe and restful summer. overcome the biases and prejudices inherent in the social structure to make it to where they are. The Alcohol & Drug University of Utah Room 328 Mutation Center Student Services Building phone 58-777- 6 The truth is that until whites admit their privilege and accept the responsibility of dissolving the bias historical social networks that arbitrarily advance them regardless of true merit, they will fail to see the necessity of affirmative action and continue to believe they have "earned" their social position. ir.Mlil'tin Where are . . . Lib Ed 3 10 Environmental Studies and Lib Ed 319 International Studies in the Fall Semester Class Schedule? RECEIVE AN EXCELLENT ANSWER! Lib Ed 310 changed to Env St 3100 Environmental Studies Lib Ed 319 changed to SBS 3190 International Studies Lotation of iourses in Fall Semester Class Sthedule: 96 & 97 (Humanities or Sodal Stiente Gen Ed Roqs.) Env St 3100-pp- . SDS 3190-pp- . 179 & WO (Sodal Sdento Gen Ed Rcq,) si |