Show An open letter Dear President Nixon I am opposed to your wage and price freeze I know that the big wigs around you who serve as your advisors tell you that this is the best way If IC It is with you as It seems to be to get complete control over our lives and lead us into total socialism where we are almost now then they would be right But If it you wish to uphold the Constitution which you pledged to do then they are wrong wrong as can be The free enterprise system must be allowed to work without without without with with- out all the subsidies and grants from the federal government Government cannot give to the people that which It does not first take from the people And to spend money you do not have Is like stealing from future generations Inflation Is caused by federal subsidies labor unions de demanding demanding demanding de- de manding more than they are entitled to and the President pumping excess money Into the federal trough In short Its It's like this In Inflation Inflation Inflation In- In is started when excess money is pumped Into the people people peo peo- pie when crops for which there are no demand are bought with government funds when two men are allowed to be paid for forthe forthe forthe the work of one You cant can't create create create cre cre- ate wealth simply by creating dollars Our real wealth stems from our production of or goods and services Dollars are only a common denominator for trading them If dollars are Increased with our Increasing production proportionately there Is excess money and prices go up That is a little wisdom from the past Your wisdom seems to say keep plenty of money In the federal trough and the pigs people will become more and more dependent on government and soon you will have complete control But what do you do dowhen dowhen dowhen when all the pigs are eating out of your federal trough and there Is no one to collect taxes from I know that Is when all freedom freedom free free- dom is lost and we become slaves to a dictator with price wage Job and life Ufe control N Now ow when we look at It that way it Isn't so nice Please change policies and advisors they are corrupt BRUCE JOHNSON Mantl Manti Utah |