European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. December 21. 1986 the stars and stripes 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i enjoy your column immensely. Never thought i d Rhc. But today you struck a nerve with your com ments on our sick  you ask who will run our country 20 Jonrs from now the answer is  if you Don l believe me Jusi look at who Are taking the top honors in High schools filling Mit. Harvard. Yale Stanford Anil Cal tech nol to f mention beating us from Gran f grocer to microelectronics. Also you comment correctly on the symptoms of a sick society. I Sec those symptoms in Ifie leaders we have now. We Don t need to wait 20 years. I wish every american would read Gibbon s Rise and fall of the roman  if icy would replace roman with "american1 hey would have a Good idea of what s happening in our country. Keep in mind those who do not remember the lessons of the past Are condemned to repeat them the solution is Heller leaders. This Means better Educa Tion for leadership since As Warren Dennis said in his Book leaders they arc not bom. They arc  a person such As you Ann could exercise greater influence if your columns were More informative and less enter Taining. Bui then you probably would have fewer readers. . Long Island . Yon a Ray readers a disservice by suggesting that they want Only to be entertained. I Haven t tasted for 31 Yean because i am funny. Warren Bennus professor in the school of business administration University of Southern Californi agreed to respond la your Tetter. This is what be had to say your Long Island correspondent May be right when he says asian americans will be running our country 10 years from now. While we still see Many Bright hard working caucasian students they ire dramatically out numbered percentage Wise by those from Japan the people s Republic of China Taiwan Malaysia Korea and sooth Vietnam. Here Are some facts that Gie credibility id Long Island s statement. I will focus on Japan for reasons that will be obvious. Japan which is about the size of Montana supports 115 Bullion people. The urgent automobile manufacturer in the world is not general motors it is Toyota. Eight of the 10 largest Banks to the world in terms of assets Are in Japan. Citicorp the Only american Bank on the list is third in Japan students attend school 140 Days � year As compared with 180 Days in the United states. Many american students spend More time in front of the to than in school ninety seven percent of Japan s students finish High school. In Chicago it s about so percent and about half of those who do finish cannot read Al � High school level. Toe illiteracy rate in Japan is less Han 1 percent. Ours is about 27 percent. The game number of people do of gunshot wounds in single Day in the United Stales As in an entire year in Japan. This Saya something about their culture and ours. As far Back As 1970, Japan had the seventh lowest infant mortality rate in the world. The United suites was 14th. Most recent figures show Japan is second. A re still 14lh, ,.obesity and debilitating diseases Are relatively in Munmon to Japan. Today the life expectancy rate for a Tessin  73. For lie United states it is 71.1. The japanese value their Young people and their elderly. Emphasis is placed on education and family. Even though la the spectacular economic Progress in a has occurred since world ii we should not feel Pihrt thened by what you Long Island perceive As the stye of peril  u � Bealby motivator. We Bak nothing to fear and much to learn from the japanese. I i9b6 Una Anuci letters critics lambaste Capitol Hill raises Wake up gis our representatives on Capitol Hill Are going to gel a 55 percent pay raise unless we do something about it. To the past year we be heard a Grai Deal of talk about people programs and improving the Way of life for military personnel and their families. Read the papers folks. Those of us who defend the american Way of life were Worth a whole 3 percent pay raise this year. That leaves us about 18 percent behind the civilian sector. Our representatives Don t need 10 vote for their pay raise. All they need to do is not Vole against in. Take 10 minutes out of your Day and write to your congressmen. Lei them know How you feel about your 3 percent raise compared to their 55 percent. If we re Only Worth 3 percent then so Are icy Teth sri emes a j. In Irell Torrejon a Spain recently it was reported that a presidential commis Sion will recommend pay raises of 46 percent for cab inet secretaries and 55 percent for members of con Gress and directors of agencies such As the Cia and Fri. If the president submits the commission s report to Congress the raises would Lake effect automatically unless rejected by both the House and Senate within 30 Days. Every year Congress the Senate and the Pentagon Battle in out for a pay raise for the military. This year government employees and military members will receive a staggering 3 percent pay raise. I believe we should be afforded a 5s percent pay increase. In the interest of fair play it could be stipulated that unless each service rejected the raise in would automatically take effect within 30 Days knowing that a 5s percent pay increase for you and me is a fantasy we need to ensure that this Gross Basic of our lax dollars is not allowed to pass. Each of our representatives needs to be info Ned that a failure to reject this pay raise will result in their failure to obtain your vote in the next election. Social services educational programs various Community state and Federal programs designed 10 assist both lower and Middle class Are continually being Cut Back or eliminated each time a Lack of funds is cited As the culprit. I find it difficult to believe that a nation that cannot support its homeless has people starving in its streets can morally justify a 5s percent pay in crease to people who have a salary exceeding 170,000 per year it is the duly of ail americans to make it known Hal they will nol tolerate such an unjust use of Las dollars i strongly urge individuals to Wale to their representatives and male their views known. Our elected representatives Are Here to serve us nol to fatten their pockets. Richard t. Turner Heidelberg the article reporting the possible 55 percent pay hike for Congress upsets me. 1 feel this article should be printed every Day to inspire everyone in the military to write to their congressmen and senators. My letter is in he mail i Hope 2.1 million will be sent. Briefly it slates the defenders of peace will receive a Mea Ger 3 percent starting in january. I also mentioned con Gress inability to pass the budget on Lime. Stuff sgt. Kenneth p. Cramm Owenburg Germany i was absolutely amazed Al he Story concerning the presidential commission considering a possible 55 per cent raise for members of Congress Cabinet members and assorted directors. As a 7 i year Veteran of the military with a family coping with numerous hardships awaiting the not military cuts which so to get larger with every stroke of legislators pen Sand last but certainly not least watching my paycheck helplessly lag anywhere from 7 percent to 10 percent depending on whose government Survey you believe today would please like someone to explain to me or Al least give me one perfectly valid reason Why i ties government members deserve such astronomical raises. What Are they doing that we in the military Haven t been doing for quite a Long time and quite Well Nice  Raf or Coghlon England after Reading about the la isl recommendation of raises of 4 5 percent to 55 percent for our top bananas i can Only assume Hal the president s quadrennial commission on executive legislative and judicial salaries is made up of congressional executive and judicial members. Who else would be stupid enough to make such a recommendation As this at a Lime of High deficits and runaway spending if anything should have been recommended in should have been to reduce these top salaries by an equivalent amount. I would be the last to begrudge a raise to anyone worthy of it but Lei s be realistic and do something to reduce spending instead of contributing to this eco nomic cancer. In is fairly Well known that outside of a lot of political posturing and pork barrel legislative tactics. Not much is done by these people s Floii s. Why should they who gracious by consented loj i l the worker bees a 3 percent pay raise in january 1987, be rewarded in this flagrant Milliner As a mat Ter of fact Why should they he rewarded Al Al when icy agree to put their life on the line for America spend untold Lime away from i hair families and loved ones and live Ilic life of a third class Citi zen they would be worthy of i he level of Money you so idiotically recommend. Of course were they to do this they would no longer be called the lop bananas of the american government. They would be called the hard working dedicated unselfish civil servants and military of the land. I would dearly love to gel o pay raise similar or even close to that which you arc recommending for them but this is Only the rumblings of an unde serving Serviceman and Veteran. After All. What have 1 done in my 24 years of dedicated service to my country to Merit anything above a 3 percent raise granted i have nol had 10 face the severity and hardship of being in Washington d.c., deficit Cap Ila for iwo to four years of combat duty and extreme adversity hut i really think a Little More than 3 percent is justified. Anyway have a wonderful Christmas season. I have to hurry Home to my family and loved ones now. Who knows i May have to leave for Central America Iran or Lebanon soon. Master sol. 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