European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 letters the stars Ano stripes readers urged to look at Congress deficit a recent letter dealing peripherally with the state of lighted by the president that the state of our Economy the Constitution requires that All Money bit i be Ini the . Economy said thai president Cragin is not allowed . Consumers to buy foreign products. The tilted in the House of representative. From both the dealing with real ii while laying Tome incredibly Stu did Iri ints " and alleging that the president ii sole1" for the slate of the Economy demands rebut a. Certainly the size of the budget deficit it of concern and while the Trade deficit looked at in Dollar term seems unhealthy one Muil look at the Trade volumes to attempt id determine it True relevance. What i mean by this last statement is that one needs to look i the import Export ratio of goods and sen ices on some Standard currency Basil in order to determine in effect Good or bad. On the Economy As a whole. The Standard reaction we hear out of Congress and the East coast press ii thai the negative Trade figures mean Hal . Jobs Are being taken away by goods icing imported Rattler than made at Home. While that was the Case in 83 through 86. The cheaper Dollar now Means Lilac exported . Goods Are cheaper an increased vol ume is bringing in More dollars. Bui the Cost of imported goods has risen dramatically As All of us living in Europe can at Ali and though the volume is decreasing the lesser numbers Are still costing More dollars. With plants operating in the United stain around 85 percent of capacity and the unemployment rate at 5.8 percent there really in t much Slack left in the system. The result of trying to better either one of those figures without increases in productive capacity or Tabor productivity would simply be inflation. The writer seemed to be by the fad High fact is that even at prices went up Over the last two wan foreign products have Beta preferred to those of . Manufacturers in certain Market segment. Would the writer be Tugg Eiting that the american consumer be required to Purchase higher priced infer rior product limply to keep labor and management which refuse to adapt Louie times in their jobs the writer s suggestion that the president try to improve the Quality of goods hit a Bull Urye on what should be done even As it misses a mile the who that should do it sometimes corporate Ameri Ca it slow 10 least in has paid dearly in recent Yean. Now let us Lake Good look at the Mont ability for the budget deficit. The writer s question of who s in charge of economic policy and who must take Steps to ensure economic stability is certainly a Good one. Ii has been said thai As a form of government the benevolent dictatorship can get the desired results Matt quickly. The parliamentary systems within Europe guarantee Good results for a Short term but have fallen from Lime to Lime of coalition splinter into their heterogeneous parts. In the United Stales however we people continually Saddle our commander in chief with a House of representatives of the opposite party. Well recent history shows we Haven t liked the looks of the demo cratic party s offerings for the top Job so us Long we elect republicans to the presidency we have the suited opposition Revenue fathering and the government spending Sidet of the Ledger in i the House that has the Ball not even the Senate and certainty not the White House. The old saying that the president proposes. Congress disposes has had a Tad Verity of Law in that Congress read the Home. Hat thrown the president s budget proposal into the round file shortly after its delivery. As the president stated in his slate of he Union message the refusal of Congress to prepare budget legislation in an orderly and timely fashion must be Adif Rchrd. Well tee what Congress does. We look to the president for leadership and Hal responsibility can lie nowhere else. But in is time that we americans look at the people whom we elect to the House of representatives. If the goals and aspirations espoused by the person we elect to the presidency Are our goats As Well if we truly Dun i want the head of our government to be handcuffed from the Start if we want our government All of in to be Able to act decisively to establish Justice ensure Domestic Tranquility provide for the common defense and promote the general welfare in order for us to secure the blessings of Lilwyn. Then we had belter gel to the task of electing a responsible House of representatives. Please get your requests for Absentee ballots com Elf Ted and mailed Early. That is our responsibility. Robert j. Station Sundhausen Germany sports on an not enough or too much i d like in address a recent letter that begun All the wives my wife included have finally won the Hogwash horse Pudgy cow pics get the picture if you have a problem at Home Don t assume every one else docs too. In fact i d be willing to bet Hinl the ratio of wives who Don t enjoy some kind of sports is on the minus Side. I d also be willing to bet there Are just As Many men who Don t like sports As there arc women. Gel 1 would love to Sec More ice games on i admit 1 have an Edge having been raised by a fall or who played semipro baseball and coached High school football and wrestling for 20 years. But there arc Many wives who get involved in snorts just because it s fun. We were in Denver last year and it was the wives who wanted to have it Bronco super bowl party. Did you Ever notice in the shots of the fans How Many arc women to the wives out there who say they Don t enjoy sports have you Ever tried gelling involved the rules of the game Aren t that hero to understand. It s a great Way to Lei off some pent up emotion. You can yell at the referees instead of your kid Sand they can t talk Back besides it s it great Way to gel a look at some Well shaped men without gelling the evil Eye from your husband. But most of All it s a great Way to gel involved in something your husband enjoys. You know togetherness and All that the next Lime a game is on thai your husband wants to watch ask him to explain the basics to you. Then work your Way up to understand ing the More complicated aspects of the game. Or if you re not comfortable with that ask a female Friend who enjoys sports to explain it to you. Or go to the Library and find a Book. You May be surprised and find out you enjoy sports. Whatever you do. Try it sometime. You May find yourself spending relaxing evenings with your Hus band cuddling on the Couch and enjoying yourself and Guys if your wife asks you to explain something Don t turn her off by saying something stupid like a you would t you May find your self wearing starched athletic.,. Socks Nancy Jefferson Munich i say Hooray for the an program director. Paul w. Van Dyke who stood up Louie Fetter writer who stated that the wives won the decision to show the tape delayed monday night football program at 10 30 . I am an Active duty female who loves the change but who has also heard As Many complaints from my male co workers about the bombardment of sports on an. If a poll were taken of every Active duty Mem Ber dependent and civilian worker who depend on an for their television enjoyment you can bet the sports Holics would lose out. Start sri. Patricia l. Hurmi Simbach a Germany explanation of views on gun ownership this is in response to a recent article. Some simple facts Aboul private ownership of firearms time National Leel nations look at the United states and understand that Aboul 50 million or so americans own firearms a percentage Are current members of the armed forces or veterans. Another percentage lit experienced outdoors Man and Hom ers. Ada this to Hie history of american Index in dance and love of Liberty. Any nation that would set foul on a Itu rican soil would have to contend with an army bigger than any they can Field and one fighting on Home soil. It would be costly to do so. So what do they do about it simple gel our own misguided and opportunistic people to disarm America on a Public level while others work on the National level. I Utia Hul if Rel firearms Are not evil Many anti firearm groups would have you believe they Are. Nin Cly inc Pirren of firearm use is Legal. Anli firc Sirni legislation docs not work simply because Crimi nals Are called criminals for a reason Illey violate the honest citizen becomes a victim because he either obeys a restriction and then is victimized by an armed Felon or he keeps his weapon and is victimized by a confused and overburdened criminal Justice system. 11 bus been said before and to some people it May sound silly but it is simply a truth. Top la pull the trigger not the weapon current legislation and Laws work if Pilicy arc enforced and the abuses of the Law by the Bureau of alcohol. Tobacco and firearms and other agencies Are slopped. The Baths Blanket interpretation of the Law and its habit of calling a horse a Camel in order to ban certain weapons is obscene. Changing the definition of an item to put in another category is an old lactic of legalized trickery Well used by the anti firearms groups Well As portraying gun own ers As slobbering stupid criminal and redneck trash from the South. Insulting anti firearm groups the groups fall Inlo several categories. They arc 1 j 1 in nest people who Don t like firearms for personal reasons. 2. Organized opposition to firearms on humanitarian reasons. 3, Organ izod poll heal opposition. No. This is a serious can of Worms. They arc led by prominent political figures and get support for sympathetic re aim wry close to them. They manipulate emotions and misrepresent facts to support their goal. They do not care that the Laws Lilicy want to pass do not work and never have. To be honest about the subject is beyond them and they use every dirty trick to go Toboul their bin inc name Call ing mudslinging. Double talk preying on the emotions of firearm victims and deliberate falsehoods. Why7 from what 1 have seen if Way Back in 17 76 the British had banned firearms and confiscated hem from the colonists the United slates would not have become the United states. You can not Subj Glivic a people until their last arc removed. 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