European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers the enclosed was written in inc 1930s. I think your readers will gel a tick out of it. And i you ask me things Haven t changed much Csc ept maybe for the worse. An Iowa taxpayer Coni Lutnen la is impossible for me to Send you a Check As you request. My Proem financial condition is due to the effects of Federal Laws slate Laws county Laws corporation Laws bylaws Broiher in lavs in incr in Lisand outlaws hat have been foisted upon an unsuspecting Public. Through the various taws i have been held Down held up walked an. Sat on flattened and squeezed until i do not know where 1 am what 1 am Why i am or if i am. These Laws compel me to pay a merchants tax capital Stock Lav real estate Tan property tax Auto tax water tax Gas tax Light Tat cigarette tax. Cigar tax Street tax. Road Tan. School tax sales lax occupation lax processing tax gasoline tax personal property tax state income tax Siatt franchise lax electricity tax. Federal income tax Cotton tax payroll tax old age pension lax and i almost said carpet tax. I am suspected inspected disrespected examined and re examined until All i know is that i m Supplicate for Money for every known need desire or Hope of the so called human race. And because i refuse to gout and big. Borrow or steal Money to give away i am cussed discussed boycotted talked to talked about lied to. Lied about held up. Held Down and robbed until i am plumb ruined. The Only reason 1 am clinging to life is to Sec what the hell is coming Nowata Pien 1 did gel a kick out of it and i m sure my readers did too. Thanks for sending it on. As one who has been lumped bumped jumped stumped pained strained Nui med and brained by the irs i am Able to empathize. However i wild gladly sign an i of a do rather thin Hie anywhere bul in the . Dear Ann Landers am 1 too concerned about infidelity 1 truly led Ai if i am out of step with other members of my generation. The problem i am what you would Call average looking. 1 can hold my own personality Wise but let s face ice ii never win any Beauty contests. On the other id. My husband Dwayne Tell your congressmen what you think As this is an election year 1 believe there is no better time for those who have and will elect their leaders to quit writing their complaints of military life to the forum of the stars and stripes. Instead letters Aboul these hardships we All endure should be directed to cars that can do something about it. Your senators and congressmen. Recent cuts in military spending have hit All of us in one Way or another. For pilots it looks like fewer Fly ing hours. All that time and Money the government spent on a year plus of training the Persona Dedica Tion and Effort spent to perfect your talents is about to be spent behind a desk trying to find additional duties to keep you Busy. Those pursuing educational goals have just lost the90 percent tuition assistance and no must pay for the increase in the Cost of education. Physicians and nurses Are about to Sec a reduction in patient care As their Putic i arc turned Over to civilian hospitals and Campus. Now doctors and nurses will have More time to spend their talents on other duties the military will find for them to do rather than on those skills they have spent years of intensive training and Sacri fice to develop. And we gel to pay the difference that champs does t cover. Military members Are not part of an Active Union As unions Are known. We cannot strike nor walk off the Job. We can t do a whole lot when we receive a whop Ping 2 percent or 3 percent pay increase which is eaten up by trial Ever falling Dollar and inflation. Yet we Are Dwayne has never Given me any reason to believe that he would stray bul i live in constant fear that on of these Days someone who is younger Slimmer pret tier and sexier will come along and sweep him right off his feel and Inlo her bed. Gorgeous girls Are every where and most of them arc unattached and looking. I talk to a lot of people and inc Rne Siage i gel is that All men Cecal eventually. They Tell me in does t mean a Man in t in love with his wife it is just that men Are basically predatory animals and it is their nature to prowl around. Personally Ann i would rather Sec my husband dead than in the arms of another woman. Am i being old fashioned and unrealistic should i accept the no Tion men Cecal eventually and in is no reflection on his wife out of step and waiting for the other shoe to drop in Florida Deti out Hie lire la a Counselor before your insecurity and Lack of self Worth drive Jour hush and into inc arms of the next Dame who catches his Eye. Anil Dun t be sur prised if she s older heavier and less sexy Ihan you. I be full might be ready for someone who is mature secure and Laid Back if you will sex Cut the expression. Pan of a Union. A Union of military members families wives husbands and children who have been subject Edlo every reduction cutback and Cost culling measure our elected leaders have Ever conceived in the name of reducing the deficit and balancing the budget. So Why Tell your hard life Story to the stars an stripes they Only publish what is going on in our lives and the world around us. They arc simply a Means to express and have your opinions published like inc bul Letin Board you read on the Way to the Exchange. No that these letters should t be written that is part of the Freedom we As americans enjoy. But How about if we Start writing to those who Are making these Deci Sions about fewer flying hours reductions in educational benefits lost patient care and additional costs to military members whose dependents need health care congressmen and senators. Remember them do you know who yours it or what his address is if you arc one of those readers who reads ii column every Day and says yes this really Slinks. The military always gets a bad Deal then tosses the paper away and does nothing you have Little room la com Plain. Of Stamps went up three cents and a letter now costs a Quarter. Bul what other value for 25 cents can you find that could possibly change your life s Situa Tion a letter to a congressman can do it if enough Are sent and our voices Are heard. Sub sgt Andrew d. While Wiesbaden bad attitudes and childish behaviour this Teller is directed toward everyone stationed or working in Europe from the generals to the privates. Leave your bad attitude at borne it is about Lime someone stood up for the Cashiers clerks and other workers who put in Long hours at Al the cafes concessions. These people Are your co workers neighbors and in some cases your in ends. They work at a Little above the minimum wage to try to make their lives a Little easier and. In most cases to make ends meet. They arc not the policy makers but arc the ones who must enforce these policies. I am really tired of Canna the continuous criticism complaining and language thai you people direct at the workers because you cannot Cash a Check or cannot get something. It is not thu fault of the clerk thai you cannot write a Check for More Thon the allowable amount or can not write a Check at All. You Are the one who has caused that problem nol them in is not their fault if they need to see your id card it is the Sci elation that requires in. So Stop blaming them for everything that has gone wrong. Slop blaming them for the fight tha Lyou had with your wife Boss or Girlfriend or inc fact that your Day in t going As smoothly As you want Illo. They arc restricted by policy and regulation Aslo what they can and cannot do. One final comment to everyone Over Here. Group you Are All acting like a Bunch of children. Cape. Michael Johnson Heidelberg army lottery proposal questioned a stateside army officer lauds inc bin coils of an army lottery for the morale of personnel and financial enhancement of programs. With in a few Days of that news there is a headline in a military paper. Counselling urged for gamblers in the article Stales that defense health officials say that up to 105,000 Scricc members Are rated obsessive gamblers who need psychiatric counselling. Officials at the Pentagon it is further stated say that gambling on government owned or leased prop erty is illegal unless authorized by the sen ice Secretary. However defense health officials in charge of treat ment programs for gamblers say Slot machines for example should not be allowed on military bases. If it is necessary to Pul Over 100,000 ers about 40,000 soldiers in a four to six Wick inpatient program with added outpatient treatment us is advocated one might wonder about the economics aside from the common sense Angle in Man hours lost on inc Job about 8,000,000 for soldiers. Expense of the programs etc., and How much profit will result if inc army offers Ilic programs that encourage More gambling and thus Harvest a new crop of gamblers who need . Name and location withheld. Pen pals Kkt Samn. North Ccu Bilu Phil Patna i would the to Hilo my a a Utji Itnatz in your of Miotla City map Puiai i m a and would pfc to have sofa ant clean . 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