European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Arm Landers dear Ann Landers has been More than 4 years since Japan had to give up its efforts Tocom Rol a Lares part of Floc world How Many lives were lost during the attack on Pearl Harbor How Many warplanes and battleship were destroyed in thai War in spite of All the losses the japanese did get what they were after. But now nearly half a Century later while Weare drowning in debt they Are on top of he world. How did they do it the answer is education education education not Only were teachers and professors involved parents were very helpful As Well As the corporations and businesses thai employed Hose parents. Everyone in Japan is an the Lookout tar Bright thinkers. And they Are Given All the help they need to move up As fast As they can. All outstanding students get an Opportunity to go Loc ollege. As a result the country gets the Benefit of the most Brilliant and the most talented. This Means hav ing Access to top notch engineers scientists Banders All specialist in their Field. In our country Only those students who can afford to pay can go with he exception of a handful of schol warship Siars i wonder How Many of our Young people with great potential Are lost because they Don t have the funds to go on. Of course not every student is College material and Here is where the businesses come in. The japanese train their workers to they will turn Oul lop Quality products that can compete successfully around the japanese arc Wise. They teamed that what they could not obtain with Force and weapons they could get with brains. Perhaps we should take a few lessons from there is still Lime a Reader in Salt make City dear sail Lake the japanese Aren t the Only ones id Hare this idea John f. Kennedy said the greatest natural resource of any country i its Young people 1 and Kennedy believed that we should provide an Opportunity to educate Allrud tits who had the potential. But that s As far As his concept went one Day perhaps we will St the Wisdom in educating our test and brightest government expense. This would mull a great Deal More sense than spending Bil Lions on battleships and weapons systems that Are obsolete before we get hem off the drawing boards dear Ann Landers my heart went out to Minnie whose husband Joe asked to be buried Between his first and second wives. Here s How we handled a similar situation. When my first husband died after 23 years of marriage i was Only 43 years Oldi bought a two grave plot. Five years later i married i figured Why let my grave be Only for me when either of us Dies one should be buried on top of the other. We talked about it and Bumie agreed. We went to the cemetery and they said we frequently Bury people thai Way. We just dig deeper 8 feet instead of 6 that woman in Florida should have the grave that Uncle Joe is buried in dug deeper and put Minnie on lop of Uncle Joe. Ii May con a few dollars but in the Long run the family will have peace of mind a from Cicero Cark Beautiful solution. Tianlu for writing lot Antu rih Almu Stid Icid Chi Niit Smotri Wal Comdr a a Tate you an a la in in Artt to suit ind trint. Foo will. , form Page 11 letters writers outraged by congressional pay the 50 percent congressional recommended by the presidential commission is final proof the elections arc Over and the political parasites Are safely ensconced in their legislative positions until the next election. Actually we can t complain too much about this recommendation. After All the people for whom the commission recommended this outrageously exorbitant increase Are the same people who so generously gave us our approaching 4.1 percent raise. If we Donal complain too much maybe just maybe they will give us another 3 percent nut fiscal year. Your article did however raise a couple of questions. 1. How do we gel this same presidential commis Sion to review military pay 2. If we in the military Promise to give up All honorariums for speeches we give and Promise not to accept any monies from outside interests and pressure groups would we have a Chance of receiving a 50 percent ?. I do have a counter proposal for congressional members of Congress should be paid in a Lump sum at the end of each term of office. The amount paid each member would be determined by the voters in their districts. This would serve to increase the Quality of while reducing the Cost of supporting. Congress. Master sgt John t. Jenkins Torrejos Asp to for the last three months All we . Taxpayers have heard is every politician whether he was running for office or supporting someone running saying Cut the budget Well the Voles Are in and the ballots counted and guess what Congress wants a 50 percent raise for itself. The main justification for this amount is that it will bring our elected officials up to the Stan Dard of private Enterprise. My question is whose Stan Dard a sheiks a Kings please i would like to do a Lille comparing last year we. He military after much scratching pleading Ana fighting got a 3 percent raise. Congress on the other hand simply by doing nothing got a 22percent raise. What this Means to me As a professional no with 10 years duty is i would have to work fou years to make what a Brand new congressman will make in one year. ,. This year the military has graciously been Given a 4 percent raise. Congress and other Federal officials arc asking for and will probably get a 50 percent raise. Now let us see what this will look like. As an with 10 years experience with a 4 percent raise and Allour Perks plus benefits 1 will make almost $26,000 a year on which to raise and educate my family. After 20 years i can retire and receive half of my monthly base pay. " .-.,. A no Way elected congressman will have to be on the. Job roughly 8 it months to make $89,500. Poor have no fear with his raise he will make s135,000 next year. If he survives on this pittance Long enough he can retire at about $85,000 a year. Cut the budget please staff set. Ill Burn. Harris -.-. Aur Burr West Germany when arc the american people going to get mad and Slop this waste of Money the government Calls it needed pay raises. 1, for one have bad it. Our raises Only seem to put us in n higher la bracket which gives us less on our pay checks. If we Stop this ridiculous spending on pay raises for con press judges and others i think we could Cut the budget substantially. A lot of military people even Are eligible for food Stamps because the pay is so out of line. Few people use them but they could. Sure we have other benefits but so does the con Gress. All americans arc suffering not just the have he elderly hungry homeless and inc list Godson. One House representative in Oklahoma refused Apay raise Given to him. He was thus ridiculed by his Peers. 1 think All of Washington should follow in his footsteps. I feel that the american people should vote on allay raises in Washington. They Vole on our pay raises. They arc always Quick to say we need to Cut spending Why not Start with Ihm instead of the much needed programs that come on to the chopping lock each year Debbie Rhoades Ramstein a West Germany i can freely admit thai 1 am not the most educated Man in he world but it seems to me thai Lloyd Cut Ler the chief of that so called commission on executive legislative and judicial salaries has done a lot to further my education. First of All most of our congressmen Are Loo old to play baseball and if they weren t i m sure they be Good enough to make the major leagues. Be sides the professional athletes Are providing a serv ice. Also Correct me if i m wrong but i did t know that my lax dollars were paying professional athletes to perform. So. Really comparing salaries of lop government officials with the salaries of professional athletes is absurd 1 have been serving my country for almost 12 Yea Snow. 1 am also the proud father of five children. Be i complain about my pay. Too nut i gel along wild pay 1 receive from our taxpayers because Congress says we can t afford to give you any More we have deficit to lower. Well i believe now they weren t worried about the deficit in the first place. As usual inc people reelected to serve and look out for our Best interests Are Only looking to serve themselves. Next time the military asks for a raise let s . , Bonlon Heilbronn West Germany Are we to feel sorry for congressmen who Only make $89,500 in salary let us not forget the nor Mous fees bestowed upon Hern for appearances and speeches thousands of dollars for gracing people with their presence at breakfasts Etc. 1 heard a supporter of this enormous raise on Tele vision today pointing to the fact that a lot of Public officials Are leaving office or not seeking re election due to the inability to support their families. Too ?. A i say let them leave office. Public service is not meant to be a huge Money making business a though we All know it has become one for Many. Or should i say one should not seek Public office in Hopes of making a ton of Money. There arc plenty of people waiting to take the place of those leaving office to seek their fortunes elsewhere. If you ask me military personnel arc True Public service employees. Members of the military Are grossly underpaid. Benefits Are one of the few saving graces for the Low salaries. If the while House would get a hold on All the Money wasted in the defense department Onta Viliy weapons faulty tests faulty machinery and Over inflated prices our medical benefits would not need to be looked at As a budget Cut Ting initiative in the proposal to have family Mem Bers and retirees pay a user fee. For a government that claims to be big on defense in t it ironic that the people they want to Zap first arc the families of the men and women who really serve this country Lisa Patrick Wood sch Sobisch Hall West Germany thes ipes l of Gln. It Mill Ili Tui. Phil us Hino Cip Hill Dillon or. Inland onto Milt 4ud a Dell i ott�1-7t2t04�.mnury Kumi the. Flu tin sult. To wit 1 Inland Obj 30,1 hts Mph. Or ankh 11 m s7t&100 do Mucho try Orti Iloni a Takui h1s51 shift et8 mwj4i of Jas. Tiu Tini-wi378. My pm Taux Noom of 252 a. European Enorton col Jeffrey , Usa command to Eil Tor in cwt it Colts Hanht l pm Uip. 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