European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12letters to the editor tuesday August 30,1994n,e Sanj filpes european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan a a a a a a a commander publish of a. Bernard a. Zovistoski a editor a a. A a news and editorial Deborah aether. Nows editor. Bill Watker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor / George Manet City editor to write us unit 29480apoate 09211a a or Post sch 11 14 37 64278darmstadt,Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial.06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,255, 282,226,326. Sports ext. 225,269, 263,332,321,221. Features ext. 230, 245,341. Letters to editor ext. 208,400. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany room 117, Rome str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg car 419. Box 1318, Apoate 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or Villen 06221-23421 or Contact the City desk at the european stars end. 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That was a True Story aug. 20 regarding the noncommissioned officer from san Vito Dei Normanna air station it was a joke someone admits to stealing $510,850, of which according to the report a total of $73,200 was recovered. This leaves $437,650 a recovered of which another $133,700 was spent on vacations schooling friends and family. A total of $303,950 unaccounted for. Of course this amount is not in Swiss or other Banks. And the judge gave a Fine of $175,000 plus eight year s in prison now we All know this $1,75,000 will never be paid and we also know that eight years in reality is three to four years. The culprit will get religion or a College education say she is sorry and be released under some Liberal Law that allows this. Now $303,950 plus movie rights and article Book rights and what is already spent is not Baa for 3-4 years and i want to know How i can sign up for this option without first having to steal something. Or does the Law say i have to steal first try to convince me and my family that crime does no to pay. When i was a youngster if you did the crime you did the time. If you stole any Money you paid it All Back plus a hefty Fine plus interest on the unpaid balance. No wonder crime is amok. The Law allows it. We Are trying to pass anti crime Laws what we need is anti lawyer Laws to protect us Ordinary people. Our leaders seem to think that putting 12 More cops in each major City will deter crime. All it will do is make life More miserable for Ordinary folks As there will now be 12 More cops to give out parking tickets jaywalking and nose picking violations and by the year j998, we will have three time offenders in jail not Eligi ble for parole for these violations. This whole Case makes a mockery of our system and the sentencing judge should make up the difference from his editors note 1 orifices made during their time in service. Sacrifices that honorable soldiers airmen sailors and marines endure daily in service to their country. We encourage our readers a Espe daily those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published Dally on this Page. A letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to letters to the editor the stars arid stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155-601463, Dan 348-8463. Pay that is owed to me the american people. David a Post Augsburg Germany pleading guilty to her crimes she now faces up to eight years in prison. This would be far too charitable for a person who has betrayed not Only the Trust of her fellow service members but also the american taxpayer As Well. As if it were not enough to steal half a million dollars from the american taxpayer now we will be asked to provide for the convicts needs food shelter health care Etc for the next eight years. Congress and the department of defense fight to find funds to provide the men and women of the armed services with a 2.6 percent pay raise. However we must first provide for the convicts. Possibly someone can see the Justice in this but it eludes this writer. Staff sgt Patrick a. Wildca Schweinfurt German caring for convicts As a 13-year Veteran of the . Army i cannot say 1 was shocked when i read about the no who embezzled More than $500,000 from the air Force finance office at san Vito Dei Normanna air station Italy. The blatant act of criminal behaviour seems to be More evident than Ever today. Values seem to be in Short Supply and Little Hope is seen to rejuvenate them. The no henceforth known As a a convict and her accomplice planned and executed repeated thefts from the air Force finance office. Their crimes would probably have gone undetected if not for the poor judgment of the convict in stowing her Money in household baggage. In this writers Humble opinion they probably Felt they were entitled to the funds no doubt in compensation for Sac German a for a Price i guess officers Are made of Money after All. At least that is what the University of Maryland thinks. An officer cannot use tuition assistance for Host nation German classes unless it applies toward the completion of a bachelors do Gree. How Many officers need German for their degree better yet How Many officers have not already completed their degrees it looks like officers Are not sup used to learn the Host language. I guess could spend $1,340, plus Book fees for four classes. I done to think so. Athen again i think ill just wait a couple of months. And the regulations will change again it does no to take much to understand Why so Many people Are frustrated with the overseas education system. A a a 1st it. Clyde m. Buckley Wiesbaden Germany a commentary where Clinton erred in health care by the los Angeles times whenever a president receives a political blow of the proportion president Clinton suffered in his apparent failure to get comprehensive health care Reform this year the Post Mort Ems abound what should Clinton have done different what Are the lessons Clinton has now noted what Many others already had a that of the . Economy is involved health Reform should be done deliberately and incrementally. Once the administrations own proposal was clearly dead a 1,400-plus-Page democratic plan aimed to eventually provide insurance for All americans. But while the plan benefits for those already insured for example the popular proposal to pay for medicare prescription drug sit did not do much to bring in the 37 million americans who have no coverage at All. The Bill was full of mixed signals in part because mixed signals were what Washington got from the signals were typified by one person who told a reporter that she hoped that health care Reform did not mean that the government would get involved with medicare a As if unaware that medicare is indeed a government entitlement program. Quot what could Clinton have done to better ride the shifting political winds on health care Reform so strongly in his favor two years ago one he and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton could have recognized that the findings of the administrations Early health care Reform task Force would not be embraced if exclusive meetings were held in secretive sessions. Bad idea. Next the administration might have Learned More from the last time Washington a led by a Republican administration in 1974 a tried to tackle health care Reform. Some similarities Are eerie president Nixon called National health insurance his top Domestic priority Back then de spite the Nixon administrations being weakened by the mushrooming watergate scandal health education and welfare Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger called for a adding this year comprehensive health insurance Protection to the Basic Security guarantees that America republicans were ready to Compromise democrats anticipating gains in the november election held out for a better Deal while medical labor and business lobbyists swarmed in the background. Switch parties move the clock up 20 years and it All sounds depressingly familiar. History really does no to have to repeat itself. 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