_Editorial
Intentions on track,
results fail to work
Tilt! catastrophic, health care plan proposed by for
mol President Ronald Reagan and passed l>\ Congress
last year lias been thankfulh repe.ded
(•ranted. President Reagan’s intentions might have
seemed good at the time The Medicare Catastrophe
Coverage Act was needed to provide some tvpe of
health insurance to protec t elderlv and disabled people
from going bankrupt due to huge medical bills How
ever needed it was. one major flaw was terribly over
looked
The deductible attached to the (dan was something
main elderh people could not afford and. thus, was
was out of line The plan called for about t> percent of
the cl million eligible for Medic are to pa\ a sun barge
tax of up to $H(l<) for the first year alone This ma\
seem like a small percentage, but t> percent is still two
million people besides, pimple are people, not per
centages
Many who roly on Medicare to pay their medical
lulls ami Sot ial Set only to pav their monthly atrocities
(Infinitely cannot alford such a high dedut tihle
The health cans plan was part of the massive Inti
< it-reduction hill that also contains a number ot other
controversial matters It would he nice to reduce the
deficit, hut al the expense of others? No
Why the executive office and the Congress allowed
this hill to even pass in the first place is hard to say
flood intentions had results.
This seems to he an on going pattern in the Oval
Office whether it he the Reagan Administration or the
Hush regime
The (’resident seems like he cares about the people
and tries to provide something for them, as of course
he should What kind of results occur though? Simply
none.
It has been repeated time after time how the United
States is the only industrial nation in the world with
no national health r are plan. It seems like this is some
thing that will Ire a long time in coming from any ad
ministration, he it Republican and Democrat
We applaud the fact that Congress had the good
sense to revoke the old Reagan health care plan. How
ever, the verdict on what will eventually happen with
catastrophic health care remains to la* seen Action on
the plan will now move from the House to the Senate
where repeal seems likely, but who knows what will
happen?
Something needs to change to give the people, es
peciallv the elderly, a health care plan that will work,
and work without huge deductibles attached. Hopeful
ly the answer will come soon.
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Airline takeovers produce unfriendly skies
|)nn.ild I'linnp seems to view the world
as one big playground, and he resembles the
greedy Inillv who wants to hog all the toys
on the lot It's not enough for Trump to pos
sess among other things, .1 vai.ht. a tew 1 a
sinos, luxury hotels and his very own air
line Now he I eels the need to have lira air
lines
Some may take the attitude that Trump,
like the mean holly cannot he stopped be
(,ause he has more power than the rest ol us
ever dreamed of having Hut the conse
quences ol Trump's actions are far more
menacing and dangerous than any play
ground squabble.
hast week Trump, who already ow ns the
hasten) airline shuttle, proposed .1 $7.1 bil
lion buyout ol the AMR Corporation, xvhich
is the parent c nmpany cd Americ an Airlines
This type of airline takeover hasn't been
such a novel concept recently WYA. the
parent company of Northwest Airlines, yvas
bought by investors in |une In addition.
l!AI.. Cnited Airlines' parent, is presently
being bought out by management, employ
ees and British Airways
The resulting debt that airlines face alter
such transactions is staggering. New own
ers. such as Trump it he's successful, must
use the airline's cash flow to pay bach what
they borrowed in buying the company The
options lor raising more ol this < ash flow are
not prett\ for anyone, especially passengers
Higher ticket prices are a distinct possi
bility after a takeover. This news is just what
fliers don't want to hear, considering the
fai t that some tii ket prices have risen at)
percent in the first eight months of 1‘tH‘l
Another way to raise revenue would be
to lay off workers or to cut maintenani e and
training costs. With the recent rash of aii
travel accidents and fatalities, this alterna
tive would be both unwanted and foolish
In light of the Trump takeover an
nouncement. Rep. Peter Def'azio has intro
dm ed <i bill to (iongress requiring the Secre
tary of Transportation to approve all airline
purchases This bill is a commendable and
mm h-needed step in the right direction. It
some type of action isn’t taken against take
overs. more airlines will inevitably start tail
ing into crushing debt
Letters
Volunteerism
I <1111 writing in response In
l.ogan I llinn.m's letter regard
inn III*' l‘l( ^ *»! tm.mi t.il .mil
student support for l’rojei I Safe
Kun .mil similar organizations
{om: ()i i «i)
l ist AI ’K I mill Studies is .1
student run organization fund
cil hi the ASI'O and dediiated
to helping concerned students
like Dlion.m to rei eive credit
.ind experience through place
merits m the liugene ( niumuni
t\ . prim.u ill m its puhlii
si hools .ind its non-profit agen
( les
Triii*. support < nines in mam
forms and lunding is undeiii
■dill important However. I S
t.APli is committed to the idea
that volunteerism is an invalu
aide form of su|i|iort and
should not he overlooked ill la
vor ol lunding
We at liS( API would like to
entourage interested students
to come and see us at Room
Mill m the liMl or i all us at
tititi 4.tfi t I SI AIM offers pr.11
!k unis at approximated 7f> hu
man sen ice organi/ations and
most puhlii st hools m the I n
eene area
Ill today s mm u»t\ volunteers
i .in breathe lift- into struggling
organizations Volunteering
( .in hr one (it thr must iilipoi
tint and most memorable learn
mg exponent .os of .1 student’s
hie Please keep us in lliilld
Angie liidtiin
KS( Al’K field Studies
Responsibility
Staff member Hill Snwe's
Sept U9 protest of my compart
son of Liberals versus (looser
valives was not responsive to
111 v main thesis People should
t.ike responsibility for their
own individual .11 lions 01 inai
1111ns
I hold tli.it "(Conservatives’'
are mainly differentiated from
’’Liberals" by acceptance of
that premise Since 1 out luded
b\ slating that many reject ei
(her label I can understand
why he would reject his "Lib
oral" label, in part due to its re
vealed prim iples and resultant
unpopularitv. as demonstrated
by the most recent Presidential
elet lion
Huuevei (Conservatives are
1 ontent to lie associated with
llii'ii name .md tlic personal re
sponsilnlih pnsilimi with
w Iik h it is identified
Quoting ,t recent It as/i/ngfon
I'nsl article In William (ialston
and I ilaine ( nulla hamari li
"Democrats have hei ome the
parh ill individual rights hut
not indiviihtal res|xinsihiht\
ot self-expression hut not sell
discipline, of sociological ex
planalion Init not moral ai
( ountahilitv
M\ onl\ correr lion to their
statement would he Demo
( rats (as seized hv the l.iheral
him | have become the path
|on Wollander
Kugene
Recognition
I would like to command the
I All Ho.ml lor its de< isiou to
approve the plat ement ot a i ul
tural mural in tile KMC The
mural, donated In the Chic ano
Latino 1 nion |MI ('h.\). repre
sent-, the i ulturnl expression ot
a signith ant portion of the I 'di
versity community. Until this
decision, the C'hicano-Litino
i ulture had not been rer og
uized .irlislii ally anywhere on
< ampiis
1 In- placement o! this beauti
lul mural in tin- KMl' not onh
tills uh.it lias been a lai k in
rci ngnitiun of (iliii.mol.atmo
t u It in i- but offers all studnilts
exposure to tin- rit h culture
and history of lalin Amnrii a
and tin- ( liii a no legal \
()n behalf ol tin- l.atin Ameri
can Support Committee. I urge
thr KMl' board to place this
mural m a prominent position
to allow all students to share in
its beauh
l isa Nielson
LASC
Incentive
Regarding Kirk Rinaldi's Id
ter [ODE. Oc:! <«)
1 agree vve should he attend
mg this uuiversits to learn
something, not just to acquire
good grades, lint him can you
expei t the students to do better
than worn about grades when
the system is designed to judge
us In grades?
We are required to worn
about grades Sometimes
grades are the onl\ im entive to
tinisli .i course. espet iallv it it
is .1 i ourse mu; doesn't like
Design .1 system of education
tli.it doesn't luive to give tls
grades, and I think you will see
students become less ion
corned with them.
I)av id Nutt
Student
-Correct ion_
Hei ause <>l a i opt editing
mislakr .1 photo < option on
tin- front page of Wed ties
(lay's Oif^iin l).nl\ lunrr.ihl
contained several errors
The i aption stated that the
playing In-Ids adjac ent to the
\\ illaniette Kiver were
threatened h\ the proposed
Riverfront Research I’ark
That is not the 1 ase
The 1 aption also uu nr ret I
h stated that the photo was
taken by Kri( Kvans Klisa
I .it htinan is the ai lual pho
tographer.
The F.nu'iaUi regrets any
( onfusion due to the errors