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Portland Observer, February 23, 1983 Page 5 Washington Hot Line by Congressman Ron Wyden Street Beat by Lanita D u k a and R ichard B ro w n Q President Reagan recently submitted bis 1994 budget to tbe Congress. W hai are your thoughts on the Administration's health care proposals included in this budget? A . Whai concerns me most about the A d m in is tra tio n 's 1984 health care budget proposal is that it would force sick people to pay m ore fo r the care o f even sicker people. • U n d er this p la n , benefits w ould be cut d ram atica lly fo r the 29 m il lio n retirees w ho depend on it to meet basic h ealth ca re needs, fo rc ing these people to pay tw ice as much o u t-o f-p o c k e t fo r a modest hospital stay. Benefits would be in creased. however, fo r the less than 200,000 people who need long-term catastrophic care. N o one feels stronger than I do about the need for development o f a catastrophic health care program Tor seniors, but not at the expense o f existing Medicare benefits. The best available inform ation indicates that less than one percent o f eligib le M edicare beneficiaries are likely to use the extended catastrophic cover age included in the Administration's proposal. M eanw hile, the proposal w ould cost the other 99 percent o f beneficiaries hundreds o f m illions o f dollars in benefit cuts. Perhaps the worst thing about this w hole proposal is that it illu s trates th at the A d m in is tra tio n is continuing to pursue its hatchet ap proach to health care planning. W hat this country needs is a new wave o f ideas and incentives to de velop ra tio n a l, responsible health care p o licy— a policy b uilt around preventive m edicine and d evelop ment o f broader and belter health care choices. W hat the Administration has pro posed in its 1984 budget proposal would not bting that wave to shore. Instead, it would leave us surround ed by stagnant ideas and policies that haven't worked in the past and won't in the future. Q. Reivtalization o f the housing industry is critical to get Oregon's economy on the mend and our people back to work. Are there any solutions before the Congress to ad dress this serious problem ? A . Yes. Just last week I in tr o duced leg islation that w ou ld open up new sources o f c a p ita l fo r the housing industry by clarifying regu lations th at have discouraged p r i vate pension funds from investing in housing. The United States and the racist Re public o f South Africa are the only two developed countries without free medical care to their citizens. The Straat Beat team asked, "S h o u ld citizens o f the United States have free medical care?” U nder cu rren t law , there is one set o f rules for investments in m o rt gages. and another for other invest ments. T h e result is that pension fund m anagers are discouraged fro m investing more than a small percentage o f the available $300 bil lion in private pension funds in resi dential mortgages. 1 This is neither justified, nor wise. Experience has proven that m o rt gages are safe, sound and p r o fit able investm ents. In fac t, in some cases, they have been shown to out perform corporate bonds, long-term Treasury b ills and other " b lu e - chip" securities. Because it requires that pension fund managers apply the same con servative rules o f investment policy that they would to any other invest ment, my b ill w ill protect the inter ests o f pensioners. It also w ill pro tect taxpayers because it is a market place solution and does not cost tax payers a cent. F in a lly , by opening up a new source o f capital fo r the capital-starve housing industry, my bill will help the industry, Oregon's economy and our workers— and we all know how desperately that is needed. Earline Barnes Supply Technician Winfred Strickland Food Service Clerk N o — although it depends, i f their income is under $1 0,00 0 per year they should receive some type o f assistance. And if (hey are elderly. But fo r those m aking $ 2 3 ,0 0 0 a year and more, they should pay. Yes, I th in k they sh o uld . People w ho are u nem ployed can’ t affo rd health care. I f you d o n 't have a medical plan you won’t get the best o f care. Dave Hubbard Unemployed I believe they sh o uld . W e have so m any people out o f w o rk . R ig ht now I'm out o f work and my wife is expecting. We are on a program where we don't have to pay the costs— not yet, at least. Liberation theology Non-violence not option by Bob Lothian N o n -vio len t p o litic al activism is no longer viable in L atin A m erica, and Christians there are faced with a moral dilem ma— “ which violence to support?'* according to a C h ican o m in iis te r w ho spoke at P o rtla n d State University on February I . " F ro m M exico to T ierra del Fue- go there is not a free or democratic c o u n tr y ,” said Ig n ac io C a stu era, Los Angeles District Supervisor for the United Methodist Church. Those who in the past have tried non-violent means to alleviate the tremendous poverty o f Latin Aster ican countries have o ften met u n tim e ly d eath s, said C a stu era. “ W hen you live in L atin A m erica, you live in a situation o f violence,” he said. “ Oceans o f poverty,” which sur round “ islands o f superaffiuence— a fflu e n c e lik e you w o u ld n ’ t be lie v e ,” create a p erv ad in g a tm o sphere o f v io le n c e , acco rd ing to C a stu era, w ho said th at “ in s titu - tionalized violence” — m alnutrition, poor health care, poor education— “ kills more people than guns.” " J u s t to teach a person to read and to add numbers” in such a situ ation, he said, is considered subver sive and violent by those m power. " I f anyone does not like this situa tio n and tries to do w om eth in g to stop it ,” he said, “ guns are there to put a stop to it . F ro m the R io G ra n d e to T ie rra del F u e g o ,” he said, " th a t is the situation in Latin A m erica.” C astuera described a " d ic ta to r ship o f the p arty " in his native M ex ico, where the ru lin g In s titu tio n a l Revolutionary Party “ has its tenta cles” in virtually all institutions, in cluding unions. The party is so pow erful, he said, that it subsidizes op position parties, including the corn- units p a rty . N in e ty percent o f the people vote, but only because they must— children o f those who d on 't are not allowed in school. M e x ic o ’ s c o n tin u in g econom ic p ro b lem s, said C a s tu e ra . have PRAIRIE MARKET FRESH MEAT IS AVAILABLE AT . 17« Matalla Aea. 10MB4R0 - Ib i I M. lie ta » OtIGOM CtTT POSTIAMO • I« « t • S.l. P h ial«« PORTIAMO - 19JJ S.l. Ptweg Mv4. SAM «AfAll - 1910 N .l. I li a d NtlUROM • 9«S S.l. Oak WOBT 0R0VI 1531 Pacific Ava. PORTIAMO ■ 74tfc ate GNaan h caused peasant communities to fall back on a b arte r system w hile the m iddle class is being driven dow n in to p overty. T here is " v e ry little hope o f major change," he said. L atin A m erican C hristians con cerned w ith the problems there are faced w ith a choice, said Castuera: whether to condone the "violence of hate” which reinforces poverty, or to support the "loving violence” o f the revolution. In c re a s in g ly , large num bers o f church people have come to believe in a “ liberation theology,” accord ing to Castuera, and are supporting the guerillas. " I f ! were in E! Salva dor today,” he said. " I would prob ably go with the rebels.” U n d er the influ en ce o f " lib e r a tion theo lo g y,” he said, something new has emerged in the Latin A m er ican re v o lu tio n — a cro s s-fe rtiliza tion o f Christianity and Marxism. In Nicaragua, the church came to be considered "th e strategic ally of the r e v o lu tio n ,” he said, and a •im ila r change in attitude is taking p<ace throughout Latin America. T h is " h y b r id iz a t io n ,” as C as tuera describes it, is a m oderating influence. " T h e Nicaraguan revolu tion is a fo rg ivin g re v o lu tio n ,” he said, p o in tin g to the absence o f mass executions a fte r the vic to ry there. Castuera was born and raised in Mexico and attended college in Los Angeles where he was involved in the C hicano civil rights movement o f the late '60s. He (ravels extensive ly in M e x ic o and L a tin A m e ric a , and receives news o f the situ ation there often from visitors. W hile attending a meeting o f L a tin American church people in Chile in 1972, C astu era said he was ex posed to Christians who were " in ti mately and passionately concerned with the p oo r.” Such experience, coupled with in volvement in the civil rights move m ent, caused C a stu era to evolve in to " a C h ris tia n w ho cares very much what happens to the p o o r,” so that now, he said. “ I am talking to you from the perspective o f soli darity with the p oo r.” C a stu era said it is essential fo r U .S. citizens to become aware o f the changes taking place in Latin Amer ica. " W e have to learn that is basi cally the same here, only less appar e n t," he said. "O p en non-violent action” is ne cessary to stop the flow o f U .S . m ili tary aid to Latin American dictator ships, he said. " W e have to learn fro m Viet N a m ," he said, “ where the people said, *N o m o re .' The forces o f the poor will take power as soon as the last U .S. bullet is shot." Ron Strait Mechanic K am au Anderson Engineer N o , they sh o u ld n ’ t I d o n ’ t think the country can afford it. Yes, it's the social responsi bility of the government to pro vide this basic human need to its taxpayers. Sue Mclnroy Merchandise Yes, I do. O ur insurance pre miums are getting out o f hand and there are too many people out o f work who cannot affo rd it. 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