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.
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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
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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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Fluoride, the moat signlflauit factor in the preve iiion and reduction o f tooth decay, is
n o « available to the public in the form o f mouth rinses to be used at home
U ntil recently, these products »ere available only be prescription or through a
dentist's office N o » a variety o f fluoride mouth rinses are available for ove rth e
counter purchase Several o f these have been accepted as effective in preventing decay
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A recent Food and Drug Adm inistration report also supports the use o f these fluoride
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and 50 percent
both the F D A and A D A recommend that non prescription fluoride m outh rinses he
used only by children over the age o f six Younger children may swallow the rinse
accidentally; excessive amounts o f ingested fluoride can result in discolored teeth
Fluoride, found naturally in some water supplies and foods, can make teeth more
resistant to decay when absorbed into the tooth enamel
The ideal level o f fluoride in drinking water is about one part per m illion, the A D A
reports Persons who drink from birth water with the optimum level o f fluoride have up
to 65 percent fewer cavaties than Iheir counterparts in nonflurotdated areas
In areas where the water fluoride level is less than optim al, supplemental fluoridk
obtained through fluoride toothpastes, mouth rinses and treatments at the dentist's
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