Portland Observer, March 2, 1963 Page 5
Washington Hot Line
by Congressman Ron Wyden
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Street Beat
This week's question is, "H o w do you
feel about welfare mothers being forced
to work? Even if their income is less than
if they had stayed on welfare?”
by Lanita Duka and Richard Brown
Washington. D.C. is the capital
dty of rhetoric. Nowhere else in the
country can you hear so many peo­
ple describe so mat / programs with
such great enthusiasm—and so little
relation to the hard, cold facts.
President Reagan's 1984 budget
proposal is a case in point.
When the President presented his
proposal to Congress on January
I I , he asserted that the net effect of
the plan would be to freeze all gov­
ernment spending save for the m ili­
tary. Once one strips away the rhe­
toric and takes a close look at the
fine print, however, the concept of a
real spending freeze falls through
the cracks.
In reality, the President's p ro ­
posed 1984 budget actually cuts $3.5
billion from 20 programs that assist
this country's poor and disadvan­
taged, including Aid to Families
with Dependent C hildren, M e d i­
caid, food stamps, child nutrition,
handicapped education, child abuse
and legal services. These cuts, con­
tained in the so-called frozen bud­
get, combined with proposals en­
acted in 1981-82, will slash fiscal
1984 spending on poor and disad-
vamntaged by $12.5 billion.
A quick review o f just one o f
these programs— Aid to Families
with Dependent Children (A FD C )—
shows that the cuts proposed by
President Reagan are— at the very
best— ill-advised.
Even before President Reagan
took office, welfare aid for families
was a small and shrinking part of
the federal budget. In fact, average
fam ily welfare payments have de­
clined more than 30 percent in pur­
chasing power since 1970. And in
the last two years, A FD C has been
reduced by 13 percent.
The biggest losers in this sad bud-
gel-cutting attempt by the Reagan
Administration—which will do little
more than put a nick in the esti­
mated $175 billion federal deficit—
have been the working poor fam ­
ilies. most of which have income be­
low the poverty line despite their
work efforts.
No one feels stronger than I do
about the need to reduce the growth
in federal spending and balance the
federal budget. Yet a look at the
means by which the Administration
intends to achieve its meager savings
takes these proposals beyond being
ill-advised to the point of being non­
sensical.
Savings would come from such
tactics as reducing welfare benefits
if families share a house or apart­
ment with friends or relatives, or if
minor children earn some extra
money. Families would also be de-
nied assistance if the father left
home to look for work. W ork re­
quirements to qualify for aid would
be strengthened—at a time when
more than one out of every ten A m ­
ericans can't find a jo b — but the
program that helpes find jobs and
training for the poor would be elim­
inated.
By contrast, the President, in the
same budget, proposes to increase
spending for defense purposes by
$39.1 billion, with total proposed
military spending for 1984 of $245.3
b illion . I agree that the United
States needs a strong defense. Our
military budget, however, must be
given the same scrutiny as that given
to programs which assist the
poor—with the possibility of realiz­
ing much greater savings than the
proposed $3.5 billion to be saved by
cutting programs for the poor.
Before becoming law, the Admin­
istration's figures must undergo the
scrutiny o f Congress, which shows
signs of taking amuch tougher look
at smart savings in military spending
than did the President. Congress
must take on this task and restore a
sense of sensibility to the entire fed­
eral budget so that the poor and dis­
advantaged can have the opportun­
ity to become productive, not just
poorer and more disadvantaged.
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Twiqullla Sander«
Student
Frank Wang
Restaurant Owner
It depends on the effects of
the fam ily. But if people are
able to work they should work.
I feel negatively about it be
cause there it no chance for
women on A .D .C . to get ahead,
especially those with children.
Greg Oatlund
Sales
I can go along with that if
they are trained and childcare
provided. There is always some­
thing you could find. I don't
want my tax dollars paying
someone who doesn't want to
work.
Bills provide state economic investments
prises. These loans would be coor­
dinated with programs of the Small
Business Administraton to provide
lower interest rates and guaranteed
loans for business start-up or expan­
sion and for research and develop­
ment. Further, HB 2002 proposes
that a $100 m illion State General
Obligation Bond be administered by
C D F C . Interest subsidized loans
would be offered to local govern­
ments for repair and construction of
sewers, roads, bridges and other
public facilities and services needed
for economic development. Finally,
C D FC could package local bond is­
sues in a single State bond issue,
providing lower interest rates for
additional municipal borrowing.
The Linked Deposit System
would require the State Treasurer to
deposit the State's general funds,
prior to their expenditure on State
services, on a com petitive basis.
Where to deposit the surplus in the
State's “ checking account” would
depend not only on the rate of re­
turn a bank offered, but also its rec­
ord of in-state investments, loans to
small businesses, loans in targeted
areas and other factors, and how
much o f State deposits the bank
would pledge to put toward invest­
ments o f benefit to the Oregon
economy. These requirements
would support the efforts o f the
Community Development Finance
Corporation by providing increased
incentives to banks for financing
business development in Oregon.
Support for these measures has
already been expressed by a variety
District 18 Rep. Ed Leek an­
nounced the introduction last week
of two major pieces of legislation di­
rected at Oregon’s economic recov­
ery. House Bill 2002 would create a
Community Development Finance
Corporation which would provide
loans to local governments and to
small and m inority owned busi­
nesses for purposes of economic de­
velopment. House Bill 2003 would
enact a Linked Deposit System for
the deposit of State general funds in
banks on the basis of their invest­
ments in Oregon’s economy. Refer­
ral o f the two measures to House
Committees is expected this Tues­
day.
“ These two bills provide a
positive, integrated strategy for Ore­
gon’ s economic recovery,” staled
Rep. Leek. “ They provide much
needed tools for effective State in­
tervention in the process of econom­
ic development. First, they concen­
trate State efforts on stimulating job
creation by small businesses and lo­
cal governments, rather than subsi­
dizing profits of large corporations.
Second, they target State interven­
tion to areas of the state where it is
most needed, areas of high unem­
ployment and low incomes. Third,
they coordinate State programs with
Federal and private sector efforts,
to insure that State dollars have
maximum impact.”
The Community Development Fi­
nance Corporation would provide
venture capital to small and minor­
ity owned businesses, employee co­
operatives, and other local enter­
Stephen Gray discovered the principle of conduc­
tion, or the actual flow of electricity in 1729.
•
The average person can distinguish about 150 differ­
ent colors; while someone with an expert eye can pick
out more than 100,000 hues.
•
When we look at the galaxy Andromeda, we are see­
ing light that left it before the first men appeared on
Earth.
The annual harvest of an entire coffee tree is required
for a single pound of ground coffee.
We d o n o ^ o business with South Africa
/Imerican State
Bank AN INO€PENDENT BANK
Head Ottica
2 7 3 7 N. E. Union
Poriiend, Oregon 9 7 2 1 2
of organizations, including (he As­
sociation o f Oregon Counties, the
Oregon A F L -C IO , and other
groups. It is expected that they will
be referred to the House Committee
on Housing and Urban Develop­
ment or the Joint Com m ittee on
Trade and Economic Development
for hearings.
"The current recession and its in­
credible cost in human suffering has
been caused by federal policies, in­
cluding President Reagan's tax-cuts,
his maintenance o f high interest
rates, and his massive defense
build-up at the expense o f human
services and jobs. Until federal pol­
icies change, (here are limits to what
a State government can do to bring
about economic recovery. Hut we are
nowhere near those limits. The Leg­
islature can either follow the lead of
the Governor and say that little can
be done, or we can move boldly
ahead with a responsive and respon­
sible program to meet (he crying
needs of Oregonians for jobs now,”
stated Rep. Leek. " W e can and
must act to pass such a program for
Oregon’s future."
Jessie Rogers
Barber
Kay donee
Housewife
I don't think they should
have to.
I don't think you should
force anyone to do anything
that's against their w ill. I f the
job is payin less than if she was
on welfare then we are not
helping anyone.
BROK&,,
I feel negatively about it be­
cause there is no chance for
women on A D.C. to get ahead,
especially those with children.
Z SETH
Y F A R thousands of youngsters suffer facial and oral injuries in accidents,
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falls or «port« activities
The result i> frequently broken teeth— leelh that arc chipped, cracked or fractured
I ehruary it National ( hildren's Dental Health Month and your dentist wants Io remind
New owners
renovate
Holiday Inn
The Inn at the Coliseum (fro m
Holiday Inn) was named firm of the
week by the Eastside Commercial
Club. Receiving the word, general
manager Pat Connel, gave an up­
date on renovation progress.
According to Connell, everything
should be in place for the Grand
Opening about the middle or end of
A p ril. In spite o f the massive
changes that are taking place, Con­
nell indicated business has not only
continued, but at times has been
quite brisk.
A look skyward at the Inn and
one can see the new solar system,
one o f the state’s largest. Each of
the 184 rooms is being totally
stripped and re-done: new furnish­
ings, new beds, everything. The new
kitchen is in. The new lounge and
restaurant are beginning to take
shape. The outside is now starting to
take on a new look. Ready for
summer will be the new outside
lounge, along with a covered swim­
ming pool for year round use.
The Inn presently employs 70
people. M ore are expected to be
hired as expansion plans complete.
Portland's Grayson Investment
Company purchased the facility in
November of '82, and with the reno­
vation will once again regain use of
the name Holiday Inn. Grayson also
owns the Corsun at 809 SW King St.
in Portland and the Sportsman Mo­
l d in Bend
General manager Pat Connell)
was form erly with Brooks Re­
sources in Bend as manager of
Mount Bachelor Village.
Twiqullla Sanders
Student
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A chipped tooth it the «saint to treat Usually the dentist can smooth out the tagged
edges io restore an even contour It the chip is large, a process called bonding, in which
a plastic resin it painted on the tooth, may be used Io fill in the chipped area
A fractured tooth alto may require repair by bonding a plastic resin to the tooth In
some casei a temporary cap and eventually a permanent crown will have to be placed
over the tooth to protect and restore it
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I to serious dental problems A violent blow lo ihe mouth can rupture delicate blood
vessels inside the tooth, which could later lead lo an abscess and possible looth loss
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