U.S. Debate Over Soviet Aid
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While I might agree with Aspin’s suggestion about sending food to the Soviet Union on a basis of humanitarianism, I do have some questions.
The Soviet Union grows all the food it needs, but people still go hungry. Why? Because their rail transportation problems are a self-inflicted wound. Adding the string of requiring Russia to move to a market economy is not unreasonable.
Getting the money from the Pentagon is the typical liberal answer to any budget question. In this time of massive budget deficits coupled with a recession, this shows the usual knee-jerk answer of liberals. If the idea has real merit, then why not pull half from the Pentagon and the other half from the social services and social-engineering programs that liberals have pushed for in the past?
JAMES KNIZEK
Santa Ana
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