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...QUESTION of blame becomes irrelevant now that the American auto indistustry is suffering from a prolonged sickness, or at least from a serious coughing spell. In addition to the economic motives for trying to heal the industry are interests of international prestige: the automobile symbolizes American technological and economic strength. Federal bail-outs, however, fail to confront the more fundamental problems of economic dislocation...
...long spell of little economic progress, or actual retrogression, may cause people to conclude that the system's potential rewards are not worth its real risks. Rancorous confrontations among government, business, labor and a thousand contentious factions could erupt. Warns Arizona Congressman Morris Udall: "When you get a constant pie, and when any group like the steelworkers or the longshoremen gets more, then somebody has got to get less. We have got to adjust to slower growth, and the story of the 1980s will be how we adjust...
...capitalist system. As the example of the Allende government in Chile indicates, democratically-elected socialist governments may have to combat a lack of business confidence or outright business sabotage. As head of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC), Harrington is committed to peaceful change and socialist reform: he should spell out how to get there...
...strongly opposed by ranking military brass in Europe. The commanders contend that the presence of dependents is a positive morale factor that far outweighs any disadvantages. In separate interviews with TIME Bonn Correspondent Lee Griggs, Generals Pauly and Kroesen argue that a reduction in dependents in Europe would spell disaster. "Having dependents here is a heavy plus," says Pauly. "If a war situation developed, our people might even fight a shade harder if loved ones were here and in need of immediate protection." Observes Kroesen: "I believe it is an absolute necessity to have dependents along. Dependents help provide...
...maybe two, inflation can be absorbed without paring services to the bone. "Everyone knows there is some fat in government," Sullivan says, but then he quotes State Sen. Barney Frank--"The problem is the fat is marbleized." But too many years of inflation and a continuing tax cap only spell disaster...