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Mandela
Wife of South African leader
disappoints those who want peace
There was worldwide jubilation when Nelson Mandela was released
from prison a little over a year ago. Yet at the same time
that South African Prime Minister F.W. Dc Klerk announced he
would work to bring apartheid to a close, Mandela's wife Winnie
was put on trial for kidnapping and assault.
These are not the racist accusations of the white police force.
Several black union leaders allied to the Mandcla-lcd African National
Congress testified that Winnie Mandela ordered the kidnapping
and beating of four young black teenagers who had quit her
so-called "soccer club."
Winnie Mandela used Mafia-like tactics to keep control of the
Soweto township. As John Carlin says in the Feb. 18 issue of The
New Republic, Winnie's Mandela United Football Club has been
accused of murdering 15 young men that refused to join the club
or violated her rules.
It is disheartening to see a woman who was hailed as a symbol
of black resistance to white oppression turn out to be no better
than a common street thug. Her trial could not come at a worse
time, as it comes only months after the controversy surrounding
Martin Luther King's plagiarism.
But where King eloquently spoke for peace and justice, Winnie
Mandela seemed to be working for her own aggrandizement under
the veil of racial equality. The next question to be asked is how
much did Nelson Mandela know about his wife's actions?
With heroes of the civil rights movement from two continents
being reassessed in the public eye, one wonders what black leaders
will take the lead. Will it be moderates such as Gov. Lawrence
Wilder and Desmond Tutu or radicals such as the ubiquitous
Louis Farrakhan?
The conviction of Winnie Mandela is shocking, but gives a valuable
lesson in the basic humanity of those we would admire. Just
as Mikhail Gorbachev has been revealed to be limited and weak,
Winnie Mandela proves that all heroes have feet of clay.
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noted, this is a larger increase in two years than
Jimmy Carter was able to achieve in four.
So, what's the problem? Conventional Keynesian
thought views government spending as a
positive force in the economy, providing needed
public good and stabilizing aggregate demand.
This may have been true in some past era, but
government passed the point of diminishing returns
long ago.
Federal spen
Many people are accustomed to thinking ol
the burden of government in terms of the money
missing from their paychecks every twc
weeks. Others gripe about the annual tax form
ritual, but usually get over it when the refund
check arrives, with interest and other opportunity
costs happily forgotten. The shrillest voices
over the past 10 years have focused on the government's
repeated forays into the nation's credit
markets.
Of course, all are partly right, but each perceives
only a fraction of the total cost of government.
Lacking any national debate on government's
competencies, failings and costs, it is
no surprise that many have come to think of
government's burden in narrow, incomplete
ways.
To approach the real story, we must look
beyond taxes and deficits to the obvious culprit
? government spending. It is this figure which
represents the public sector's direct claim on
resources.
While some are content to gape at the raw
numbers (like Bush's recent $1.45 trillion
budget proposal), a more appropriate measure is
the percentage of gross national product devoted
to federal spending. The picture isn't
pretty. When Reagan left office, this indicator
stood at 22 percent, the lowest level of the
1980's, but still well above his original goal of
19 percent.
In this new kinder, gentler era, however,
spending has surged to a record 25 percent of
national output. As The Wall Street Journal has
LETTERS TO T1
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If anyoi
To the editor: Ihfw^hn i
In response to Leisha Easte- sib|ye ^
gard s letter to the editor printed ,]]rp ,
Jan. 28, I am amazed at the state- sponse t0
ments she makes regarding the use ^ an(j 1
of animals in research. The letter is , TT<^
riddled with half-truths and abusi've
falsehoods.
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The National Cancer Institute fnl1. ? , .
, , ... . , . rail under 1
tias and still uses laboratory am- cQ
mals where needed to develop and ^ Dr0Der
refine potential cancer fighting
drugs. They do not torture animals ^ . ,
but comply with the Animal Weifare
Act of 1966 as amended. Any soarces Fa^
torture of laboratory animals is a Edmi
felony and punishable under this
ict and its amendments in a court
3f law.
Diethyl stilbestrol (very useful
in treating cancer of the prostrate), 1
penicillin, digitalis and aspirin are f-f-| ?-w
ill used extensively and fruitfully r"
n veterinary as well as human
nedical practice. To the edit
The alternatives to animal test- I would
ng cited have been used for years to Hope (
ind are a useful adjuvant to use lished in t
vith laboratory animals, but have must first
tot and will not in the foreseeable tion is nol
;uture replace the use of animals in Desert Sto;
liomedical research. President I
If Leisha Eastergard is aware of I would sa
iny inhumane treatment of laborat- simple rea:
)ry animals at any research institu- be true,
ion she should contact the Deputy The Un
Administrator for Regulatory En- comes invc
orcement and Animal Care, Un- simple reas
ted States Department of Agricul- - don is clea
ure, Washington, D.C. highly amt
She should be prepared to state himself as
pecific instances where cruelty or Arab Natii
nhumane treatment occurred. If chosen mi
ler cnarges are jusunea me cuipru means ui
vill be judged and penalized under Empire,
he provisions of the Animal Wei- His invt
are Act in, the Federal Court with little
Jystem. half of the
Dr. John Orem's work at Texas ter he triec
"ech University has produced val- his neighbt
table information about Sudden less tyrant
nfant Death Syndrome. Ms. will not st<
sastergard is probably aware, but power,
teglected to state that any implan- n0vv it i
ation of electrodes must be per- did not tak
ormed under antiseptic conditions against agj
nd on anesthetized animals. Dr. massed tnx
rem's research has been fruitful, der. In fail
dcs not torture animals and con- tions early
nues to be funded. govern men i
As a final statement, I would In its dc
ke to say that in the 45 years I in the Sov
ive been a veterinarian the many Europe ha\
search scientists in the biomedi- perhaps lh<
il field I have been in contact those situa
Public spending, whether taxed or borrowed,
diverts resources from the private sector, where
they are allocated by market forces and voluntary
exchange, to the public sector, where they
are redistributed by an increasingly corrupt and
arrogant political process.
More often than not, this transfers funds from
more productive to less productive uses, from
investment to consumption, from workers to
non-workers. Regrettably, by focusing on the
deficit and ignoring the numerous market distortions
caused by taxes, many policy-makers
imply that it doesn't matter how much the government
spends as long as it doesn't run a
deficit.
While federal spending is the most obvious
and easiest measure to compute, it is not the
most accurate. To the 25 percent of GNP spent
HE EDITOR
been kind, caring peo- But regardless, the sit
is no place in biomedi- exists and must be deall
ch for mistreatment or Please allow me to d
Kr>rQtr>nr onimolc PYQmnlp Accnm^ that
tcyvy* UUUl J UllXIllUlO* v/vuiu^iv. I umv U1UI.
le observes behavior of countries in the world ;
n any laboratory setting, in a playground with
d report it to the respon- The United States and
al. There is a USC Pro- Union are the biggest ai
Investigations and Re- kids on the block. One
Complaints Involving ies (Iraq) starts beating
Use of Laboratory Ani- smaller child.
^ doesn't condone any The child has little
jatment of animals and protect himself, let aloi
tigate any reports that and is beaten up badly,
ts jurisdiction. the bigger kids if they t
ntinually provides for help out the little guy
care and treatment of they don't, they establis
tory animals under its ous precedent for other
1 insists on a gentle, car- bullies, saying they ca
here in the Animal Re- thing they want by use (
:ility. If Adolf Hitler would
and L. Fountain, DVM stopped from re-milit;
n/^i n_i . ii m # . <
acnooi 01 ivieaicine Ktuneland, pernaps Wc
could have been avoidec
ripppcci^-y And I assure you ths
HCVCooIlj' Bush does not feel "tl
1{lrp lofpr prove he's a man." G<
^atC lalCl was the youngest Am
(meaning he shot down
or; fighter planes) of World
like to write in response He flew combat miss
D. Peebles' letter pub- Pac'Hc at an age yoi
he Feb. 6 Gamecock. I many ?j the students oi
say that the U.N. coali- Pus. an was s^ot d?wn
t involved in Operation anti-aircraft fire. He has
rm because of Exxon or fiends killed in war ant
lush's testosterone level. war s human c?st- He
ly we are there for one ta^e ,^e va'ue ?f hi
son, but that would not American, Iraqi, Saudi,
any other, lightly. Thou
ited States never be- y?un8 men who wil1
lived in conflicts for one hack from this confl
;on. However, the situa- heavily on his mind,
ir. Saddam Hussein is a ^*s my Pr?f?und hoj
iitious leader who views and others hke you w
a leader of a United ***??* of our action:
on. He seems to have a'so stale
litary conquest as his test war ,docs not ex'st
establishing an Arab Hussein s Iraq. I wou
thank and join you in y<
ision of Kuwait came of our trooPs ai?d wisl
provocation on the be- sa^e and sPeedy rotum.
Kuwaitis and shortly af- . Hal"es *
I to conquer another of International stu
)rs, Iran. He is a ruth- f J
and an egomaniac who r|;|
:>p in his effort to gain * HCI Q
s true the United States t0 edll|pt<
e a firm enough stance To the editor:
jression when Hussein Regarding ?5 ^. 8
)ps on the Kuwaiti bor- umn, ed.) "'EB * shoul
ling to attempt correc- fought by au^Mcrson
on, the United States Dennis Shcaiyy f agree
was in error. Holland's anc 'V. A1
fense, however, events theory about M, M -,nis
ict Union and Eastern Mr. Shcaly, jav<
'e been surprising and tedly seen tooyou1 % w,
J people who monitor ? especially r
lions were distracted, budget Victnan
movj
f.S. economy
at the federal level, add off-budget outlays, state
and local expenditures (another 17 percent of
GNP), the costs imposed by regulation, the opportunity
costs of resource pre-emption, and not
least of all, the loss of individual economic
freedoms.
Few realize that our economic liberties are in
far worse state of decay than the civil liberties
we always hear so much about. The growth of
government has shifted the efforts of many
away from earning their own incomes through
hard work and risk-taking toward asserting
claims on others' incomes through the political
process.
Along the way, property rights and economic
liberties are subjected to self-righteous attack!
and redefinition by Congressional committees.
This system works politically because of the;
concentrated power of special interests and the
tendency of all types of voters to suDDort the
politician who wants to spend more of other
people's money ? on them.
The American public needs and deserves a
national debate on both the benefits and, increasingly,
the costs of government spending
and interventions. As long as discussion centers
on the deficit and the so-called fairness issue, (
nothing productive wil be achieved.
That is, of course, unless higher taxes and
spending are your recipe for freedom and economic
growth.
Arthur Mayer is a student in USC's Masters
of International Business program.
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uation now eran of the LLSTArmy, I know ab:
with. out military policies from my own
raw you an combat service (Panama 1989) and
all of the from talking to senior noncoms
ire children and officers who served in
no adults. Vietnam and Korea,
the Soviet Your stories of raping women
id strongest and killing children is so much
of the bull- Hollywood bullshit! You really
up a much should ask people who know about
these things before you write vour
ability to articles,
ne retaliate, You say you won't fight for KuIt
is up to wait because it is an undemocratic
ire going to aristocracy, but does Saddam Husor
not. If sein have the right to move in by
h a danger- force and take over a country?
schoolyard Should we just let him have it
n get any- (K"wait)? We let Adolf Hitler take
)f force. Austria right before World War II
I have been and look how that turned out!
irizing the Tou talk about how Bush has
rid War II not tried to have a peaceful solu1.
tions. He tried every alternative to
it President military force, but force is all Hushe
need to sein understand. jorge
Bush Don't get me wrong, I am not
erican ace an ultra-conservative. I am neither *
five enemy a Republican or a Democrat; I
War II. choose my sides and make my deions
in the cisions on each and every issue by
mger than following my heart and using my
l this cam- mind.
by enemy "We should all pull together to
seen close try and get this conflict solved
1 he knows peacefully." Didn't you realize that
s does not the U.N. has been trying just that
iman life, since Aug. 2? Man, you must have
British or woq1 over your eyes and cottage
ghts of the cheese in your ears. You really
not come d?n't know what's going on.
ict weigh Try watching the news and reading
the paper (other than the com- !
ye that you ics) for a change. I don't think
ill see the everyone should go off and join
s. I would the Army, but if you are drafted
am to pro- (as I very well can and probably
in Saddam will be), you should serve.
Id'like to I can tell you from experience
>ur support that the main thing a soldier in the
* for their field craves is support on the
homefront for what he is doing. If
* Hoadley you run to Canada if a draft oc^es
junior curs, I hope to hell the FBI catches ;
k. you and locks you up!
i For your information, if you
iwCtS dodge the draft and have taken out
m g* anY government grants or loans for .
SCI} college, they automatically become
canceled, and payment in full is ;
due.
letter (col- I can't think of a better way to
d not be close than what Mr. Wimsatt did !
by Mr. with the quote from John Stuart
with Mr. Mill on Feb. 11. Please read that
cxandcr's again Mr. Shcaly and if you need
Shealy. facts on the war or the military 1
* undoub- will gladly supply it (my number
ar movies is in the Columbia phone book),
ated, low Billy DuPree
As a vet- HRTA freshman