It's the people of the United States who are responsible for letting government become what it is today. We, the people, are at fault. We have accumulated a national debt of over 5 Trillion dollars, and continue to add to it every second. Last year I was the unemployed father of a two month old daughter. This year I am employed as an engineer with a major new corporation and the father of a bright fourteen month old.
Life is good.
Lawrence R. Westin Estero, Fla. 65 years old mostly retired. Our economic picture, today, is slightly better that it was a year ago, primarily due to a nice consulting contract last year and prudent selection of equity mutual funds for our investments. I am concerned more about the moral and ethical decay of our country than about any imminent economic disaster. I strongly fear that this breakdown in family bonding and lack of moral responsibility will lead to a far greater catastrophe in coming years.