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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 5, 1975
( Editor’s notes)
Optional fees: pro, con
Every year the question of op
tional fees is discussed and rediscus
sed.
Proponents of optional fees argue
that only those who use a particular
service should have to pay for it.
Opponents of optional fees argue
that in order for the service to exist,
we all must pay for it.
Both arguments are good; both
arguments are bad.
Both factions find themselves
faced with the problem of where to
draw the line. If we have totally op
tional fees then we will have to do
without many of the services we
now enjoy. Without the certainty of
capital to begin the year with, many
of the services funded through
mandatory fees will have to fold.
On the other hand, if no one is
interested in a particular service,
why allow it to exist?
The point is, why solve one set of
problems with another? It only costs
each of us a little to have a lot. The
money each of us would save by
supporting only those services that
we use would be certainly small.
And, we must remember that if only
a few decide to support a particular
service the cost of that service
would be prohibitive.
Granted, the system has some
bugs in it. But, we shouldn’t trade
our old bugs for new.
Arms
stocking
continues
Associated Press
By JIM EARLE
SLOUCH
“We were wondering if you would like to become a Corps-
person?”
LONDON — China’s missile
program has slowed but the United
States and the Soviet Union con
tinue to sharpen their nuclear strike
forces, reported the Institute for
Strategic Studies.
At the same time, a new arms race
is under way in the oil-producing
countries, the institute said. Iran
and Saudi Arabia each tripled their
military budget in the past year.
Iran now spends more money on
arms than Britain.
The institute, an international
body of experts, analyzed data from
government, military, academic
and intelligence sources. Findings
were published in “The Military Ba
lance 1975-1976,” the 17th of the
institute’s authoritative annual sur
veys.
“China continued her nuclear
program more slowly than earlier
projections have indicated, ” the in
stitute said. It said there have been
no Chinese nuclear tests since the
16th was conducted in June 1974.
An unspecified number of inter
mediate range ballistic missiles in
the 1,750-mile category were added
by Peking during the year.
Turning to the superpowers, the
institute said although the Vladivos
tok summit last November prop
osed ceilings on the number of
strategic nuclear weapons, it has not
checked their development by the
United States and the Soviet Union.
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