Letter: Clinton trying to help the poor

The Republican members of Congress, for example, are silent on the problems. They are too busy figuring out how to get more tax breaks for the rich. Meanwhile, the rich-poor gap keeps growing. As President Clinton pointed out in Hazard, Ky., the other day: "Even though this is a blessed time for America, not all Americans have been blessed by it."

President Clinton's proposal to spend some federal money to provide businesses and jobs in blighted areas is a sound one when we have a surplus to finance the projects. It is certainly a better and fairer economic policy for all the people than giving capital gains reduction and other tax breaks for the wealthy, who don't need it.

ORVILLE GOPLEN

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