r: II Advertising Repre ent : T rry Broyl J rom K y •• Bob lwei -EDITORAL- U i unca i uncivi If the mar to say, the w y it tre one uncivilized place. The impact of Governor Engler' cuts on people in thi tate have yet to be fully felt. When the blow hits home it will not be pie ant. What kind of person would do this to the elderly: -Bliminate eyegl and vision care; cut tra portation medical care; deny oxygen service; b hearing aids and peech therapy; deny ho pice care; take away wbeelchairs and beds; prohibit physical therapy, occupational therapy; and remov ub- awe substance abuse services. . -PI ce liens on homes of th elderly to-pay for nursing home cos . -Eliminate state funded burials. -Elimin te hom help for 2,000 low-income eniors not eligible for medicaid. -Limit 6,300 indigent aged and disabled to medicare cost­ sharing benefi , rather tha full medicaid coverage. If that sounds like a cene out of a Dracula movie. Then, consider the kind of person to do this: -Reduce funds to stop child abuse and neglect. -Eliminate current energy istance program winter begins and reduce energy tance to families putting 55� at risk of electric shut off. =-Require day care co-paymen from women in school. -Fail to open two domestic �oleDCC belters which serve counties in Southwest Micbigan and rural Central MiChigan. -Cut shelter allowances to 23,000 homeowners. -Cut food and clothing allow nces for over 350,000 needy children by 6.2%. -Eliminate work incentive 40,000 AFDC working mothers. Those are just a few of the cuts that families will feel. Single people who are not disabled, are now totally cut off. ' 1be mean spirited folk who ay the folks can just get out and go to work think because they 'are safe, ecure, warm and well fed that the rest of the world could be too -if they just tried. It is unrealistic to think that part of this country-the inner cities - can be deprived, starved, turned out on the street and then ignored. Uke the folks who dream they can construct bio phere to escape the polluted environment, the rich and powerful think their suburban retreats are safe from the crime nd chao they've created in the cities. 1be rich and powerful may take jobs to the rient and Mexico in the pursuit of profit. They may channel funds to military might at the expense of housing and food fo lmost one-fifth of America's population. But such uncivilized havior will make the whole country one uncivilized place for all. The efforts by the poor to amass political power is the only way to begin to turn to this situation around. We just find it hard to believe the poor can wait for the political power to come to fruition. We fear things are going to get very uncivil first. , .. � � H�4& A R'GKT , 1t)KlSOWN oPt lON, EVERY �CE AAS A R\G� - ,-0' \'Te> OWN ACT\ON; . -n-\ER6.FORE. LET NO �N PE�UADE YOU It\�/:-JNS'" YOUR W\,l-L.. LeT NO �R �CE INFL..UE CE '