—::~=:f:mi- _ “"mflzz‘w: / The Cadre, Nov. 11, 1975, page 2 Wage. and Price Policy One of the things which has become increasingly clearer and clearer as the conditions of the system deteriorate is the ineffic- acy of government policy. It undoubtably is true that government never has had any great effect; it is only when the need for action is big that the lack of it be— comes apparent. The implementation of the recent wage and price con— trol program is a case‘in point. Too often we assume that something like infla- tion is a "bad thing" with— out ever bothering to ask who it's bad for and indeed Ugh Rep” Dear Kip, Thanks for the honor of being the "ugliest man on campus",but I feel that I am not really the ugliest man on campus,it was just that I was‘one of the least "but- est" men on campus,that was around at the time of voting. As far as I can see most of my worthy competitors eith- er hid behind their football gear down in the basement of Dalton or at home under their Mommie's wings.Take one person for example,J.P. / , if it is equally bad for ev— eryone. Few people would angue when I say that pensioners and those on fixed incomes- suffer worst but it goes further than that. Since the total GNP has remained rough— ly the same during the past few years, then inflation has served mainly to re-dis— tribute the income of the country. Some groups gain while others lose. We all know some of the losers — aside from the above-ment— tioned group, the biggest losers are the poor since inflation in the prices of "eSsential serviCes has been from underneath his helmet he got 6 million votes alone and I think that he should be acclaimed as"the ugliest man on campus". By the way, the way he got his votes was when a CBC cameraman mistakenly shot a picture of J.P. with—. out his helmet on,causing the camera to break and the film was mistakenly shown' on the CBC National News. Yours, Bob (Barrelhead)Palmer clarifying note:J.P. macInv tyre is known as Mr. Asbes— tos because of the frequency of his being burnt. Offence Unintended I notice in the past few issues of your paper,sever- al comments given against certain articles which have offended themselves or oth— ers.May I remind these peprf ple that the purpose of a university paper is to bring controversial subjects out- into the open to be agreed with or disagreeded with accordingly.(but certainly not to be shit on.) \ Avoids *Renl Problems;i more.than other commodities. As for the winners, we all know some cases — oil mii- lionaires, civil servants, etc. ' What is perhaps more sig— rnificant is the manner in which this re—distribution ‘ has taken place.-The prime way to get ahead of the game is to be a member of a group which has some sort of power to wield. The major bene— ‘ficiaries, then have been members of big unions, big businessmen, etc. ‘ The government in its response to inflation, has consistently failed to con- sider'these facts — that in—" flation has acted and will continue to act as a re— distributor of income in favor Of those with the most power. It has made no att— empts to rectify the imbal— ance nor even to consider what a just distri— bution of the nation's weal— th would be. It rather has restricted increases for the people it is easiest to restrict, ire respective of who isflmaking the minimum wage and who is making $25,000+. Profits are not to be retricted ex— cept in the most indirect of ways, agricultural products 'ies anyway (otherwise they ThacounaykgaMyunflnwkmmIfiuumklrsflmmqubgs”’ ~ , are not to be restricted, rents are not, etc. This k entirely aside from the qugh stion of how we can contra ‘ prices in the internationa market. . » 'It is interesting toneh that the above categories contain some of the richem people in the countryxagrp business, landlords and capitalists. There has beg no consideration for the poorer segments of the pop ulation except those makhm less than the poVerty line, and most of those have no way to redress the inequip would not be below the poverty line). Since inflation is not beingeproperly dealt with by this program, then it 3 inevitable that it will fan While it will probably, in the short run put some sum of damper on the problem, because it allows the extMt inequities to become‘largq then eventually all it win cause is more unrest, more strikes, and more inflatim, The solution not only does not solve the problem but makes other ones worse. , (Anne this date. cation, we must know the identity of the author. si‘ons to CADRE,U.P.E.I.,- of Membrial. Editor Dave MacRae The CADRE is a member of the Canadian University Press Deadline for art- icles is every Friday at 5:00 TM.- No articles will be con— .sidered for publication past While pen games wi11_be accepted for publi—i. ’Address all mail or submis- Charlottetown, W4T POW or just drop it through the slot in our door in the basement “1; o 49$ ‘4 (i 's’umw as y Zia-J? v . b n . 1914034. an. «- gnawed-3.33 nu await H533“ l 33648 ’83?”- 3 EN 13;“; ,1"! 1. 834‘s GOD-inund- Jeannie 1-3004 sun. on ' any. .uS\VNtlI(O\£|II¢2&.£I ’0!!! .9n 3r“ I ‘. in “swim ‘ mom -Managing Editor Tony Reddin: -C.U.P. Editor' _ . Sports Editor Mickey Place .Head Reporter Kenny Higzns .Staff: Chuck Gosnell V It has been aptly pro- ven in the past that the most controversial articles MacIntyre,(known affection- ately to the members and coaching staff of the foot- ball team as Mr.Asbestos.) I think that one occassion Continued on page 10 he dared to show his face -‘