Americans have big guns, but collectively, we're not that smart. As the butcher said, "Sometimes a little self-loathing is good." The electorate of America threw out an administration that produced record economic surpluses for a regime that brought on a world depression and government bankruptcy in seven short years.

What really has to be looked into again in depth is the very existence of the paper man (corporations). By their very size and being able to live longer than the average life span, corporations have an unfair advantage over mortal men. No regulation is poor regulation. Ronald Reagan took the steering wheel out of capitalism.

Again we face the same economic spiral as in 1929. Now that everyone is off the greed train, a new look at the paper man is needed. When corporations become so large that their fate becomes national fate, they are obviously too large.

Edward L. Barlow

Clayton