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The Changing Role of Government From the New Deal to the Raw Deal Part II-Politics Tilis is Iile se(,()lId pari ill a two-parr series olllile ,I'/(Jle of Ameri('a ill 1992-wilere We are. h0l1' we g Ol here, and ~1 ' 1I(' re 10 go IIOH', Hou,e lIjority Leader Richard Gephardt (O-Mo.) tells a stor when he want. to make a point "bout health-care. A few years ago. when Gephardt', son W;L~ very sick, the story goes. the congres man met a man in a St. Loui, ho,pital who's own young son \Vas suffering from cancer. Both fa thers shared it smal l waiti ng room as thei r son, underwent test s and treatment. After a few meetings, the man confided in Ihe congressman. He said. with tear, in hi, eye" he was ,cared. lie had to take ul a col lect ion in hi, smail town 10 pay I'or his so n' , chemotherapy- 350 a week. He said he woke up in the middle of the night in a "vc'lI think ing wha t he woul d do if he lost 11 i s ,on beca lise he cou Idn ' t raise enough money. SenatorTom llarkin (O-Iowa) te lls a story whclI he want, to make a point abOutlhe dignity, pride and future of \ orkers in merica. He told it during hi, presidential bid. and he continuc, to lell il while cam paign ing for Democ rali c Presi dcnt ial Nominee Bill Cl in ton . It·, about his brother. Frank. Frank worked at a "nail mWllIt11cruring plant in Iowa. He \Va, a proud A W member. One day. the family who had owned the plant for years sold it to an aggressive group of young investors, who dec ided to cut CO' L~ by busting the un ion. A Cler ,cveral years working without a contra I. the workers we nl on Sirike. They were all replaced wilh scab. Frank. who had worked III Ihe plant for 23 years. was oul the door withou t health insurance. or any kind of reti rement. Frank is deaf. and had to acce pt lhe on ly work an unemployed. unskilled, 54-yearold deaf man could---cleaning bathrooms in a shopping mall al night. Two polit icians, twO sad stories. Two indictments on the changes in the American byslell1 of helping those in need. Two examples of where posilive government aClion cou ld make a real di fference in Ihe lives of hardworking. middlc-class American . Few would argue with Congres man Gepllardt and enalor Harkin that the nited Slales is in a difficult predicamenl I day. Las! month 's IBEW l Oll/'llal article, "Where Have A ll the Jobs Gone'!" (part one in this ~eries ) looked at some of the economic causes of how America gOI into the sit uation il ':-. in now. where unemploymcl1I i; lip. e on0111i growth is down and consumer ontldence is at a dismal I w. Thi s monlh lhe .lol/l'I1al will look at the polirical ilUation. and see where we might go from here. III EW JO " i'A L/OCTon E" 1992
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