THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, August 13, 1994              TAG: 9408120026
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A12  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

IT'S OUR MONEY

As a taxpayer and voter in this country, I am getting sick and tired of hearing ``the government is going to pay.''

Who do these people think gives the government its money to pay with?

They talk about universal health-care costing $50 billion - business to pay one-third, individuals to pay one-third and the government to pay one-third. Seems to me that individuals and the government are the same. This means we pay two-thirds and business pays one-third - and that's OK. But let's call a spade a spade and quit referring to the government as a separate money-producing entity.

We are the government; it's our money!

C. W. SEARS

Portsmouth, Aug. 2, 1994 by CNB