ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, April 24, 1993                   TAG: 9304260350
SECTION: A-9 EDITORIAL                    PAGE:    EDITION: METRO 
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ENHANCING THE BUDGET DEFICIT

YOUR EDITORIAL (April 5, "Blazing trails - literally perhaps") states that "there is $7.5 million out there waiting to be grabbed for transportation `enhancement' projects." You point out that many groups have a "crack" at this money. You refer to this as "exciting," and it certainly is. This "will amount to $155 billion nationwide over the six years . . . " Isn't $155 billion almost half of the budget deficit? No wonder we have a problem! ROBERT J. HUMMEL ROANOKE 


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