The Plight of Workers

It is not too often that I find myself agreeing with Jesse Jackson. His Column Left (Sept. 3) presents a case that even the least sophisticated worker relates to without having to read of his plight.

It is my thought that as our political and business leaders work to further widen this chasm, the social fabric of our country frays and crumbles.

Is it any wonder that the vast body of the electorate is less than warm to any of the present candidates of either party?

Any candidate who could convince the voters of his or her absolute honesty and would work to bring reasonable balance to our government and wage structure would be elected almost without opposition.

Elected officials of all parties seem to overlook whom they represent and chase endlessly after funds to perpetuate themselves in office.

RICHARD B. PRIDHAM

Downey

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* In his Labor Day speech in Monterey, President Clinton showed his true colors when he stated that employers should share their profits with employees. Did he say anything about sharing the losses? Of course not.

Clinton thinks he will win California’s 54 electoral votes with his liberalism. I think he will lose. The voters in California are not rubber stamps such as they were during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s days.

Socialism proved disastrous to the Soviet Union and to the communist countries in Eastern Europe. We don’t want it here. Can you imagine what it would be like if the federal government managed all the banks, manufacturing industries and supermarkets? We’d have mass starvation and waiting lines for everything. No thanks, Mr. Clinton, I prefer America just like the original founders of this country intended it to be.

And I would like to remind Clinton that profit is not a dirty word; it is what makes our standard of living the greatest in the world.

STEPHEN SWIATEK

Yucca Valley