Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 14:45:54 MST

From: Tom Uharriet UTOM[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ADMN.712.NEBO.EDU

Subject: Re: FOR English Only



Milton Azevedo ctlntt[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU writes,



All other issues aside, I wish people would remember, when

they talk about FL materials produced at tax payers' expenses,

that the FL speakers who use those materials --electoral

information and ballots or driving learners'manuals, to mention

only two categories-- also pay taxes, so it isn't as if they

were benefitting from monolinguals' unvoluntary largesse.



While of course it is true that they all contribute to the tax base

of each state, there is a significant difference in operating costs

--and in educational costs--between English Only guidelines and FL

mandates. Everyone pays more without English Only legislation.



On the other hand, what evidence do we have that non-English speakers

are collectively better off in the long run by not being expected to

learn English? It is often argued that they are better served, at

least economically, by helping them to assimilate.





Tom Uharriet

Springville, Utah

utom[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]admin.712.nebo.edu