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Focuses on issues dealing with the plight of middle-class families, with special reference to Michigan Governor James Blanchard and State Treasurer Robert Bowman's political layaway plan. Creation of the Michigan Education Trust (MET) by Bowman; Benefits of MET; Ways through which the MET project offers benefits to middle-class families; Lack of support from the federal government; Hope of Bowman and Blanchard that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service will give MET its tax break; Adoption of tuition guarantee plans by various U.S. states.

Details the economic issues surrounding ethanol gas production, which is headed by Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. in the U.S. Impetus to the availability of ethanol gas in the market; Competitive advantage of ethanol over ordinary gasoline; Extent of government subsidies provided to ethanol gas production; Ability of ethanol to generate vast profits while being completely uneconomical; Desperateness of the White House to pass the Kemp-Roth tax cuts; Issue of certificates to ethanol producers, by the Agriculture Department, entitling them for absolutely no charge to the surplus corn in government storage.