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Voting for politics a
real wasted vote
If you don't vote for Ross Perot,
you're throwing your vote away. If
you don't vote for Ross Perot, you're
voting for politics as usual.
There is no difference between Bill
Clinton and George Bush. They are
both part of the system. A system that
has created a national debt of over $4
trillion.
Vote for a real change on Tuesday.
David Cooksey
Class of '93
Clinton way too nice
to be president
Clinton is nice to Congress when he
says no term limits.
He is nice when he says more gov
ernment spending without taxing me.
He is nice when he says: "Don't wor
ry about inflation or the deficit."
He is nice to defense contractors
with his high-tech boondoggles.
He is nice to teachers' unions when
he says: "No competition for public
schools."
He is nice to lawyers when he oppos
es tort reform.
He is nice to exporters when he sup
ports free trade.
He is nice to inefficient industries
when he opposes free trade.
He is nice if you supported the Gulf
War.
He is nice if you opposed the Gulf
War.
He is nice to pro-choicers when he
says no restrictions on abortions.
He is nice to pro-lifers when he says
fewer abortions on his watch.
He sounds nice to everyone. He is
too nice to be president.
Michael Murray
Research assistant
Cyclotron Institute
Study reveals Clinton
economic flaws
Despite all the rhetoric by Clinton's
supporters on how Clinton will revive
the economy, a study by a private orga
nization says otherwise.
According to the study, sponsored
by the National Center for Policy
Analysis, Clinton's policies would re
sult in the loss of 747,000 jobs over the
next four years and increase the federal
deficit by $113 billion.
This study was conducted by an or
ganization that has frequently criticized
Bush administration economic policies.
However, it said that the president's
tax package proposed last spring was
considerably better for the economy
than the Clinton proposal because the
Clinton plan would discourage private
sector investment.
By contrast, the study said that the
Bush plan would lead to the creation of
396,000 new jobs by 1996. This seems
to be supported by the fact that the
country's gross domestic product grew
2.7 percent over the third quarter of
1992.
Michael Buck
Graduate Student
Say no to four more
years of excuses
In just a few days, we all have the in
credible chance to change our country
for the better.
Ask yourself whether you want four
more years of
— a president who lied to the Ameri
can people about taxes during the last
election, publicly admitted lying about
his opponent's last record during this
election and says he'll continue to lie
because he'll do anything to be re-elect
ed
— the worst economy since the Great
Depression.
— pro-family lip service and anti
family legislation.
— flagrant disregard for the environ
ment on all levels.
— a vice president who's a national
embarrassment.
— tremendous unemployment.
— inept foreign policy. Remember
that Bush built up the Iraq military in
the first place.
Clinton says that we can create new
jobs without sacrificing the environ
ment.
And that college education should be
available to everyone. And that the
welfare system needs to be changed so
that welfare recipients who can work,
do work. Clinton is actually talking
about the issues, and his ideas are good
ones.
After 12 years of excuses, it's time to
re-enfranchize all of the American peo
ple and move forward.
Bush had his chance and failed; let's
give Clinton the reins in November.
Sharon Semik
Veterinary student
Truth about Clinton's
economic plan
Kyle Sanders' letter states that
"Hopefully, some people will make an
effort to learn more about the real is
sues concerning the economy..."
Please allow me to help educate the
voters on Clinton's economic policy.
According to a recent report by the
National Center For Policy Analysis (a
non partisan think-tank which studies
the economic impact of every major
bill) Clinton's economic policy would
result in the following:
(1) Private sector investment in the
United States would be $413 billion less
than under present policies, resulting in
more than 1 million lost jobs by the
year 2000.
(2) The nation's output of goods and
services would be $173 billion lower by
1996 and $584 million four years later.
(3) The loss of tax revenue would re
sult in the federal deficit increasing by
$113 billion.
This forecast does not include the
negative effects of mandatory health in
surance, which could double the ex
pected number of lost jobs.
This to me is not the plan of a vision
ary, unless that visionary sees a nation
in worse decline than it supposedly is
now.
I agree with Kyle Sanders that the
important issues involve the economy,
the federal deficit and our future. But,
according to this report, Clinton is not
the answer.
Paul Ache
Graduate Student
Get the facts straight
before writing
This letter is in response to the Fri
day, Oct. 23 letter by Kyle Sanders.
I will grant that the upcoming elec
tion is one of the more important issues
in the news today, but your belittle-
ment of other current issues discussed
in The Battalion was unnecessary.
At least the people who write in con
cerning local issues are expressing
opinions on subjects about which they
typically have knowledge, unlike your
affiliation with election issues.
If you had watched the news or the
debates, you would know that Bill Clin
ton never said anything about cutting
taxes on the middle class.
He said that he would not raise taxes
on the middle class to support any of
his proposed new programs but he nev
er said that he would not raise taxes on
the middle class for other reasons.
In addition, you mentioned that
Clinton would support a "system
where students could go to other than
their neighborhood schools." I guess
you were letting us know that Clinton
is supporting President Bush's proposal
for a voucher system to reform the
school system.
Other changes that President Bush,
the person who "does not realize that
our country is in need of change," pro
poses are line item veto power for the
president and term limits for Congress.
Your comment about President Bush
being "too proud to admit that he has
made mistakes" further illustrates your
cluelessness.
In the debates. Bush admitted that
his "no new taxes" was a mistake, and
he subsequently requested that Clinton
admit he made a mistake when he
dodged the draft and protested against
the United States in Russia, which Clin
ton would not do.
I would much rather read accurate
and informed editorials about less im
portant issues than read inaccurate and
uninformed opinions about more im
portant ones.
Ed Delise
Class of'91
Perot's gas tax poison
for farming economy
Lately I have heard a lot of people
praising Ross Perot's gas tax proposal.
Obviously, none of these people live in
a rural community where gas consump
tion is a necessity.
-I live in a rural community and I feel
that Perot's proposal would hit hard at
home.
In a rural community, such as mine,
many people make their living by dri
ving around the countryside.
Farmers have miles of land to cover,
to check their cattle or tend to their
crops.
People would probably argue that
the farmers should get more fuel effi
cient vehicles, but has anyone ever tried
to haul a loaded trailer with a little
truck?
Full sized trucks are required to pull
the loads that farmers have to pull,
which means higher gas consumption.
I admit that a fuel tax would help
bring air pollution to a minimum.
However, that counts mainly for ur
ban parts of the country where there
are millions of people driving on a dai
ly basis.
If the gas tax proposal is passed it
would take a large chunk of income out
of the farmer's pocket.
If anyone knows a farmer, you
should know it is already hard enough
for them to make a comfortable living
without having another tax thrown on
them.
John Roane
Class of '95
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