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THE BATTALi
AP Poll: Public opposes tax cuts;
one in five concerned about an audii
By Will Lester
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Six in 10
Americans say they are against
more tax cuts when the country
is at war and already faces budg
et deficits, according to an
Associated Press poll. Still, half
of all Americans say their taxes
are too high.
The poll, taken in the days
before Tuesday’s tax deadline,
found that 61 percent say it
would be better to hold off on
additional tax cuts right now to
avoid making budget deficits
worse and ensure there is ade
quate money to pay for the war.
Half that many, 31 percent,
said they think it is more impor
tant to pass more tax cuts to give
people more money to spend
and to stimulate the economy,
said the poll conducted for the
AP by ICR/International
Communications Research of
Media, Pa.
“1 think they need to figure
out how to pay for the war,” said
Joseph Ames, a 28-year-old
cook from Boise, Idaho, who
considers himself a political
independent. “They need to
broaden their search to see
where and who is actually
affected by these tax cuts. I
hear a lot of talk about the
little man getting stomped
on.”
A majority of those who
think taxes are too high and
a majority of Republicans,
56 percent, said they pre
ferred holding off on addi
tional tax cuts right now.
Three of four Democrats
said it would be better to
wait.
This session in Congress
lawmakers are debating a
possible tax cut, which
could be around $350 bil-
lion, though lawmakers are
still debating the appropriate £
size of a cut. Supporters of a
larger tax cut say it would be «o
a boon to the economy, and ™
opponents of the measure
say it would worsen federal
deficits expected to approach
$400 billion this year.
The economy’s continuing
problems have convinced some
that more tax cuts are needed.
Kathleen Blank, a 79-year-
old conservative Republican
ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL
Many think tax relief can wait
Thu majority of Amencana potted Bank t a better lohokicfii
tax cuts to avoid mating budget deficits worse and rnmlJ
m udequate rT»ooey for the wur with Iraq
1. How do you feel about the 3. How would you tar
income taxes that you
currently pay ? Do you think
your taxes are too high, too
low. or about light?
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reviewed for miilifo#
problems. Do youlMli
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taxes m very kkrtyrnw
likely, not too HA«ty, now
likely?
2. Do you think It is more
Important to pass additional
tax cuts to give people mors
money to spend and
stimulate the economy, or
do you think It le better to
hold off on tax cuts to avoid
making budget deficits
worse and ensure there Is
adequate money toe the war
with Iraq?
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from Palmdale, Calif, saids
convinced that more taxi
will stimulate the ecorcpbe consider*
“People get scared andquii:
ing when things are too to
she said. “If you can affor:
spend money, then
spend it.”
Plan
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If the top 10 policy is not enough for advo
cates of racial preferences, it is too much for
opponents who say percentage plans are affirma
tive action in disguise. Mark McCaig, vice chair
man of the A&M chapter of Young
Conservatives of Texas, said the policy favors
students from low-achieving schools at the
expense of better qualified students from more
competitive high schools.
“The plan discriminates against whites and
non-favored minorities including Asians,” said
McCaig, a sophomore business administration
major. “The best answer is a system based 100
percent on merit.”
Since the top 10 policy was adopted, more stu
dents with low SAT scores have enrolled at A&M.
According to the Office of Measurement and
Research Services, in 1996, 32 percent of black
freshmen had SAT scores less than 1,000, com
pared with 23 percent of Hispariics, 7 percent of
whites and 11 percent of Asians. In 2001, 43 per
cent of blacks had a sub-1,(XX) score, comp:
with 23 percent of Hispanics, 9 percent of
and 13 percent of Asians.
Among top 10 percent freshmen in 2001
who scored less than 1,0(X) on the SAT hi
average grade point ratio of 2.38, and those
scored more than 1,000 averaged 3.02.
However, Ashley said class rank wasal
predictor of a student's syccess at A&M than
scores. He pointed out that top 10 percent ste
have a 94 percent retention rate, comparedt
88 percent rate overall.
“Obviously, these students are not all
out,” Ashley said. “They are successful
like they are in their high schools.”
Berekat Bisrat, spokesman for the Afc
and compel
American Student Coalition, said the top II: his squad h
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said makin
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is “better than nothing,” but said affirmative^'
is necessary to make A&M more diverse.
“People don’t mind black studentsk
admitted on athletic scholarships, but the;l';
problem when students are admitted teV
their race?’ said Bisrat, a junior politiaW sTiK
major. “People need to be consistent.”
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tennis,” Kr
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Marines who flew them to
safety.
The others appeared to be
unharmed.
In interviews with reporters
from The Washington Post and
The Miami Herald, some of
the freed prisoners said they
had been kicked and beaten
when they were captured.
But they also said Iraqi doc
tors had perfonned surgery on
the two who had been shot.
Johnson said doctors told her
“they wanted to take good care
of me to show that the Iraqi
people had humanity,” but she
believed they had other
motives.
They said their jailers had
been cruel at the start, taunt
ing them, and less so as time
went on; they were interrogat
ed, but did not complain of
torture. As their captivity
lengthened, they were often
moved from place to place.
They were given water or
tea and rice, some pita bread
and sometimes chicken, two or
three times a day. They slept
under wool blankets on con
crete floors, and were not
allowed outside. Nor could
they exercise or shower.
At one point, they said, the
Iraqis moved an artillery gun
into the prison — making it a
target. Allied bombing came
closer and closer, and one con
cussion even broke the door
open, but the guards prevented
them from escaping.
They were moved often
after that. With each move, the
prisoners said, their conditions
eased somewhat. Finally, they
said, they were guarded by
police officers who paid for
their food and medicine.
Shortly after their capture,
the seven had been shown on
Iraq’s state-run television,
giving a human face to the
peril
confronting Americij
troops.
Nine others of the 50"|
convoy were killed.
The seven freed Sunli
were picked up wearing blm
and-white pajamas, khakisf
shorts.
Besides Miller, Johnson^
Hernandez, the others fromlti
507th were Sgt. James Rile)
31, Pennsauken, N.J., ai<
Army Spc. Joseph Hudson,!'
Alamogordo, N.M.
The others were Of'
Warrant Officer Ronald I
Young Jr., 26, and Cliift
Warrant Officer David ■
Williams, 30, of Orlando, ft
Back home, in Lit
Springs, Ga., Young’s fatluj
watched shaky video footajl
of the soldiers on CNN.
him, and I’m just so happy ft
I could kiss the world!” sat
Ronald Young Sr. “It’s bin
It’s definitely him.”
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