Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.PCS 1/10/84; site hocsf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!hogpc!pegasus!hocsf!docs From: docs@hocsf.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Mondale-Reagan debate Message-ID: <159@hocsf.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 10:47:29 EDT Article-I.D.: hocsf.159 Posted: Wed Oct 10 10:47:29 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Oct-84 07:12:54 EDT References: <242@mhuxm.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 25 REFERENCE: <242@mhuxm.UUCP> I listened to the first 1/3 of the debate and saw the remainder on TV. I thought that Mondale looked very strong. Though both of them danced around questions(these are politicians we're talking about), Mondale seemed more direct. Reagan's under- standing of economics is just amazing. Imagine me thinking that the deficit had something to do with interest rates. How stupid of me. I don't like the idea of more taxes for the middle class. I think we pay quite our share now. I just hope Mondale can manage to keep his promise on not raising taxes to those of us that pay 30% of our salary as it is. Someone has to force those leaders in Washington that we don't want them spending all our hard earned cash on their little pork barrels. This is the only way to cut the deficit. And I don't think a President is in the position to do much about that problem. I'm looking forward to the next debate. In a lot of ways I think that domestic issues are more important to the average American than foreign policy. We tend to be very concerned about what happnens to our pocketbook. If that's in good shape, we can worry about other things. Sharon Badian