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From: butch@drutx.UUCP (FreemanS)
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Subject: Re: Fuzzy headed liberal
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Date: Mon, 5-Nov-84 12:50:48 EST
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What alot of the conservatives on the net don't understand is that
even though Reagan gave us a tax cut is that they are really not
better off, but are really about where they were.  I saw on PBS about
a week or two ago an election special where the commentator said
that most states had to raise state, local and property taxes to
offset the federal cuts in programs to aid states.  This effectively
eliminated the Reagan tax cuts to the middle class which bear the
brunt of the taxes anyway.  
  
Now if you're middle class and have kids, this means that you may
will have to pay for your childrens college education.  Which is
going up at least 10% a year.  Most private universities cost 10,000
a year, and public universities about 5,000.  With all the
conservatives screaming for more cuts, these poeple will probably be
the first to complain about bad roads, expensive college costs,
waste dumps, and city services.  Wake up people something has to pay
for all this! 

What all the left-wing and right-wing advocates have to understand
is that there is a middle road.  What goverment has to understand is
how much is enough.  Do we need all the military and social services
spending.  I think that we could probably cut about 10% of each and
still have a strong defense and still preserve the safety net. 

As for the deficit I think we all agree that this is probably the
most important economic issue.  Whoever is in office is going to
raise taxes, maybe not personal taxes, probably a VAT, taxes on
corporations, elimination of exemptions.  Regardless of where it
comes from the middle class will get the shaft they always do. 

 RR's foreign policy has been a fiasco since he took office,
lebannon being the worst.  The Reagan administration was against
Duarte talking to the rebels in El Salvador.  The Reagan
administration is on record wanting a military solution in that
country.  Nicuaraga is similarly like our involvement in Vietnam, In
1980 we had no military advisors, today we have about 2000.  Will
there be a war in the next four years?  The right likes to flame
carter, but let me remind you that this is the man that gave us the
camp david accords, opened up china to trade, signed the panama
canal treaty.  RR is on record opposing all of these,  remember that
RR called Kennedy a marxist sympathizer.  

So on Tuesday you will all have a choice and PLEASE GO AND VOTE.

                         Destroyer of Myths,

                                S. Freeman