Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 4/2/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!drutx!butch From: butch@drutx.UUCP (FreemanS) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Fuzzy headed liberal Message-ID: <1368@drutx.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Nov-84 12:50:48 EST Article-I.D.: drutx.1368 Posted: Mon Nov 5 12:50:48 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Nov-84 06:53:15 EST References: <483@pucc-k> <1128@shark.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 47 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