Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site teddy.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!teddy!slf From: slf@teddy.UUCP (Scott Fisher) Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Fuzzy headed liberal Message-ID: <837@teddy.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 17:16:54 EST Article-I.D.: teddy.837 Posted: Fri Nov 2 17:16:54 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Nov-84 22:02:41 EST References: <570@loral.UUCP> <483@pucc-k> Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 49 > Fuzzy headed liberal? What does the phrase "war-mongering redneck" mean > to you? > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andy Banta {decvax!allegra!ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-k!agz > Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University --- "I'm OK, You're a CS Major" > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are 2 major considerations in the political race: 1:war Mondale would have us make some sort of an agreement with the Soviets to limit production of nukes. They have proven they can't be trusted by playing around with chemical warfare stuff which is prohibited by the Geneva Convention. They probably feel they can't trust us to keep to such an agreement either so both sides will make polite noises at each other and either we will both keep making more weapons or we will diminish our supply while they build up theirs. Not a very good idea. While a nuclear war is not survivable, a laser war is. Mondale wants no part of the "star war's" weapons which are the only alternative to nukes. Of course the survivability depends on building up enough of these laser weapons so that we can get rid of our nukes which would be the prime targets for the Soviet's lasers. Personaly, I would rather have killer satellites destroying each other rather than nukes destroying each other. A side point to disarmament is the economy. Where do you think we get these weapons? Do you think we buy them from the U.S.S.R. or Japan? The answer is they are made right here in the U.S.A.. Building up of weapons builds the economy. More demand for weapons means more jobs, less people on the unemployment line, and more people with money to spend. 2:economy By raising taxes people have less money to spend. When people have less money to spend they tend to hoard it rather than spending it. This hurts businesses. When business is bad the gross national product goes down. The deficit is dependent on the GNP so guess what? Mondale just made it worse by his solution! Conclusion There is no stopping the arms race. As long as the Soviets know that when they push their button uncountable missiles will be sent to their country I don't believe they will push it. Deterance is the only answer. Scott Fisher