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From: slf@teddy.UUCP (Scott Fisher)
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Subject: Re: Re: Fuzzy headed liberal
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Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 17:16:54 EST
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> Fuzzy headed liberal? What does the phrase "war-mongering redneck" mean
> to you? 
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> Andy Banta			{decvax!allegra!ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-k!agz
> Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University --- "I'm OK, You're a CS Major"
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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