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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: They Can't Drive 55
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Date: Sat, 28-Sep-85 06:45:33 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 28 06:45:33 1985
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>Just one point about your article.  In the first item,
>you say that Reagan promised to do away with the 55
>speed limit.  Not so.  Reagan never promised to do
>away with the 55 limit.  He was asked this question
>in a news conference and he replied that he would look
>into it.  That does not constitute a promise to do away
>with the limit.  You may question whether he looked into 
>the problem, but since there was no promise implied,
>he wouldn't really have to follow up.  It would be nice if
>he did, but, politics being what they are, don't hold
>your breath.

While strictly true, it ought to be pointed out that in the
Republican Party Platform in 1980 there was a statement to the
fact that a Republican government would abolish the 55 MPH
speed limit in order to allow the trucking industry to move
goods from one location to another faster, thereby increasing
productivity and lowering costs.
-- 
James C. Armstrong, Jnr.	{ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa

I'll keep an eye on the old man, he seems to have a knack for getting
himself into trouble!

-who said it, what story?