From: pjm@anegada.sps.mot.com (Patrick J. McGuinness)
Subject: Clinton's supports ( was Re: Legalized Theft 
Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin TX
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:28:10 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.192441.19001@news.columbia.edu> js13@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (J. Andrew Smith) writes:
>
>	PLEASE, someone with closer-than-normal access to Clinton,

Based on your post, you seem misinformed about Clinton's positions.

>PLEASE get these messages on the air:
>
>ABORTION
>1. A law disallowing abortion is as stupid and cruel as a law
>   FORCING abortion -- that's why our stand is pro-CHOICE, NOT "pro-
>   abortion", between which Republicans can't tell the difference!
The Democratic platform supports public funding of abortions.
This is more than choice - it is public support.

>TAXES
>1. As I understand Clinton's plan, those whose taxes will be RAISED
>   are the wealthiest TWO PERCENT, whereas the remaining NINETY-EIGHT
>   will get LOWER TAXES.  Therefore the label "tax-and-spend liberal"
>   is 98% inaccurate.

Clinton also proposes raising taxes on business, which will hit everyone's
pocketbook. 
He proposes an $89 billion income tax increase. however, it will only
worsen the deficit as it will not raise the revenue he cliams.

>   a. Taxing and spending is better than spending without taxing,
>      i.e., mortgaging our future on future generations!

True. It is therefore truly sad that Clinton plans to do NOTHING
to fix the deficit, that after four years of Clinton *if we're
lucky* we'll see almost $1 trillion more added to the national debt,
and that Clinton, along with almost all of Congress' biggest spenders,
opposes the Balanced Budget Amendment.

It is also sad that despite our deficit, Clinton sees fit to add
billions in new spending, yet his only feeble attempts at
cuts in spending are gimmicks (like bee subsidies, Congressional staff etc.)

>   b. The tax increase Republicans are complaining about is simply the
>      total amount of increase:  again, 98% will get LOWER taxes!

False. Clinton proposes a pay-or-play health plan that will hit all
Americans. Democratic Congressional leaders, including Al Gore, have
voiced support for increasing the gas sales tax again. Some in
Congress last year (hey, Al Gore again! on the tax increase bandwagon!)
proposed increasing taxes on everyone making over $40,000. This year,
the Congress turned Bush's economic recovery plan into a tax hike;
Bush (thankfully) vetoed the nonsense.
And Clinton proposes over $100 billion in new taxes even *before*
he's elected. God knows what the total tax bill will be after.

Meanwhile, The Republican platform contained a clear tax reduction plan.

>JOBS
>1. Anyone who thinks a capital gains tax break translates to more jobs
>   knows NOTHING about how to create jobs!

Hmmm. Then why does Clinton propose his meaningless, narrow capital gains
tax cut?  On the other hand, a broad capital gains exclusion can help business
formation and capital mobility. This helps create new businesses and new jobs.

>2. WORKFARE!  Put the able homeless (including residents of Florida
>   and Louisiana after hurricane Andrew) to work rebuilding roads,
>   bridges, dams, railroad tracks, etc.!

Good idea.  Too bad the Democrats in Congress oppose the idea of
giving states more freedom to create workfare plans. (Witness their
opposition to helping out Republican Governor Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin.)
Clinton has to kowtow to the AFL-CIO on such items as trade and workfare,
and with him in office, progress on getting workfare implemented
will slow.

>3. Tax business well, but give big breaks for being small.

Clinton's economic plans are going to hit small business like a
hurricane. Clinton is in favor of increasing the regulation of small
businesses and increasing their tax burden. 

>ALSO give
>   a break for every employee on the payroll and every dollar in the
>   payroll.  This will be a monetary incentive to create MANY jobs and
>   DECENT jobs BOTH.

Wow! This sounds EXACTLY like Reagan's tax cut plan!
You know, cut income taxes, increase the personal exemption.
Cut taxes => greater economic growth. Well, it worked in '83 -'89.


>	Dare I say it:  keep hope alive!	-JAS

Yeah. Our only hope will be in surviving 'til '96.

>| "Against stupidity even the gods fight unvictorious." - Roman proverb	|

Alas, too true.  From what I hear, stupidity is 10 points up in the
polls. :-\

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Pat