From: fierro@uts.amdahl.com (Doug Fierro)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.elections
Subject: Re: Perot very clear on issues
Date: 16 Apr 92 00:05:27 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

In article <1992Apr13.230228.22926@uunet!tellab5!odgate> mike@uunet!tellab5!odgate (Mike J. Kelly) writes:
>pmahler@StarConn.com (Paul Mahler) writes:
>>Mr. Perot's overriding concern is the state of the economy. In 
>>particular, the four billion dollars of debt that 
>>we Americans are burdened with.  
>
>>Mr. Perot pointed out in his PBS interview that over 60% of this debt is 
>>in short term instruments, bills and notes, that fall due within the 
>>next 10 years. As he said, every American should get down on his knees 
>>and pray each night that the Japanese and Germans continue to roll over 
>>this debt as it comes due.  The current free-fall in the Japanese stock 
>>market could very well bring bring this problem home to roost this year.
>
>>The current and recent governments, republican and democrat, have 
>>spent the nation into the poor house. This year's Federal deficit will
>>exceed four hundred billion dollars.
>
>>Mr Perot made AMAZINGLY clear the primary problem we face as
>>a nation.  Mr. Perot is willing to attack this issue head on. None of
>>the other candidates will even talk about it. As Mr. Perot said, if he
>>were Mr. Bush and he could get away with sweeping this issue under the
>>rug, he would too. The only candidate who was willing to talk about the
>>problem, Sen. Rudman, had to resign to make his point.
>
>>Mr. Perot made it abundantly clear that no other problems can be
>>funded until this problem is fixed.
>
>So .. he thinks the deficit is a problem -- now there's something new.
>Tell me a politician in the last ten years, Republican or Democrat, who
>hasn't SAID exactly what Perot has SAID -- the deficit is a problem.  We
>are mortgaging our future.  Etc, Etc, Etc.  The question is, WHAT WOULD
>HE DO ABOUT IT?  Well, when he was asked that in his presentation in
>front of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, he accused the
>questioner of being confrontory.  Then he fell back on that old culprit,
>waste and fraud.  That's what Ronald Reagan said twelve years ago --
>before he increased the deficit more in four years than all previous
>Presidents since Washington had done.

  Well, if you've been paying attention lately, you would have read
some of Ross's SPECIFIC solutions concerning the deficit:

    1) do not implode the tax-base of this country; specifically, he
       he is against the Mexico free trade agreement

    2) means-testing for Social Security and Medicare

    3) having a better working relationship between Govt. and business
       to create more tax payers- hence reduce the deficit.  Specifically,
       he favors a reduction in the capital gains tax, and 10-year 
       business/govt. plans to get industries in trouble on their feet.

    4) improved software for the IRS- projected revenue gain $100 billion.

    5) eliminating congressional and executive 'perks'- this includes
       jet flights to golf games, limos for senators, etc.

>>Later he spoke about the problems with our health care systems. 
>>He said he would find experts in health care to study the problem. 
>>These experts would be chartered to examine our health system, 
>>and every other health system in the world.  From these studies he 
>>would establish four pilot programs. If one of these programs proved 
>>successful he would move on implementing one of them.  As he said, 
>>this seems to make more sense than moving directly from a dumb idea 
>>to over funding to failure. 
>
>Oh a study ..... what a unique, fresh and innovative approach.  This
>shows one of Perot's main problems -- he's been so busy making his billions
>that he has paid absolutely no attention to anything else going on in
>the world.  

    This sounds like someone who has paid absolutely no attention to
anything going on in this newsgroup :-).    Perot has been using his
problem-solving methods since 1969- when he first worked with the U.S.
government to expose Southeast Asia's abusive treatment of U.S. POWs and
received the highest civilian award attainable from the Dept. of Defense
for his volunteer work.   He also worked with the Governor of Texas in
1984 to improve the education standards of his state.  I think it would
be hard for someone paying "absolutely no attention to anything else
going on in the world" to have a comprehensive knowledge on matters
dealing with the Middle East (he knows who Ambassador Glaspie is; do you?),
Japan, China, and Mexico to name a few countries.  This is a man who
is the recipient of prestigous awards like the Winston Churchill Award
(presented by Prince Charles in 1986) and the Raoul Wallenberg Award.

>Does he think that no one else has 'studied' the health care
>crisis?  Does he think that Washington is not just full of bookshelves of
>such 'studies'?  Or does he just not know what to do so he falls back on
>the old politician's standby, the 'study'.  And then the 'pilot
>program'.  And by then, it will be time for reelection anyway, so the 37
>million Americans without adequate health insurance can just wait for
>old Mr. Perot to 'study' their problems.
>
>Tell me honestly -- if this guy didn't have $100 million to spend, why
>would anyone take him the slightest bit seriously as a candidate for
>State Rep, let alone President?

  Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire.  He didn't make the rules,
but he sure can help to change them if he is elected.  With over 1 million
people calling his 1-800 number since March, even if everyone donated
just $50 each that is $50 million for a campaign right there.  I 
anticipate a larger number of supporters by this summer.


    Doug
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