From: athos@apple.com (Rick Eames)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.clinton
Subject: Re: Setting some of Bush/Quayle's lies straight...
Date: 25 Aug 92 23:17:31 GMT
Followup-To: alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.bush
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In article <1992Aug25.160219.6206@rock.concert.net>, black@jazz.concert.net
(Rob Black) wrote:

> In light of Bush's acceptance speech and the Republican Convention as
> a whole, I thought I would take it upon myself to set a few of their
> statements straight. Please feel free to investigate these claims
> yourself, you will see that it is the truth.
> 
> Bush said: "Gov. Clinton's plan would raise taxes on anybody who has
> a job."
> 
> The Truth: Clinton's plan would raise taxes ONLY on people making more than
> $200,000 per year. Apparently President Bush doesn't know anyone who has a
> job that pays less than $200,000.

Ah, I see.  So what happens typically is this: you spend the $220 billion
that you want.  You also raise taxes ($150 billion by Clinton's plan). 
Then you don't collect the $150 billion that you thought you'd get because
people can legally defer their income in various ways.  So, now you're
screwed because you already spent the money (my former Gov'nr Mario Cuomo
understands this because he DID this a year and a half ago).  So now you
have to raise taxes on everyone else to make up the difference.  

Name me one time in history that raising taxes on the rich ever proved to
be a boom for society.
 
> Quayle said: Bill Clinton will not create new jobs
> 
> The Truth: As Governor, Clinton created manufacturing jobs at 10 times the
> national rate. Bush and Quayle promised 15 million new jobs by now in the
> 1988 campaign. They are about 14 million short!

He did this during the Reagan years of massive growth.  For a person that
bashes Reagan, Clinton sure likes to take credit for the good business
climate that was created during the 1980's.  How much of the job growth was
Clinton's policies, and how much of it was Reagan's?

Also, if I have NO jobs, then get 1 job, I have a 100% increase in jobs. 
 
> Bush said: Clinton's tax plan will raise taxes on the middle class.
> 
> The Truth: Clinton's plan will CUT taxes on the middle class.

See above.  This NEVER works.
 
> Bush said: "Under Clinton's health plan, you won't be able to choose your
> own doctor."
> 
> The Truth: This is simply a lie. Clinton's plan offers all citizens the
> normal choice of doctors. It will also cut down on health care costs by
> taking on the insurance and drug industry giants.

Good luck.  Eventually, it'll be like Kaiser and we all know that.

> Quayle said: Congress is to blame for the recession because they didn't
> implement the President's recovery package.
> 
> The Truth: Congress passed 6 of 7 items in the recovery package but Bush
> veteod them all. He rejected his own bill to protect some wealthy special
> interests.
>

No, he vetoed because of a tax increase.  Line-Item veto would have helped
here.
 
> Bush said: I have tried to balance the budget, but Congress wouldn't let me.
> 
> The Truth: A President can submit a balanced budget at anytime. Bush NEVER
> did. Under Bush, the national deficit has doubled to $400 billion. Gov.
> Clinton balanced the Arkansas budget 11 times in a row.
> 

He *had* to.  It's the same with Wilson: he HAS to have a balanced budget. 
And an executive doesn't ever balance a budget: the legislative branch
does.  

--
Rick Eames
athos@apple.com
My opinions are my own, thank you very much!
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