From: an030@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Broward Horne)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.elections,talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: WELLLLL! IT'S DAY ONE. WHERE'S THE PLAN???
Date: 24 Jan 1993 03:57:31 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: an030@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Broward Horne)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, visser@convex.com (Lance Visser) says:

>	Constructive Criticism #1:
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>	Get on the phone with your local party hacks and convince then
>	to tell Bill Clinton and his handlers that the deficit is a serious
>	problem.  That lying to people and telling us that the deficit can
>	be solved by growth is something they should not do. 


                 Holy BACKPEDAL, Batman!


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>	Tell Bill that there is the political will outside washington to
>	really do something about the deficit right now if he has the 
>	courage to resist bad "ideas".  Some specific items to note:


            Ahhh, but *is* there?  After all, Clinton was elected by 43%

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>		1.  Federal programs and spending cannot be expanded any
>		more.  The Federal government cannot take on huge new 
>		responsibilities until the deficit in the budget is 
>		brough under control.  That means NO national health
>		care plan, NO national service plan, NO sixty billion
>		dollars of new federal economic "stimulus".



              Holy NUCLEAR BACKPEDAL, Batman!!!
     
 
          I know 80% of the voters who will be mighty unhappy with 
          this one now.

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>		2.  The deficit can only be controlled by a combination of
>		tax increases and spending cuts.  We cannot spend more 
>		deficit money to reduce the deficit as Clinton and his
>		people are saying currently.



        Hey, obviously you're wrong.  Reich says we can do it.
        Ted Frank says the deficit isn't important.
        Dr. Eisner says it doesn't matter, too.  Not even if it
        were $14 TRILLION.

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>		3. The way by which social security and medicare are 
>		currently being funded is unfair in that in both
>		cases, the programs should be supported by the taxes
>		raised in their name.  Social security surplus taxes
>		should not go to reduce the deficit in the rest of the
>		budget.  If Medicare cannot support itself from its tax,
>		then its tax should be raised until medicare pays for itself.


         Oh, ho, ho!  

         I don't think social security is unfair.  
         I think it's perfectly reasonible for me to pay into it
         for another 10 or 20 years and watch it go boom.

         Yep, me and millions of other americans are just going 
         to sit there, pay, and watch our futures wither away.

         Because it's RIGHT!  And it's FAIR!

         Come on, Lance!  Man, just when all us useless bitchers
     were about to hop on-board, you're changing trains!

         Come on!  Free health care!  Family leave for all!
         More jobs!  A healthy gas tax to wean us away!
         Tax the top 2%!  


         Everybody, get on-board.  
            Don't miss the graaavvvvvvyyyy train!
         Everybody get on-board!


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