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Date:         Tue, 14 Apr 1992 19:05:13 EDT
Reply-To:     "Efstratios N. Kontogiannis" <enkontog@MAILBOX.SYR.EDU>
From:         "Efstratios N. Kontogiannis" <enkontog@MAILBOX.SYR.EDU>
Subject:      US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

Below are a few facts about the running presidential candidates. Although
not an in-depth summary truly interesting.

PRES. GEORGE BUSH

BIRTHPLACE: Milton. Mass.
EDUCATION: BA, Yale University
PUBLIC CAREER: Congressman from Texas, 1967-70; US ambassador to the UN,
               1971-73 US liason chief in China, 1974-75; head of the CIA,
               1976-77; Vice-President, 1980-88; president 1988 to present.
KEY POSITIONS: Would incresase education funds by 7%, including increases for
 Head Start.
-Advocates capital-gains tax cut from current top rate of 28% to a maximum
rate of 15.4% to for assets held at least three years.
-Proposes cutting defense by $50 billion over 5 years.
-Supports merit pay for teachers.

GOV. BILL CLINTON(D)
BIRTHPLACE:Hope, Ark.
FAMILY:Married, one daughter
EDUCATION: Georgetown University, Yale Law School; Rhodes Scholar at
           Oxfoed University, England.
PUBLIC CAREER: Gorvenor of Arkansas, 1978-1980, 1982 to present
KEY POISITIONS:_Calls for a trust fund from which college loans can be drawn
                to be paid back as a percentage of income or through national
 service.
-Supports Head Start
-Supports national examination system in math and science
-Would cut $100 billion out of the military budget in the next five years.
-Suggests cancelling the SDI program

PATRICK BUCHANAN (R)
BIRTHPLACE:Washington, D.C.
FAMILY: MAried, no children
EDUCATION: BA, Georgetown University; MA Columbia University.
PUBLIC CAREER: Editorial writer at the St. Louis-Post Dispatch; Adviser
to Presidents Nixon and Ford; communications director for Reagan;
syndicated columnist and TV political commentator.
KEY ISSUES: Eliminate capital-gains tax for people making under $50,000
, and cut capital-gains tax in half for those making over $50,000
-Enforce trade laws by swiftly imposing countervailing duties on nations that
 dump products below cost in the US.
-Limit terms for members of Congress to eight years.
-Roll back Congressional pay raise by 50%
-Freeze federal hiring and salaries.
-Impose a two-year moratorium on all new federal regulations.

JERRY BROWN(D)
BIRTHPLACE:San Francisco. CA
EDUCATION: Jesuits' Sacred Heart Novitiate, 1956-60; BA UC Berkeley;
           JD, Yale
PUBLIC CAREER: California Secretary of State, 1971-75; governor of California
1975-82 and chairman Democratic Party, 1989.
KEY ISSUES: -Would phase out nuclear power plants in the next 10 years.
-Proposes program to produce non-polluting and efficient sources of enenrgy
-In favor of trade agreements generally, but opposes fast track negotiations
for a free trade pact with Mexico.

H. ROSS PEROT(I)
BIRTHPLACE:Texarkana, Texas
EDUCATION: US Naval Academy
PUBLIC CAREER: Never held public office
-Gegan his own software company in 1962 with $1,000. Sold it in 1984 for
$2.4 billion. In 1979, he hired commandos and participated in a raid in Iran
to free two of his employees who were held hostage.
-Headed task force for education reform for the State of Texas, 1983.
-The Perot Group, run by Ross Jr., donayed $14 million and 400 acres out of a
4,800 parcel for the Alliance Airport to relieve congestion in the Dallas-
Fort Worth area.

-Gov. Bill Clinton if elected, would be the first "time" that there are
two professionals in the White House. Let us not forget that previous
First Ladies have influenced and "run" the US.
-As for Perot, he is neither a true Democrat nor Republican but a
combination of the two. Observers say he is a problem-solving pragmatist
deviod of ideology.
-Bush's most enduring legacy could be the international trading system...
not the lessons of the Gulf War.

I have been fortunate to see both Clinton and Brown as they visited the
Syracuse University campus. Clinton although concerned about the NY
Democratic Vote, seemed very confident and relaxed. He definetely,
in my belief, is a truly remarkable speaker.
-Gov. Brown for me does not portay to the General American audience
presidential qualities. For example, lack of sophistication and has
a bad habit (campaign problem) of showing up on time.
-Perot can definetely pose a serious problem to the republican presidential
candidate. Only time will tell. Former President Reagan failed to attend
a $1,000 plate dinner for the Bush campaign. When Bush visited Reagans
residence, Reagan ordered that the gates be covered with brown paper as to
not let reporters know Bush was there. There exists a Republican "ideological"
confrontation between the two.


The comments do not express the views of the typist.

STRATOS KONTOGIANNHS
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, MAXWELL SCHOOL
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