From: ecaxron@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Ron Graham)
Subject: Re: Steve Chaney, pacifist (Re: ACT-UP MUST be destroyed.)
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Date: 16 Oct 1992 13:35 EST  

In article <SCOTTS.92Oct16111002@MORPHEUS.CIMDS.RI.CMU.EDU>, 
     scotts@CS.CMU.EDU (Scott Safier) writes...

>In article <1992Oct15.172516.24557@csus.edu> 
>     chaneysa@nextnet.csus.edu (Stephen A Chaney) writes:

>Casey is a conservative Democrat, not a liberal.

AIDS $ notwithstanding, Casey appears to be somewhat less conservative
in other relevant areas:

	o  expanded prenatal and preventive health care for poor pregnant
	   women and children up to the age of six;
	o  increased state funding for the Women, Infants and Children
	   nutrition program;
	o  expanded nutrition counseling and food supplements for pregnant
	   women and mothers who are breast-feeding;
	o  tripled funding for school breakfast programs;
	o  funneled millions of dollars into early intervention to cover
	   every child who is developmentally delayed and needs these
	   services;
	o  expanded school-based infant care education, counseling, academic
	   and vocational training and child care;
	o  developed special homes where chemically-dependent mothers can
	   live with their children while they receive the long-term
	   residential treatment they need;
	o  expanded subsidized child care by 50% and established model on-
	   site child care centers for state workers;
	o  created adult education, job training and support services for
	   mothers on welfare to help them find good jobs; and
	o  made Pennsylvania the number one state in the nation in collecting
	   child support from absentee parents;
	o  made family and medical leave available to all state workers;
	o  developing a children's health insurance program to provide 
	   comprehensive, affordable health care for the 107000 PA children 
	   under the age of six who have no health insurance.  This coverage 
	   includes outpatient services, doctor visits, immunizations, 
	   diagnostic tests, prescriptions, dental coverage, eye care
	   and hospitalization.

Does this sound like "conservative" to you?

>ACT UP was probably there because of Casey's abhorrent record on HIV
>disease.  Pennsylvania spends about $0.49 per year per citizen on
>AIDS.  

Data deleted from this follow-up, but retained for reference.  If Casey
does run for president (and he should), he must address this issue.  But
the issue has limited relevance to *this* discussion.  And it does bring
up the question: if ACT UP has as its primary interest HIV research $, why
is the organization protesting this particular pitch?  Either the two 
subjects are not related, in which case ACT UP can find a better soapbox,
or they are, in which case ACT UP is fair game for counter-protests.

>Hard to assert Casey is pro-life, huh?  Doesn't sound real liberal to
>me, either.

I have no problem asserting Casey is either, for the reasons given above.
AIDS is a problem, but it ain't the only one.

RG

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