From: mjg@sso.larc.nasa.gov (Marston J. Gould)
Subject: Re: Tsongas` chances
Reply-To: mjg@sso.larc.nasa.gov (Marston J. Gould)
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA  USA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 19:22:17 GMT

May of you might have heard that down here in Virginia I was distributing 
"The Call To Economics Arms" by Paul Tsongas on e-mail. I was tempted
to post it on alt.politics but was sent a lot of ugly mail from a bunch of 
uptight know-it-alls. Well, all told, I distributed 35,000 copies or so of the
"Call" .  The cause did have its purpose. We had so much support in
New York and Virginia that major blocks (29% in New York and 33% 
Uncommitted in Virginia) voted against Clinton. Alhough the odds are
still in his favor to win the nomination he still must pull a considerable
amount of the delagates from remaining primaries and caucus states.
So far, even after Tsongas suspension and Browns overwhelming
defeat (number wise), only 4 uncommitted superdelagates have committed.
Two for Clinton and 2 for Brown. If this holds up, Clinton will need some
60% of the vote in the remaining states. If they do go to Clinton, he still
need some 40%. Not an easy task.  It was obvious in our campaign here
in Virginia that Clinton is doing all he can to win no matter what. Clinton
made a deal with the state democratic chairs here in Virginia to bring
slates of people to what would probably have been a landslide victory
to the caucus. If the Uncommitted (Tsongas) group had not decended
on the caucus at the last moment , it probably would have been 80 - 90%
Clinton. However, buy registering late we were able to show people that
Clinton does not have the nomination in his back pocket.

For everyone's info here is a brief description (by the Post) of Tsongas
v Clinton in policy (I think the personal life differences are fairly obvious -
has anyone noticed that the media never went after Tsongas personal 
life or career - maybe that was because he is deep down - a pretty decent guy)

Economy/Trade

C: Cut middle-income taxes (with a big national deficit?) while expanding
the Earned Income Tax Credits for the working poor; eliminate tax breaks
for excessive executive salaries, create more than 200,000 jobs by acc-
ellerating federal highway spending, raise celing on mortgage guarentees
for first time homebuyers, provide 50% capital gains tax exclusion for
investments (including real estate) held for more than five years in new
businesses, make R&D tax credits permanent

T: Restore manufacturing sector with tax credits and policies that promote
investing (in equipment, R&D, and education); tax captal gains at lower long-
term investments by increasing tax rates on higher incomes; oppose middle
class tax breaks, make R&D tax credits permanent, replace quarterly financial
reports for public companies with semi-annual reports to encourage long
term planning; revise anti-trust policies to increase U.S competitiveness over-
seas by allowing companies to work together on projects instead beating
each other up. Expand availability of IRA's to promote savings (medical, 
college, and home purchasing)

You tell me which one sounds like its more a pay for entitlements and which 
one is more of "Ya, we can do that and that and that, oh and how are we going
to pay for it? Gee, I don't know, but will do it somehow.

More later (if requested on  Health Care, Labor relations, Education, Environment,
Foreign Policy, Defense, Energy, Social Security, etc.

FOR THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE IN STATES WITH PRIMARIES. YOUR VOTES
ARE STILL IMPORTANT. SO VOTE FOR TSONGAS OR UNCOMMITTED (OR
BROWN IF YOU HAVE TO)


-Marston Gould




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