From: cessna@kn5f.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Taylor Evert)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.bush
Subject: Re: I just can't figure it out....
Date: 8 Sep 1992 14:33:56 GMT
Organization: Loral Space Information Systems

In article <sam.1dju@terapin.com> sam@terapin.com (Sam Lewit) writes:
> 1) Have these 39% been in a cave?
> 
> 2) Have they been on vacation out of the country for the past 4 years?
> 
> 3) Are they all extremely wealthy? (At the onset of the 80's, Congress 
went
> along with the Reagan-Bush "voodoo" supply-side economics, making the 
biggest
> tax cut in history, and slashing social-service spending. The biggest
> benefactors were the rich. The share of the top 1 per cent almost 
doubled, 

If 39% of people are "extremely wealthy"  then Bush and Reagan have 
arguably done a pretty good job.   Could you define "social-service spending" and provide justification that it was slashed?   In fact I think you will find that it has gone up dramatically.

> 6) These 39% perhaps really believe the line blaming this whole mess on 
the
> Democratic congress! If the Democratic congress are all to blame, how 
come we
> never heard ole Ronnie complaining about them? Oh it seems *HE* was able 
to
> handle them, huh? Then maybe we need a president who COULD handle our 
evil
> congress. COME ON! Can't you people see through this fabrication?! This 
guy is
> DESPERATE!

Memories are short.  Ronnie complained loud and often.  He was better at 
getting the people to complain, too which is the main reason that Congress 
grudgingly cooperated.

> Well what about the House rubber check scandal you say? FACT: The *top*
> bad-check artist was former GOP Congressman Tommy Robinson (R-Ark) with 
996 to
> his credit. Other GOP standouts include Robert Davis (R-Mich) with 878 
and Vin
> Weber (R-Minn). FACT: The total number of rubber GOP checks was SIX 
THOUSAND,
> FOUR HUNDRED AND FOURTY-SEVEN (6,447) checks! As for those who bounced 
*no*
> checks, the Democrats edged out the Republicans 89 to 77!

The percentage of Democrats that bounced checks was still greater than the 
percentage of Republicans.  Why to you think Foley and Co. tried to go to 
great lengths to cover up the situation.?   Even arch-Republican Rush 
Limbaugh thinks the GOP bouncers should be tossed too.   My thinking is 
that Congress needs to make real changes in the system in which it 
operates..a system that encourages corruption, waste, and bureaucracy.   
The Democrats have it within their power to change the system and would 
probably have Republican support as well.  They haven't done it in the 
last 40 years.  Let's give someone else a chance, be it new Democrats or a 
Republican controlled Congress.

> Think back 12 years ago. Do you remember the once elegant Grand Central 
Station
> in Manhattan? Have you been there recently? The place stinks of urine, 
and
> there are bums asleep in every nook and cranny of the place. It's a 
sewer. This
> scene is being replayed in every town and city across America!

Is this the federal government's fault or responsibility...and it's been 
like that for a lot longer than 12 years.   I visited New York in the 60's 
and there were plenty of bums then, too.   The only reason they are in 
Grand Central Station is that the liberal Supreme Court has made it more 
difficult to remove them from public places.

> Think back 12 years ago. Do you remember how nice it was to take a walk 
around
> the neighborhood on a warm summer night? To do that now would almost be 
suicide
> in most major towns and cities. I live in an honest hard working 
neighborhood
> yet we hear gunfire a few blocks away almost nightly. This NEVER 
happened 12
> years ago. Ever!

Maybe this is the meat in the family values message that you find lacking. 
  When human life has almost no value at all....and parents take no 
responsibility for their kids activities.   Would you let your kid carry a 
handgun?   It seems to be the norm in some neighborhoods.

> Think back 12 years ago. Do you remember our streets and bridges being 
in the
> state of disrepair they are now?

Actually I think they have improved.  This was also an issue under the 
Carter administration.   Besides, most roads belong to a city, county or 
state, and they certainly have the power to improve them if required.   
Some states and cities do a pretty good job of it.  Others don't.   Maybe 
those states and cities that don't need to look hard at their officials.

> You simply can not "Just Say No to Drugs" out one side of
> your mouth, and then lay off half your police department due to cutbacks 
in
> federal aid and expect the problem to dissapear.

City and state politicians have the power to raise taxes also.   I haven't 
seen any city lay off half it's police force...and I'm sure most cities 
have many less essential programs they could cut back on if they wanted 
too.   

Mark T. Evert
Friendswood, TX

My opinions are my own.
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