From: cessna@kn5f.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Taylor Evert)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.bush,talk.politics.misc,alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.elections
Subject: Re: Better Off Than Four Years Ago NOT
Date: 20 Aug 1992 20:59:54 GMT
Organization: Loral Space Information Systems

In article <1992Aug20.173307.25429@aero.org> foy@aero.org (Richard Foy) 
writes:
> Barbara Bush asked "Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?"
> She weasled out of that question by talking about changes in XUSSR.

Labor Secratary Lynn Martin asked that question, not Barbara Bush.

> I am planning a foreign vacation. It will now cost me a substantially
> larger per centage of my income than it would have 4 years ago.

But I guarentee the airfair will be cheaper than 12 years ago if you 
adjust for inflation due to deregulation under Reagan..

> I eat out a lot. It costs me a substantially larger percentage of my 
income
> than it did 4 years ago.

Better restaurants?  Seriously.

> I drive around LA a lot. It takes a substantially larger percentage of my
> time than it did 4 years ago. I read the news. In spite of the Willie
> Hornton ad there is a substantially greater amount of crime in it than
> there was 4 years ago.

I drive around Houston a lot.  It takes less time than 4 years ago.  We 
elected a tough new mayor this year who gave new life and support to our 
police department.  Crime in Houston is down 37%.  The point is that you 
will have much better luck combatting it on the local level than depending 
on the feds.   BTW, George Bush's crime bill, which takes a tough stance 
against crime and has some real teeth to it has been languishing in 
Congress for most of the 4 years.

> I like to be able to relax in nature. There is substantially less clean
> nice nature than there was 4 years ago. I don't like to worry. I spend a
> substantially greater percentage of my time worrying about ozone holes 
etc.
> than I did 4 years ago.

Don't blame Bush for your worry.  Blame the enviromental extremists like 
Al Gore who don't know what they are talking about, and then quit 
worrying.   Also remember that you don't have to worry about the Soviets 
pushing the button in the middle of the night and obliterating the world.

> I like the women that I know to have the same opportunities, freedoms and
> choices that I have. Their choices are substantially less than they were 
4
> years ago. Not incidentally, the Reagan Bush Supreme Court have reduced 
my
> freedoms as well and will go on doing so for many more years.

There are substantially more women in highly paid professional positions 
than there were 12 years ago or 4 years ago.  My wife is one of them. Where is your proof that there are FEWER choices.  
Name one freedom that the Reagan Bush Supreme Court has taken away from 
you personally....

> Though I lead a life style that Clayton Cramer and the Religious Right
> would probably approve of at least as far as sex and drugs are concerned,
> I am substantially more at risk of aids than I was 4 years ago.

Can you blame this on the President?  Do you think that 4 years of Clinton 
will change that?  or even 12 years?

> No! I am not better off than I was 4 years ago.

With that attitude, you probably won't be better off after 4 years of 
Clinton either.

Mark T. Evert
Friendswood, TX

My opinions are my own.
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