From: demon@desire.wright.edu (Stupendous Man)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.clinton
Subject: Same old story, different people
Date: 14 Oct 92 16:17:30 EST
Organization: Demonic Possesions, Inc.

In article <29312@life.ai.mit.edu>, 75300.3115@compuserve.com (Clinton for President) writes:
>  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        
>  OCTOBER 13, 1992                             

	Hey, Clinton people, I didn't see these the first four times they were
posted, could you post them again???  (Sarcasm will be provided for those who
haven't noticed it yet.)

>                      #1 SHIPPING JOBS OVERSEAS
> 
>  RHETORIC: "We have never subsidized any country--or any company to
>  move from the United States to Latin America... We do not have any
>  program that encourages companies to close down here and to go and
>  invest on foreign soil.  That is absolutely outrageous."
> 
>  REALITY: As revealed by "60 Minutes" and "Nightline" exposes earlier
>  this month, taxpayers are paying hundreds of millions of dollars to
>  encourage U.S. firms to move their jobs to Central America.  Under

	A lie.  US policy has been to develop Latin American and the Caribbean
basin so that they can stand on their own economically.  The fact that Al "did
not" Gore and Bill "did too/did not" Clinton can't see the benefits in this is
yet another reason not to vote for them.
	The money goes to facilitate the creation of factories and jobs for US
companies--so US comanies can make money, the other countries can make money,
and the US consumer can *spend less*.  Hey, that's why you don't like it!!!
It's the spending less thing!
	Far from being a program to ship jobs south, it will help develop the
rest of the Americas to the same economic level as we are.  Do you think GM and
Ford want to sell cars to the rest of the Americas?  Do Apple and Gateway want
to sell them computers?
	Of course they do.  But Al & Bill would rather build walls and tariffs,
and lead us back into the 1930s.

>  Bush and Reagan, U.S. AID and other agencies have provided
>  low-interest loans, subsidized worker training, construction of
>  office or manufacturing space, and an elimination or reduction of
>  tariffs for firms that locate in "export processing zones." Some $289
>  million has gone to export promotion organizations in El Salvador,
>  Honduras and other countries.  [CBS "60 Minutes," 9/27/92; Los
>  Angeles Times, 9/24/92]

	Much to the benefit of Honduras, El Salvador, and the US consumer.  The
losers?  Why the overpaid US manufacturing workers, who used to get paid
$20/hour to do what others are willing to do for $4/day.  Welcome to the world,
overpaid labor union members!

>  REALITY: The U.S. government has spent about $150 million for job
>  training in the Caribbean.  During that same period, the federal
>  government has spent just over $100 million for retraining American
>  workers whose jobs have gone offshore.  ["Nightline," 9/29/92]

	As if actual amounts are the real yardstick?  In once case were helping
entire nations to develop, in the other, we're retraining a few thousand
workers.  Hmmm....
	Seems like $150 million is kind of low.

>  REALITY: According to the Bush Administration itself, USAID gave $102
>  million to a "trade promotion" organization in El Salvador, known as
>  FUSADES, which then took out ads in U.S. journals encouraging
>  American companies to relocate to Central and Latin America,
>  constructed factory and office space for the relocating companies,
>  and provided start up loans as additional incentives to relocate.  In

	What the countries do with their economic aid is up to them.  Unless
Bill & Al want to try and make Latin America economic vassels of the US.  Is
that their plan?  Economic slavery for hispanics?  Tell us the truth.

>                  #2 THE CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE
> 
>  RHETORIC: "You know full well the Caribbean Basin Initiative, you've
>  supported that."

	He should have said "you voted for that".  Which Gore did, in 1990.

>  REALITY:  On April 24, 1990 the Senate passed the Customs and Trade
>  Act, S. 504, 92-0.  This is one of the votes cited by Quayle and was
>  not a specific vote on CBI.  In fact, on the only vote on CBI at that
>  time (a measure to decrease the tariff on rubber sole shoes), Senator
>  Gore voted no.  The vote cited by Quayle was a vote on an omnibus
>  trade bill that included legislation to increase trade to Hungary; a
>  ban on the export of logs from federal lands; the reauthorization of
>  the office of the United States Trade Representative and other U.S.
>  trade programs, including CBI programs.  [Pgs 211-217 1990 CQ
>  Almanac]

	Hey, Gore voted for aid to the Caribbean. If you want to slam Bush for
signing large budgets, Gore gets slammed for lying about aid to the Caribbean. 
Or is Gore proud of promoting economic slavery for the Caribbeans?

>                       #3 EARTH IN THE BALANCE
> 
>  RHETORIC: "Senator Gore has suggested to have the taxpayers of
>  America spend $100 billion a year on environmental projects in
>  foreign countries... it's in your book.  On page 304.... It is
>  there... It is in your book."
> 
>  REALITY:  Nowhere in Senator Gore's book does he propose "$100
>  billion of foreign aid for environmental projects."  In the book, he

	That's the rub.  How much will it cost?  $100 billion is a good figure
because that's the only comparison we can make, outside of Gore fessing up.

>  notes what the Marshall Plan would cost in 1992 dollars, but he made
>  no specific proposals about financial commitments to the
>  environment.  He clearly stated in the book that, whatever the cost,
>  it should be born primarily by other industrialized countries.  He

	That should win him friends in the environmental movement.  NOT!

>  stated:  "Today, of course, the United States cannot conceivably be
>  the principal financier for a global recovery program and cannot make
>  the key decisions alone or with only one close ally.  The financial
>  resources must now come from Japan and Europe and from wealthy,
>  oil-producing states." [Earth in the Balance Page 303]

	Geeze, typical Democrat or what?  Propose massive programs and then
demand that others pay for them!

>                           #5 FAMILY LEAVE
> 
>  RHETORIC: "Under President Bush's health care reform package that
>  woman won't have to make a choice about going back to work or health
>  care for her children, because she'll have both."
> 
>  REALITY: Despite a campaign pledge to "assure that women don't have
>  to worry about getting their jobs back after having a child or caring
>  for a child during a serious illness," Bush vetoed the Family and
>  Medical Leave Act twice -- saying he only supports voluntary parental
>  leave--not a federally mandated policy.  [Bush Statement, 9/11/88;
>  Washington Post, 6/30/90; AP, 9/22/92]

	Yup.  And a good decision to.  Democrats never seem to learn that you
can't legislate business decisions.

>  REALITY: Bush's proposal seeks to provide incentives for companies to
>  voluntarily provide leave.  It does not guarantee that employers will
>  grant leave nor does it ensure that employees will be able to return
>  to their job after the leave -- the very job security that Bush
>  originally promised in 1988.  [LAT, 9/17/92]

	And employees can vote with their feet.  Soon companies will be falling
all over themselves to offer more and better leave packages to attract the best
workers.  Something that wouldn't happen under Gore & Clinton.

>                        #10 ENTERPRISE ZONES
> 
>  RHETORIC: "Enterprize zones are very important and it's an idea that
>  the President has been pushing."
> 
>  REALITY: Bush vetoed the Tax Fairness and Economic Growth
>  Acceleration Act, including its enterprise zone provisions, because
>  it raised taxes on the richest 1% of Americans.  Bush dropped
>  enterprise zones, which are designed  to spur investment in poor
>  inner city areas from his economic recovery package to make room for
>  a repeal of the luxury tax on yachts.  [LAT, 5/13/92; Business Week,
>  5/25/92]

	As opposed to Gore & Clinton, who want to remove enterpise zones from
the entire continent?

	Keep trying, you can do better than this, surely!

Brett                                                      
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