From: psg+@pitt.edu (Paul S Galvanek)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.bush
Subject: Re: Setting some of Bush/Quayle's lies straight...
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:27:58 GMT
Followup-To: alt.politics.clinton
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <1992Aug25.160219.6206@rock.concert.net> black@jazz.concert.net (Rob Black) writes:
>
>Bush said: "Gov. Clinton's plan would raise taxes on anybody who has
>a job."
>
>The Truth: Clinton's plan would raise taxes ONLY on people making more than
>$200,000 per year. Apparently President Bush doesn't know anyone who has a
>job that pays less than $200,000.
>

The Real Truth: And one that little liberal tax and spend brains can't 
seem to figure out is that this proposed tax like every other tax will 
eventually be paid for by consumers who generally are people with jobs.
Just exactly what do you think those people making over $200,000 will do
when they get their tax bill?  I can tell you what they won't do, they
won't simply eat it.  They will raise the fees for the services they provide
raise the prices for the products they produce and ultimately the tax
will trickle down and the people least able to afford it will pay them 
by way of higher prices - welcome home inflation we missed you!

That alos doesn't take into account the proposed taxes on electricity,
natural gas and other utilities Clinton and Gore have proposed.  Or do
you believe only people making over $200,000 a year use those things in 
their homes and companies?  


>
>Bush said: Clinton's tax plan will raise taxes on the middle class.
>
>The Truth: Clinton's plan will CUT taxes on the middle class.
>

Read above and do some reading on the impact of tax increases on economic
growth.  You might start with the "luxury tax" as an example.

>Bush said: "Under Clinton's health plan, you won't be able to choose your
>own doctor."
>
>The Truth: This is simply a lie. Clinton's plan offers all citizens the
>normal choice of doctors. It will also cut down on health care costs by
>taking on the insurance and drug industry giants.

Reality:  What happens when, as is the case with Pennsylvania's medicare
 program, doctors refuse to accept the limited fees the government program
 will pay and simply refuse to see patients that are covered by government
 plan?

 What happens when large employers are forced to choose between paying ever
 increasing Blue Cross premiums for their employees and just dropping the
 benifit altogether now that the government will step in and pick up the tab?
 
 Let's see 10,000 employees at $600 a month equals *WOW*!  Or pay this "tax"
 and ... Oh sirs I think I found a way to increase our annual profits! 

>
>Quayle said: Congress is to blame for the recession because they didn't
>implement the President's recovery package.
>
>The Truth: Congress passed 6 of 7 items in the recovery package but Bush
>veteod them all. He rejected his own bill to protect some wealthy special
>interests.
>

Yup he sure did!  And every one of those bills had a tax increase bill 
attached to them and that's why they got vetoed. 

>Bush said: I have tried to balance the budget, but Congress wouldn't let me.
>
>The Truth: A President can submit a balanced budget at anytime. Bush NEVER
>did. Under Bush, the national deficit has doubled to $400 billion. Gov.
>Clinton balanced the Arkansas budget 11 times in a row.
>

And Bush as well as Reagan have submitted plans to reduced the deficit of
over several years.  This is with out doubt the most disingenous aspect of
the current Democratic Presidential candidates propaganda.  

NO ONE, absolutely no one has suggested that the deficit can be eliminated
in a single year and pointing to the fact that the President hasn't proposed
a balanced budget is just cowardly bullshit.  The deficit and debt problems
have been decades in the making and with take nearly as long to solve and
suggesting that any President could or should enact a balanced budget in
a single year plan is utterly irresponsible..

>
>These were just a few things I wanted to set straight. I was going to
>include the 128 tax increase bullshit in here but I gigured it had been
>covered here well enough already.

Gee Rob all that work and you didn't get any of it right *tsk* *tsk*.
Better luck next time!

PSG
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