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...None of the top-tier candidates in either party can claim to be talking sense to the American people. A few, such as Bob Dole and Michael Dukakis, can point to past accomplishments. But, for the most part, economic leadership is inversely proportional to standing in the polls. Bruce Babbitt in particular has advanced a laudable program on the deficit; most surveys put him last among the Democrats...
...Bruce Babbitt (D-Az.) is also paying close attention to N.H., because like lowa, it has the capacity to "sling-shot candidates into the Super Tuesday primaries," said Babbitt's N.H. Campaign Director Michael N. Muir. The Babbitt campaign has spent more than...
...fashion: he lectured a sleepy high school class in Sioux City, Iowa, on the global economy, complete with chalk diagrams. Gore jettisoned his standard text and went after the President with lines like "What crashed on Monday was not only the stock market but Reaganomics as well." Still, Bruce Babbitt remains the only Democrat to confront the deficit boldly, especially with his underdog challenge to middle-class entitlement programs...
...proposal for bringing that about: a progressive consumption tax. This kind of levy would work like a national sales tax, but be progressive in the sense that it would exempt necessities (food, housing, medicine, clothing) to avoid putting an undue burden on low-income citizens. Former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt, a Democratic presidential contender, contends that a 5% consumption tax could raise $40 billion to $60 billion a year...
...White House hopefuls, only the earnest and relatively unknown Bruce Babbitt agreed to appear on Saturday Night Live, in a skit poking fun at & the character issue that is dominating the Democratic race. "It's cathartic for all of us," said Babbitt, as he taped the segment last week in New York City. "People can say Democrats can laugh at their collective misadventures." Besides, Babbitt's TV star turn can only help: the former Arizona Governor is at the bottom of the polls and running short of funds...