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...hands; "Create a diversion," someone has yelled, and he does, poking the tool through the fence, pretending to cut, trying to keep the cop on the spot. The trooper has something in his hands too--a four-foot wooden bat, which he swings with all his might at the cutter. Back and forth they go, five or six times, the protester poking and taunting, like a child at the zoo; the man in the cage white-hot with anger, swinging and screaming. Finally, he stops, and reaches to his side for a small black can, a stream of mace. Boltcutters...
...polls also indicate that many voters are backing candidates irrespective of their stands on issues. Two-thirds of Tax-Cutter Reagan's supporters would oppose a tax cut if, as most economists believe, it would increase inflation. Half of them favor ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and mandatory registration of handguns, both of which Reagan adamantly opposes. Similarly, half of Carter's supporters favor wage and price controls, which he has ruled out. And three-fourths of Kennedy's backers disagree with his opposition to registration of young men for the draft...
...government. . . When it reaches 25%, there comes an increase in lawlessness." History shows no such thing. Most Western European nations have long had tax rates far higher than that, and higher than U.S. rates, but with lower crime rates. Similarly, Reagan likes to portray himself as a tax cutter, citing as evidence that he rebated $5.7 billion to Californians when he was Governor. True enough, but the rebates came as a result of Reagan's increasing taxes by $21 billion, including a quadrupling of the state income...
...When Ted Kennedy first ran for the Senate in 1962, Italian-born Vinnie DeRienzo, now 56, eagerly handed out campaign leaflets at the clothing factory in East Boston where he has been a pattern cutter for 18 years. DeRienzo was delighted when the Senator announced that he would seek the presidency. Said he: "I wasn't happy with Carter. He's let inflation get the best of us. And the more it costs me, the more I have to work." To cut energy costs, DeRienzo and his wife Mary have turned down the thermostat at their ranch-style...
...uncontrollables totaled 64% of federal spending. Next year they will represent 76.6%. Out of the $52 billion in new spending in next year's budget, 66% goes to uncontrollables, 28% to defense, 2% to energy and 4% to all the rest. Says W. Bowman Cutter, executive associate budget director: "The uncontrollables pose a real dilemma. We are going to have to do something about their rate of increase...