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...When Bill Clinton used that word in his Inaugural Address, it marked a victory for the deficit hawks among his supporters. This faction of the President's aides, joined by centrist Democrats in Congress, is urging him to take advantage of the new public willingness to accept what Ross Perot calls "shared sacrifice" to balance the budget and revive economic growth...
This presents the new Administration with a golden opportunity to change the tenor of the environmental debate. Clinton and Gore should take a page from Ross Perot's scare tactics on the deficit and use this fear. Sad to say, it is only when people become truly frightened (or angry) that the government has some hope of breaking the cycle of enacting feel-good laws that do little to halt environmental decline...
...gasoline -- which costs about $3.75 per gal. throughout Europe -- Ross Perot was right. Phase in a 50 cents tax over five years, and you raise $50 billion a year. But it's voluntary, because, to avoid that tax, one need only drive more efficiently -- moving, five years from now, to a car that gets 28 m.p.g. instead of 20. (Not to mention taking the train, tuning the engine, or even choosing to live closer to work.) Side benefits: less pollution and a lower trade deficit...
LIKE A TIN PAN ALLEY TROUPER, ROSS PEROT HAS A craving for the limelight and for Larry King Live. His latest gig casts him as head of a new watchdog group, designed to badger Bill Clinton and Congress about federal spending and the deficit. Before a crowded Dallas press conference, a pleased Perot unveiled new versions of the old props -- the fiscal charts, an 800 number and TV commercials -- that helped him capture 19% of the vote in November. Then he regaled reporters (or at least himself) with a scratchy rendition of Patsy Cline's smash hit Crazy...
...Perot vows to revitalize his United We Stand America, Inc. (membership: $15), in every neighborhood. But he was quick to disavow another campaign for the White House. If he had to run again, he reasoned, "I would feel that I personally failed." Remember that quote when he announces his candidacy three years from...