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...Mark J. Sneider's "Progressive Conservatism is no Oxymoron" [April 13] demonstrates the type of petty partisanship which should be eliminated from American politics...
...Sneider appears to rejoice in the fact that the social programs of the 1960s have not had the positive effects their creators intended. Instead of expressing regret about the tragedies of the welfare and housing programs, he seems delighted to ascribe their problems to the Democratic Party: "Democrats cannot or will not admit that their tried and tested methods of urban development...have failed...
This statement is offered without accompaniment by any data. Sneider seems to neglect the fact that the poverty level among Americans fell from the 1960s until the early 1980s The rise in poverty in the 1980s coincided with former President Ronald Reagan's dismantling of Great Society programs...
...also like to remind Sneider that homelessness was significantly less of a problem until the "Reagan Revolution." In light of the facts, the claim that Democratic programs have failed is quite weak...
...Joseph R. Palmore '91 Rebecca L. Walkowitz '92 Robert J. Weiner '92 Editorial Editor: John L. Larew '91 Feature Editors: Jonathan S. Cohn '91 Susan B. Glasser '90 Sports Editor: Julio R. Varela '90 Photo Editor Bernardo Sabatini '91 Business Editor: Michael S. Harwayne '91 Copy Editor: Mark J. Sneider...