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Michael Dukakis is the man among all the presidential contenders who has consistently shown his desire to address the needs of all Americans. His record has not favored the rich or the poor, but has treated all fairly with an aim toward social justice and sensitivity from the government. His record as a chief executive and his inherent integrity show that he is the man who can succeed in this effort. We support him for the Democratic Presidential nomination...
ARMS CONTROL: Favors resasech and deployment of SDI. CENTRAL AMERICA: Favors military and economic aid to the contras, and opposes Arias peace plan. DEFICIT: Against the balanced budget amendment. Favors a domestic spending freeze, except for Social Security programs. EDUCATION: Proposes a private incentive program to improve education rather than increase federal funding. TAXES: Will not increase taxes, suggests cutting the proposed Social Security tax increase set for 1989. TRADE: Opposes Gephardt amendment. Sponsored bill for a reciprocal free-trade zone between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico...
...talk about Simon they can't see his large programs for his bowtie. That commentators shallowly label Simon's call for a caring government a press-office creation after eight years of Reaganomics is shocking. If we ever are going to end homelessness and racism and a thousand other social ills, we are going to have to refute that super-savvy sneerful kind of reasoning. Paul Simon...
...when it comes to government spending, Simon is not afraid to call for defense cuts and more social programs. His program is straight from another era, when government provided for all strata of citizenry. His one troubling position--in favor of a balanced budget amendment--is hardly motivated by the platitudinous and knee-jerk reasons given by the other candidates who favor the amendment. Correctly, Simon observes that unbalanced budgets raise interest rates and in that way facilitate one of the largest income transfers--from poor to rich--supported by the Reagan administration. Even if the legislation would curtail important...
...turn students to hard liquor and off-campus drinking spots. If it does so, we indeed have a serious problem, but even then the solution is surely not to condone huge amounts of beer. Unfortunately, the law does not permit us to utilize alcohol as the organizing motif of social life, and this is particularly true for freshmen, all of whom are underage...