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...until Congress threatened to cut off aid and preempt Reagan, did he even threaten sanctions against Marcos. If there is a Reagan doctrine, it is certainly not active intervention to support the development of democratic regimes...
...Political Action Committee (PAC), originally created to insure the representation of minority views in our democracy, now threaten to engulf the very political machination that created them--the budgetary process. The PAC has become a real-life Washington nightmare of "The Blob," a mass of lobbyists that spills down from Capitol Hill, tearing at the heartland of America. Men, women, children run for cover...
Though a rigid application of that law would indeed threaten to put the Government out of business in a lot of ways, there are perfectly sensible people in Washington who see the act as primarily a way of making all branches of Government rethink what the Government does and what it is willing to pay for. "We need a reordering of the relationship between the Federal Government and the people," says Gramm, and that is a view that many can endorse...
...consumers and companies, which can give a substantial boost to U.S. and worldwide growth. At the same time, however, a further fall in oil prices could deal a crippling blow to U.S. energy firms and debt-ridden oil producers, including Mexico, Nigeria and Venezuela. Their woes might then threaten banks and rock the international financial system. Says Edward Yardeni, chief economist for Prudential-Bache Securities: "The oil-price collapse suddenly woke people up to the fact that the financial crisis is still out there. We'd become so jaded that it didn't seem to worry anybody anymore...
These concerns are understandable, but protecting freedom of expression is essential. Whether zealots burn books or threaten to bomb movie theaters, bowing to their demands is unnacceptable, particularly if they threaten violence. Capitulation to extremists does a disservice to the community and sets a dangerous precedent for those who wish to obstruct free expression...