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This would require the Secretary of State's office to distribute ballot question information to the residence of every eligible voter rather than to each individual registered voter. But maybe you'd just rather not know about these things...
Indeed, in almost seven years as mayor, Rizzo has infuriated almost every voter bloc in the city except the blue-collar ethnics who helped elect him in the first place. He has angered liberals by defending his police department against charges of brutality. He has outraged businessmen and many homeowners by increasing taxes 30% in 1976, the largest boost in the city's history, and by running a projected deficit that portends further tax rises...
Council members expressed moderate optimism about the economy, noting that a joint study by their economists forecasts that it will show real growth next year of about 3%-not great but far above recession levels. The business leaders were also encouraged by the voter uprising against Government spending. Said Benjamin Biaggini, chairman of the Southern Pacific Co.: "Proposition 13 is the greatest thing since ice cream." Du Pont Chairman Irving Shapiro exulted that "the public is again captain of the ship. For the first time we're in a posture to get a good economic policy because the public...
...just don't see how you can cut taxes without cutting services, and I want to know what services are going to be cut." The still untested Kemp-Roth theory may prove to be reasonably correct, but G.O.P. Congressman John Anderson of Illinois sardonically admits: "The average voter does not understand how the Laffer curve works, and neither...
...effort to change the G.O.P. image and arouse voter excitement, many Republicans have been trying a different tactic this campaign. They have been championing the Kemp-Roth bill, which calls for a 33% federal income tax cut over a three-year period. The measure is based on the theory of Economist Arthur...