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GRAPEVINE, Page 17PANDER METER
By JANICE CASTRO
When the going gets tough, the incumbent gets generous.
Add up the altruism President Bush has demonstrated this month
as he tries to close the gap with Clinton:
Miffed China and Israel but mollified angry aerospace
workers by okaying the sale of $6 billion worth of F-16s to
Taiwan and $9 billion worth of F-15s to Saudi Arabia
Boosted farm-state fortunes $1 billion with the new wheat
Export Enhancement Program
Promised to spend $500 million to rebuild marginally
important Homestead Air Force Base
Lowered premiums for the 15-year FHA-insured home
mortgages favored by upper-income buyers
Promised 100% federal reimbursement of rebuilding costs
for hurricane victims in Florida, Louisiana and Hawaii -- up
from the 75% usually given to victims of natural disasters,
such as the 1989 San Francisco earthquake