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- <title>
- Mar. 30, 1992: Campaign Notes:Independents
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Mar. 30, 1992 Country's Big Boom
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 33
- Campaign Notes
- INDEPENDENTS
- President Perot?
- </hdr><body>
- <p> Was billionaire H. Ross Perot serious when he declared his
- availability for a presidential draft? In making his surprise
- announcement on CNN's Larry King Live last month, the Texas
- businessman said he would enter the race as an independent--but only if supporters collected the 800,000 or so signatures
- necessary to get him on the ballot in all 50 states. He inspired
- volunteers sporting ROSS IS MY BOSS buttons to launch petition
- drives in many states.
- </p>
- <p> Perot calls for a radical populism using citizens' input
- to attack economic and social problems. To fund the national
- debt, he would ban deficit spending, bill Japan and Europe for
- defense costs and overhaul the tax system. He would also sell
- government planes to curb travel costs, shorten political
- campaigns and pressure Congressmen to give up re-election war
- chests.
- </p>
- <p> It is too early to tell how many state ballots Perot can
- get on, but one thing is certain: Perot need not worry about
- raising money. Says he: "We will not fail for lack of funds."
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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