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- From: jason@ab20.larc.nasa.gov (Jason Austin)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
- Subject: Re: Broken Promises/Anit-Clinton sentiment growing
- Followup-To: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
- Date: 21 Jan 93 14:09:40
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
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- References: <QfKUATm00Uh7I3oVU9@andrew.cmu.edu> <1929@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu>
- Reply-To: Jason C. Austin <j.c.austin@larc.nasa.gov>
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- In-reply-to: libwca@emory.edu's message of 21 Jan 93 16:35:26 GMT
-
- In article <1929@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> libwca@emory.edu (Bill Anderson) writes:
- -> gp2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gary James Patalsky) writes:
- -> :
- -> : As well they should, many Americans are asking "What have we done" in
- -> : reference to the election of Bill Clinton. With him breaking at least 5
- -> : promises before serving 1 day, I've seen numerous anti-Clinton articles
- -> : and letters to the editor of our local paper. What should really scare
- -> : you people is that we are one heartbeat away from having Al Gore as
- -> : president.
- -> :
- -> : ------------------
- -> : Broken Clinton Promises: here are the broken promises that come to mind
- -> : - add to this list as it grows (and it will grow).
- -> :
- -> : 1. A 10% middle class tax cut. Clinton has already nixed this idea.
- -> : 2. No middle class tax increases. Clinton is working on raising the
- -> : gasoline tax (a regressive tax that will affect the poor the hardest)
- -> : and the unseen value added tax.
- -> : 3. Reduce the deficit by 50% in four years. Slick Willie is talking
- -> : about a 44% reduction now. The evils of Reagan and Bush are already
- -> : affecting his policy :)
- -> : 4. Less special interest in his administration. He then nominates Ron
- -> : Brown, one of the biggest special interest corporate lawyers in the
- -> : country.
- -> : 5. Open up the US to the Haitian refugees. He has already said that he
- -> : will send them back.
- ->
- -> I'm not going to argue that Clinton is not a liar- all politicians
- -> are liars, in my experience, and I'm just grateful that he seems
- -> to be less of a liar than George Bush. He may yet prove me wrong.
- -> However, two of your five points of light don't wash. Clinton
- -> could appoint ten Ron Browns and still have a less corrupt cabinet
- -> than Reagan or Bush, and he hasn't said he will send all Haitians
- -> back; only that he won't change the policy at once, for fear of
- -> a massive boatlift for which nobody would be prepared. He will
- -> change the Haitian policy in some way, shape or form.
- ->
- -> Bill
- ->
-
- It's interesting that even now people are trying to defend
- Clinton not on his own merits but by putting down Reagan and Bush. It
- worked during the campaign, but he's the big man now and must be
- examined completely on his own actions.
- --
- Jason C. Austin
- j.c.austin@larc.nasa.gov
-
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