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From: simard@loral.UUCP (Ray Simard)
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Subject: Re: Female Veep
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Date: Wed, 25-Jul-84 20:31:04 EDT
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[Do not write in this space]

>    All this special interest BS only applies to the Democrats
>    because the Republican special interests are in the background.  What
>    is a $300 billion military budget but a huge payoff to Reagan's
>    defense industry supporters?  What is the cuts in enforcement at the
>    NLRB, EPA, CPSC, FCC, etc. except pandering to Republican special
>    interests -- big business?  At least the Democrats are open about
>    their contituencies.

I suppose then that we should send our soldiers home, sell off military
property and imagine that the rest of the world will do the same!  I wish,
but I'm not holding my breath.

It is a mathematical fact that, so far, Reagan has not instituted any
military spending not proposed during the Carter administration.  The B-1,
MX, Cruise missles, all were Carter proposals.  Reagan has simply
refused the policy of appeasement that characterized much of the 70's.

True, contractors benefit from these programs (not to mention the
hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of rank-and-file workers).
I would agree that there may be fat in the military budget.  But
suggesting that these budgets are largely created as favors for
the defense industry is not factually supportable, just more liberal
dreaming.

As for regulatory 'enforcement cuts'; have you looked at the nature
of regulation in the 60's and 70's?  Among the useful policies
is a morass of conflicting, paper-generating, inappropriate regulations,
demanding incredible amounts of time complying, and documenting
the compliance, driving many to evasion.

Big Business doesn't bother me a tenth as much as Big Government.
Business has to earn my patronage, government simply demands it.

-- 
Ray Simard
Loral Instrumentation, San Diego
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