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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler)
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Subject: Re: A Vote for Mondale
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Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 08:19:39 EST
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Back to the drawing board Dave.  Congress increased the budget
by one heck of a lot more than 5 Billion.  The 5 B was only
attached to the Defense budget for Home terrritory pork barrel
items.  The increases (don't have figures at finger tips) came
in the areas of social services and public works.  

By the way, Mondale keeps saying the RR CUT social services.  He
is flapping his jaws at the wind.  The cuts came in the amount of
increase to the budget, not a a decrease in the amount being spent.
That is, if the increase to a service was supposed to be 10% more
than the previous limit, the increase was cut to 8%.  Thus, the
actual spending went UP by 8%.  Mondale seems to fail in telling
the folks the real truth.  In every case, more money was spent on a
program, not less.  Sure, some folks lost their eligibility, but
I don't think we should be shelling out money to support abuses to
the system such as some students who could well afford to pay
their own way instead of letting everyone else foot the bill.
T. C. Wheeler