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State Sen. Norma Russell spoke to members of USC
College Republicans, Wednesday. Russell is running for
lieutenant governor against Democrat Mike Daniels.
S.C.senator visits USC
By Sandi Page
Emphasizing the need to cut state spending, state Sen.
Norma Russell told the College Republicans Wednesday
night she is looking forward to her race against
Democratic state Sen. Mike Daniels.
"It's time to get hard," the Republican nominee for
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seven weeks away.
Using statistical information to support her stand on
state spending, Russell said that since 1971 the number of
personnel has increased in population.
IN THE past 10 years, state government spending has
increased almost twice as much as personal income,
Russell said. She also said she was disappointed that state
government spending had jumped from $400millionin 1972
to today's $2 billion budget.
After studying similar elections in Georgia, Russell
endorsed district-wide elections of S.C. Public Service
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applicants would be screened by a merit selection panel
before the elections, and those elected would serve twoyear
terms.
Russell also said commissioners should limit spending.
Such limits would lessen the chances of outside influence
on commissioners and would ensure qualified
personnel, Russell said.
RUSSELL ALSO endorsed the election of state judges.
She further suggested that some problems concerning
judgeships could be solved with shorter terms.
Russell said she wants the lieutenant governor's office
to act as a citizen's advocate, informing the public of state
House and Senate news.
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Daniels, saying that it will be the first time in 10 years she
has an opponent with a voting record.
RUSSELL'S UPCOMING debate with Daniels Oct. 19
will be in Gambrell Hall at 8 p.m. It will be the only chance
to see the candidates discuss the issues and their views
before the election.
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By Jeffrey N. Draine
The virtues and demerits of a
balanced budget amendment were
debated by two USC professors
Tuesday night in Clariosophic Hall.
George Hamoaugh Jr., a USC Law
School professor favored what he
called the "fiscal responsibility
amendment." Marcia Whicker, opposed
the amendment, saying that it
would hinder government growth and
effectiveness by tying it to the GNP.
Whicker is an associate professor of
Government and International
Studies.
Each speaker in the debate was
given 15 minutes for initial speeches
and 10 minutes for rebuttals. Then
guests questioned the speakers, and a
vote was taken at the end of the
dehates.
HAMBAUGH BEGAN by
paraphrasing Nobel Prize Winning
economist Milton Friedman, who
claimed that the 1979 fiscal responsibility
amendment would stiffen the
chances of a deficit budget being
passed.
tfambaugh added that several
factors, including the 16th Amendment,
the frequency of national
elections, and the increasing
frequency of off-budget items have
produced a government that knows
nothing more than how to "tax, tax,
spend, spend, elect, elect."
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two things if enacted: make it impossible
to constituionally plan a
budget, and tie government spending
to the GNP, according to Dr. Whicker,
Hambaugh's opponent.
Whicker said government spending
got the U.S. out of the depression and
is a valid method of fighting a
recession. This alternative would be
eliminated if the balanced budget
amendment is passed.
During the question session,
Hambaugh claimed World War II got
the U.S. out of the depression, not
deficit spending. Whicker agreed, but
for different reasons.
She said New Deal spending was
inadequate to cope with the deepening
depression, but the tremendous increase
in deficit spending at the time
of World War II finally helped.
Stephen Brown, a law student from
Charleston, asked Whicker how
procedural problems with the budget
could be changed without this
amendment. Whicker responded that
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debates for over one hundred years. The balan
amendment was debated here Tuesday night.
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amendment, 17 against it, and 2 ab- the
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resolve the question, but a way of Gar
measuring opinion and the ef- the
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