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Page 8 ? November 5, 1984 Opinion THE GAMECOCK Agreeing to d Today's Opinion p; event of this week: e presidential eontesi Reagan and forme Mondale. f r\nno I T I vtv. I I V_/ J UIV \ /LltpV editorial, which is into of the majority of 77? The idea of these edit are usually written by views of the newspape The staff is usually i issues. Not so with tl The staff is split dowi Mondale with peac Walter Mondale wil president than Ronald Mondale is eomp informed. His perfor Ronald Reagan durir showed he understai ??Aunt ri,' Un f n/?? ^.WUIIll V 11 III IULI1IIJ years: expansion of m a growing deficit, threats against autonc Walter Mondale \ nuclear weapons in th and in the U.S. Unli admits the world \vi unless both superpo\ This cannot he achie s u p c i" i o r i t y o r v superiority. He will work with find a way for both s feci sate, as he did a senator and vice-presii inelnde protecting tli space from (he thre destruction. He will raise taxes, throughout his campait taxes. 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VV n general ag cement on most rect i ic Reagan-IViondale contest, ly a n the middle, and could not tain will secure the :e through edu I make a better With regard Reagan. which Reagan sav etent and well at what he has dc mancc against This man, wh lg the debates government lias ids what our over state and loc ; the next four told our state it iclear arsenals, highway funds i states' rights, legal drinking ag< )my. You know lie vants to limit higher drinking ie Soviet Union you're 18 or 1 ke Reagan, lie think you're old II not be safe And he's going t vers feel safe. unless it agrees. 1 vcd with U.S. stale to make yo ^ i t h Soviet ing in class. We believe voi the Soviets to drink beer. We uperpowers to decide lor yours s a Minnesota you want to pray dent. This will te frontier of So does Waltei .,t ,J' . 1 ^.. A .wl ell Ul lllILILclI cl> MUUdl issues that should He has said support Mondale zn he will raise Ronald Reaga :d such intent, loans. 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"tax st editorials and letters. there pinion Page Editor, Gamecock, Drawer A, USC, 3. ___________there ; to an agreement. We could not 'rial and thereby ignore the sitimtio election, in which much has been 111 1 1 c? 11. i 1IIVUI VLUIVIU, III )c a prudent choice. icrefore, The Gamecock prese >rials, one supporting Reagan-Bush, dale-Fcrraro. uth movement healtl nc thing on which there is no disagi K rv i ti n / */! < ?t t i /-v 1 i /-\ *-v i' . 11^^. 11IV IIILIUIU'U 111 VUlWIIICIll U1 CUIICg" participatory democracy is a good d, both for young people and the n; 1c. It seems the radical, from-the-oi ich to politics of most 1960s student hy of the typical 1970s student, have new identity with political figures a for America's political future, 'hether this stems from economic jitment efforts by the major parties, < backlash aeainst mist nnninvnlvptnpn , and in a way, immaterial. The quest ! future Presid cation promo to states' rights, America is 's he supports, look than ever. )I1C. T"h;it 'v. t hp i o says the federal National Con too much control citizens of the al governments, has comeback is I will get no more policies of Pr< mless it raises the Reagan has ; to 21. trends of soar >\\ you feel about ing taxes and 11 *1* ages, cspcciany 11 ding charact 9. Reagan doesn't Mondale adt enough for a beer. now be allow 0 punish your state office to cor He also wants your economic gi ii pray every morn- stability of th President R 1 are old enough to is the first in believe you can bring dow n un elf whether or not tion. More in class. Americans art flat ion rate v * Mondale. percent in .1 its, there are other economy has i i ?: ,i_ . - - - iiiuim uhi uctiul" iu rate oi iu.i quarter, and n has cut student eond quarter, eagan wants to get tax income ha; ment of Education. >ince Jan. 19 tor any student to have cut the andidate. I:or your from 10.7 per the future of this July, and mon love, give Walter have been erea four years. recovery begai iagan supporter: c htfitor: ' as we gree with your Oct. 19 editorial, 4. < Jents Like Reagan for tbe Wrong edge ;>ns," but suggest also that there put tl ew, if any, right reasons to like 5. an. Reagan capitalizes on sheer, therel i m i?iii>i unic ? noimng more ? weak Pollyanna, herself, happily would Su< use him. of ev om the outraged letters of two by pc ervatives who disputed your 1. >rial (one of them, the College sion? iblieans president), here are the mini* nt points of their attempted indie use 01 Keagan: sion, Reagan claims he saved our unde oiny, therefore, he must have of tl so. years Reagan attacks the policies of but 1 and tax, spend and spend," can 1 rfore, Reagan must oppose taxing blem spending. Th Reagan seems personable, Volki ifore, we should like his politics, have write an left to political histc n, but in however, is that studer made of lective political weight at would This rejuvenated perhaps best personifi nts two and College Republic the other both organizations to most of whom are vol \A \ rt ( ent Keagan s t< te growth, stal coming back stronger This results nessage the Republican spendi lmiftpf h;is pivrn in reform United States, and this monetr )ecause of the get-tough tinue il esident Ronald Reagan. . stopped the dangerous ing interest rates, grow- Thes spiraling federal spen- overbk cristie of the Carter- But at ninistration. He must whet he ed four more years in eventu; itinue his programs of of us. owth to insure the impro\ is great eountry. college cagan's administration the na more than 20 years to college [employment and infla- aid, up than 107 million ago. H ? working, and the in- the ma /as an annualized 4.1 $1,900 line. This year, the These i irown at an annualized we t'ini percent for the first dent 1 7.5 percent for the se- econon Real per capita after prove i n - I " > risen ncariy ft pcreeni uirom 81. Reagan's policies unemployment rate We cent to 7.5 percent in were It i? than 6'/: million jobs even 1 ted since the economic Ronald i. com pie Letters > blinded by en II. Re \merica has lost its competitive ecc abroad, therefore, Reagan will pr< lings right again. ? Reagan is a strong leader, pu fore. Carter must have been a in*, leader. sic :h an "argument" is not worthy rat en the dullest USC student. Point by >int: cu Reagan asked, "What reees- tai for two years into his ad- an .nation, until forced by economic ators to say, "Well...a little reees- an then." When it became an "1 nwimy monstrous recession, one spi tie worst since the Depression ye , Reagan tried to blame anybody de lis own administration. So, how de le take credit tor solving a pro- tic he didn't see in the first place? th; e fact of the matter is, Paul to< i*r and the federal reserve board wl the starring role here, not V~IV~V~l.il/II, ^IIUUIU VI/IV didatcs. Today's O] ly essays. cement is c, s!,cahhy A letter mora at ion as a utside ap- The campaign has g s, and the Because of space limits given way been published. nd a con- Becausc there is little qualities of candidates necessity, The Gamecock asks t 3r is simp- regarding candidates' t is uncer- of current interest ? ion is best tomorrow's elections, B )rians. What is important,! its: xk n prnnn am paininp rnl- I *v^ v' o w o" o ^^1 political consciousness is ied in the Young Democrats ;ans. The Gamecock asked outline why young people. ting in their first presidential : for their respective canpinion page includes their torium o ii'nolt /\f Inttnt'r I I ^ 1 I v 1 CH v v.4 CI v.. till 11 wi 1V?IIV,I:>. j itions, however, not all have ; to be gained by arguing the in an election that is history, hat no more letters be sent qualifications. Other letters - analyzing the outcome of for example ? are welcome. )ugh policies J rilitv. hone i K ' I recovery and growth are the of Reagan's lower tax rates, ing controls, regulatory s and a non-inflationary iry policy. They will only con' Reagan receives the mandate American public. 1 .A e issues may seem a hit )\vn to many college students, iv threat to the country ? r economic or military ? will illy affect each and e\ery one Reagan has, however, made ements that directly affect students. More than half of lion's 12.5 million full-time students are receiving federal from only 14 percent 10 years le has also proposed raisimi xinium Pell Cirant award from to S3,000 for needy students, eforms can benefit us now as sli our education, and PresiReagan's total package of lie grow tli w ill continue to imour lives after we leave la. arc better olt now than we nir years ago, and we will be setter still when President Reagan is given lour more to te America's transformation. a! 1 = nononaiism agan. Ihc board alters our gnomic pulse in many ways even a ;sident ? Democrat or Republican cannot. Volker's monetarist policy t the brakes on the economy, "causs" (certainly amplifying) the recesm. When Volker lowered interest es again, everything came up roses comparison. Reagan did not sition us trom the recession, and cernly had nothing to do with the lount of recovery that has been seen. 2. Who "taxes and taxes, spends d spends?" l o borrow Nixon's line, Reagan's the one!" Reagans plans to end $1.6 trillion over the next live ars ? the very worst, the hugest licit ever! Reagan's is more than the ficits of all previous administratis, combined, and is 35 times bieuer an the 1980 deficit he said was far j much for Carter. As for taxation, 10 is supposed to pay for all this, if see 'letter,' page 9 t