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Walter Mondale wil
president than Ronald
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a growing deficit,
threats against autonc
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nuclear weapons in th
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admits the world \vi
unless both superpo\
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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. Reagan lias deni<
claiming he will not n
instead will "reform"
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many etits as he can.
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states' rights, legal drinking ag<
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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
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We believe voi
the Soviets to drink beer. We
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issues that should
He has said support Mondale
zn he will raise Ronald Reaga
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lise taxes, but >id of the Depart
them. The on- It is hypocrisy
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; to an agreement. We could not
'rial and thereby ignore the sitimtio
election, in which much has been
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)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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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torium
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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
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