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Viewpoint Friday, February 2,1990 The Gamecock 3 Cover-u Bush's proposi finding real so, This past December, Sen. got everyone's attention, incl osed to cut Social Security ta This was more than a prop cit charade. Large Social Security surj since 1983, are being used to smaller than it really is. Th surplus to pay for other fedei fact that this surplus will be i ing number of retirees in the Moynihan's proposal woul than $60 billion over the ne tween the amount present wo iaries receive. The governmei expenditures or both to balan< The administration, howevi the Gramm-Rudman-Holling! of Bush's promise of no new To counter Moynihan's pit new "Social Security Integrity New York Times analysis calls According to Bush's budg wuuiu Degin pumng a pan oj Social Security Integrity and be used to reduce the national If the government drains th they get the money to provide They obviously haven't thoug ers of the Scarlett O'Hara tomorrow. So, in effect, it's just anol deficit problem by paying ofl of debt ? to Social Security. TTSKIKPOFASPR JCS f ' * 1 i . 4 The G Robert D. Thomas Editor-in-Chief Jeff Wilson, News Editor scott pruden, Carolina Life teddy lepp, Photo Editor kobb lane, Lynn Gibson Assistant News Editor Elizabeth Lynch Assistant Carolina Life Editor Deborah Ryan Assistant Photo Editor Kristin Francis Graduate Assistant ED BONZA Director of Student Media Ray Burgos Assistant Production Manager Jeffrey B. Thompson Assistant Advertsing Manager Letters Policy: The Gamecock will be, at maximum, 250 to 300 words fessional title if a USC employee or a student. An address and phone r Gamecock reserves the right to ed space limitations. The newspa circumstance. p al only puts off lution for deficit , Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., uding the president's, when he propxes. >osed tax cut. It exposed Bush's defi)luses, which have been building up make the huge federal deficit appear e government has been raiding this ai updating expenses, 111 spue ui me leeded to provide benefits to a growyears ahead. d cut Social Security taxes by more xt two years to strike a balance berkers pay in and the amount beneficlt would have to raise other taxes, cut ;e this cut. it, has to have the surplus because of 5 deficit-reduction plan and because taxes. )posal, Bush's budget would create a f and Debt Reduction Fund," which a 5 "public relations maneuvering." et, starting in 1993, the government F the Social Security surplus into the Debt Reduction fund, where it would debt. e Social Security surplus, where will t promised future retirement benefits? ;ht of this, or maybe they are follow. philosophy of thinking about it her attempt by Bush to "solve" the r one kind of debt with another kind 1 IAL GOVERNMENT THIM6? 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I [JSC's hated columni; Today I have a special guest for you. His ame is Stephen Guilfoyle, my fellow columist, and he may or may not be a male chauvin- JjP* it pig. And I, the resident feminist conscience Jm ^ ^ jjg t The Gamecock, have brought him here to ask im about a few things that bother some m To begin with, Stephen, The Gamecock crime sporter has to go to the police station and read lie incident reports. However, this reporter is"' ~ ! lways called honey, sweetheart, sugar and a lost of other syrupy terms of endearment. " definitely the ideal solution So what's the problem, sweet thang? it's not that simple. When I Well, SUGAR, the problem is that I am not was calling attention to som our sweet thang. And being called that is of- annoyed me. When a man rc ensive and patronizing. doesn't know as sweet than Naw, these fellas are probably just trying to he is not relating to her as >e friendly, is all. subordinate. To ask a man n No, these terms of endearment are a mis- not necessarily convey to h lomer. They are not endearing. When these po- are patronizing. However, v icemen treat The Gamecock reporter in this (i.e. The Gamecock reporter vay, they are not being polite or helpful. They with sweetheart, etc., the m re purposely trying to "put her in her place" man) then feels uncomfortal nd avoid relating to her on a serious level, one he has been patroniz Tiese terms are an invasion of privacy in a way treated in that manner, lecause they allow some kind of false amiliarity. Could a fellow like one of Well, I didn't feel "invaded" when you called ? just remotely ? be trying ne SUGAR. But if I did, or if I didn't like it, I'd and not treat her as an infei ust ask you to stop. Why can't she? and order you t' do somethii Asking someone to stop doing something is sweet thang. I just asked a LETTERS TO THE EDITOR nQrHnrt academic institution, including $20 sti parKing to park there, is asked to pay an cor extra $2 to go to class because of a 1 ;oo expensive basketball game. I think there are eve some major problems that need to qui ~ *u a * be straightened out. Give a poor tho o the editor: ^ t ^ , I am writing in regard to one of student a break! J" iany parking problems at this uni- M Z arU S Z srsity. To my inherent misfortune ^ very year, I am blessed, along ith many other unfortunate stu- mtlirlpflf" CJl'fpfV snts, by being able to purchase a ^lUUClU 70 nark-ina sticker which sun- a a osedly gives me the right to park not a priority ~ nywhere on this campus which ly :cepts the "S-####" notation. I To the ^tor ** as also led to believe that not jt js interesting to note, as is To nly did this give me the right to quite often the case, the priorities I ark anywhere on campus that ac- that top the agenda of our forth- ing ^pts the S-####, but also any- an(j beloved university admi- leti me I wish and need, repeat need, nistrators. While the ruling elite Db > park there for purely academic pour tens of thousands of dollars AN iasons. Also being blessed with int0 the acquisition of a system US1 aving a class at the coliseum which wonderfully improves the Jan om 6 to 9 p.m., I was recently efficiency with which our cars are US1 laced in an aggravating situation, towed from a campus woefully de- foe ay $2 to park in the student park- Void of parking, these same astute Wa ig lot behind the coliseum be- folks refuse to address more press- lani iuse of a basketball game or find jng concerns of student safety. out, >mewhere else to park within a Having endured four fire alarms woi mile radius. jn the past week alone, it seems stri the housing department is willing diu I think this university needs to to take the chance that we resi- hav ike a look at its priorities. The dents will come running outside con 'ay it stands now, the upper admi- every time a faulty alarm cries 1 istration at TtLb USC seems to "wolf." Certainly the USC police wh; link academics come before ath- department doesn't take these spe 'tics. Sure, whatever you say alarms seriously. It usually takes timi imes B. I think they also believe 20 minutes for an officer to show and :ademics come before monetary up to turn the mind-numbing drone dea ain. Tell me another story I ha- off, and who can blame them for timi en't heard yet their lack of urgency? It's obvious timi When a student who has already that if safety officials don't take any aid over $2,000 to attend this these alarms with proper concern, day if LET'5 H?pe \ / IT NEVER 1 I CTOIES ON I V HERE!,. J sts have a little talk was just trying to be nice and was ignorant of the fact that you or she is just so paranoid that a simple little nothing word or phrase makes ' ~| YOU feel inferior. Sticks and stones, darlin'. OOPS. Y I OOMIS Well, I must say I'm glad that you refrained from belching and ordering me around. However, your phrasing still offends. Policemen and other judicial folks always say ignorance of the : ?: law is no excuse. So why can't we apply this same philosophy with social graces? Perhaps, tr? it nfohlpfn Rut 111 et rv*rhone vaii on/1 AtKor f/?1la\i;c utAro ww.t jujfc yviiiuyo, jv/u uiiu uivov v/uivi iviivy rv o rvviv called you sugar, I trying to be friendly. But what if I don't want ething you did that what your so-called friendship has to offer? ;fers to a woman he Whether you mean to or not, you are g,. sugar, whatever, patronizing. an equal, but as a I think you're missin' the point. We don't lot to do this would mean to offend because we're just trying to be im that his actions friendly. Hell, I've dealt with some cops and /hen the patronized they called me Son. But the thing is, I didn't ) responds similarly take offense because none was intended. I don't tan (i.e. the police- mean to offend or to subordinate you by callin 3le and realizes the you honey. But if you TAKE offense at that, ing refuses to be well, that means you're way too sensitive. . You're readin' too much into what I'm saying. But if you do find something offensive, tell me these cops possibly and I'll stop doing things them, to be just friendly, Hey, would you mind not calling me sweet nor? I didn't belch lhang? ig after calling you Sure. No problem, question. What if I Thanks, hon. | 2 : j idents will be equally Moreover, to appease USC athnplacent. letic officials, an alternative game rhe potential for a dangerous, and date was scheduled for Sept. ;n fatal, set of circumstances is 2. Again Dixon kicked USC in the te apparent. I would hope, al- head and backed out, saying he ugh I won't hold my breath, was concerned about two consecut the university deems it fiscally tive days of back-to-back action at lificant enough to invest in stu- Williams-Brice Stadium. USC it safety ? even if one or two hosts Duke on Sept. 1. gaily-parked fiends get away. So what!? Are Sparky and the Kevin Kirk Gamecocks going to be camping Biology senior out at mid-field for the weekend? livnn 90 J Jnoc Dej3 vu? Wasn't it bad enough 'IX. OH S IQcdS that Dixon turned several million # TTC/^i dollars away from USC and the urting UaC Columbia by denying the ? Rolling Stones a performance at the editor: Williams-Brice? Dixon said at the leat up the tar and start pluck- time (in an ever-so-militant and the chickens. Our beloved ath- backwoods southern tone) c director, 01' Blood and Guts Williams-Brice is for football. ;on, is on the verge of making What is Redskins vs. Falcons? A [OTHER critical blunder at tractor-pull? C. According to a story in the 29 issue of The Gamecock, Thc faa remains _ Dixon is C was invited to host an NFL doi ^ universi the sludcn[ K , 'a. body and the Columbia metropoUshmgton Redskms and the At- 7 i?i.Kriw? Anddip ta Falcons, but Dixon backed . , , . x, . \ , f . A n is not helping Mr. Richardson s ef, saying that the Aug. 12 game fofls ^ ^ team lQ ^ ild interfere with summer con- ~ ... A ... . I,,c,? Carolmas, either. A positive showiction on Williams-Brice Sta- , ' . , i mg could prove to NFL executives m s upper ec . that the Carolinas are more than e set Aug. 15 as a deadline for , . . . . . 6 ready for an expansion team. ipietion. Th ANOTHER chance here is no excuse, no reason _ TTC_ *. .. .., ? .. y construction could not be for USC Columbia and the Carolid up so as to resolve the 3-day l13? 10 *"!?. " ^ r" SP?^" e lapse between date completed b8ht-You b'cw J* first opportun1 date for use. The Aug. 15 '* Klng' Don 1 let four sma11 dline, I am sure is a generous town views supress a growing 5 estimate and accomodates for city's second chance to grab the 5 lags throughout the summer, brass ring. way. We are asking for three Scott Saunders s, not three weeks. Public relations junior