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Show Em Question: With Bush as president, where do you think the U.S. will be in four years? By Calvin JL Harrington Dick Chapman responded to reporter question as follows. "Of course, this Is a difficult question to the-rovln- g answer given the lack of information election process. generated by our I as to what I hunches can At best only give the American as sees Bush think George four next for the years. agenda "Economically speaking, it Is fairly certain that the U.S. will experience a g boom in the industry. the else in economy seems Everything uncertain and in flux.-- . During the last several months George Bush has sent mixed signals as to his economic strategies for the nation. In the first presidential debate George Bush strongly advocated "supply-side- " strategies to continue the expansion that we are presently He proposed another experiencing. reduction in the marginal tax rate and a lowering of capital gains tax. The basic so-call- ed Hag-makin- six-ye- ar premise of these strategies is to increase worker productivity and to increase capital investment in the U.S. "The mixed signal I have spoken of is that George Bushs economic advisors (Boskin and Feldstein) are generally not considered 'voodoo' economists though both have gone on the record as being strong believers In the role of the proposed tax cuts. Allan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, feels that inflation will be his top concern in the economy. This reflects a different fundamentally theoretical approach to the economy than advocated by the newly-electe- d president. This difference in concerns between the president elect and the chairman could result in another wonderful reenactment of the 1980-8- 2 accompanying and its of the federal recession explosion conceived of the strategy during the presidential campaign. I personally feel that Bush will have more critics from the conservative right than perhaps from the liberals because he is known as a moderate. L-w- "Socially, I think blacks and other minorities will find a continuation of the trend of widening gaps between their average earnings and that of whites. I think we will continue to see an increase of the feminization of poverty. To quote a famous Arabian saying. You can change the name of a donkey to a horse, but it's still an ass. "To summarize I will paraphrase Chauncy Gardner, the greatest of all political and economic analysts: 'If the roots are strong and healthy will be growth in the spring.'" there Economics professor Dick Chapman was bom and reared in Orem, Utah. He attended the University of Utah and Brigham Young University as an economics note that the appointment of Senator Baker major. He is presently a Ph.D. candidate at as Secretaiy of State was applauded by both the University of Utah. political parties even though Baker deficit. "Politically I think it is interesting to Dy Laura Reeves Dr. John Fritz replied to the roving reporter question with a deep sigh, "Well, it's hard to say." In the economic arena, Fritz feels that the disadvantaged will possibly be worse off than they are currently, and at the least, their situation wiff be no better. "Given the state of the domestic economy, I can't forsee Improvements, considering the lack of committment by Bush toward minorities, the poor and women," Fritz said. Fritz also voiced concern about Bush's ability to deal with issues such as the third world banking crisis, foreign investments, and the 90 point stock market drop since Specifically, Fritz sees illegalizing abortion as a number one priority of the He commented, Bush administration. "We've already seen a massive challenge of individual rights through the push to institute drug testing for transportation workers." anthropology with an emphasis on indigenous populations from the University of Utah, working directly from the Bachelor of Science degree. Working at the Hop! Indian Reservation in Arizona was a dream realized for Fritz, who also researched community health care at the University of Utah the believes Fritz Finally, international field is where Bush will make Medical Center for four years and has taught the greatest strides. "If the Soviets as an adjunct professor of sociology at cooperate, this (internationally) is where Westminster for seven years. Bush will shine, mostly because of domestic turmoil, which won't decline in First Time Ever: the next few years," said Fritz. Overall, Fritz feels Bush will attempt A brand-neto continue arms control negotiations and offering in the Honors relations with increase U.S.S.R. the The was program for T989 Spring is HON Bush 300-0From a societal standpoint, Fritz latter is providing Mikhail Gorbachev Scientific Change: Historical, and Philosophical Perspectives. The: forsees Bush nominating up to four remains in power. Fritz is a native of rural New Mexico, class will be taught TTh 1:00-2:15- 1 Supreme Court justices. "In this case, we can expect reversals of many civil, human and earned his B.S. degree at Eastern New p.m. in Gore 105. See the instructor, Dr. Popich, for details. and individual rights decisions from as far Mexico State University in 1974. Ten years back as the 1950's," he said. later, Fritz received his Ph.D. in w elected. 1, , 'Things Will Probably Stay The Same For U.S. j By Karen Peterson Strait Afton Sorensen Kelly Young Ken Bush scares me, but so did Dukakis. I think we face uncertainty and thats I dont think well be much further 1 Economically it will be similar to the think It will be basically the same as I Just dont think Bush has what it ahead. a Reagan years. There will probably be uw'arms military will be more stable. All the slight decline the first year and then things takes to lead this country. negotiations will be settled will pick up. and we will have reached a medium. frightening. happy 4 Forum November 22, 1988 Issue 9 |