Show I PRO CON Mark Mi M I by 63 Sparkman Sp In response to Daniel Weirs Weir's pro- pro Reagan article in Points West October 18 a few clarifications need to be made Mr Weir claims that when he was in South America he was when Jimmy Carters Carter's name was mentioned He fails to mention what he would feel today if Ronald Reagans Reagan's name was spoken The emotions registered would likely be fear hatred and deep distrust This hardly seems tobe to tobe tobe be an improvement supporting terrorist actions with training money and weapons is unlikely to produce warmth and respect from anyone but the terrorists It certainly hasn't restored restore the credibility and price of Americans eve everywhere Mr Weir Veir points out that unemployment inflation and interest rates have all alI fallen True but at what cost The price is this year alone the second-biggest second deficit in history During the first presidential debate Walter Mondale asked the President what he was going to do about the deficit Reagans Reagan's response was that it will simply disappear by 1989 Come again No economist who values his reputation supports this claim The expanded tax base curve which Reagan says will cross the rapidly climbing deficit curve a year after he heis heis heis is conveniently out of office will never do so Thus interest rates will climb again due to lack of available capital in the private sector inflation explodes and unemployment becomes phenomenal Reagans Reagan's Quick Fix is going to drown us all Mr Weir next mentions Reagans Reagan's ability to influence and persuade Congress This is not a particularly tough job with a Republican-controlled Republican Senate and Reagans Reagan's indiscriminate use of the veto power The Chief Executive does a great deal more than Present and Budget sic The vetois veto vetois is the most powerful legislative tool in inthe inthe inthe the US U.S. government Reagan has made America strong once again wonderful if true However the assumed postulate is that we were weak to start with which is untrue Mondale Carter-Mondale produced among other things the F F 14 14 and F F 16 16 the Trident Submarine cruise missiles 2 aircraft carriers the Trident II missile and Stealth Technology all at a lower cost than Reagan Bush g n- n anti and n f c despite pite this hi increase a e Jimmy t Carter Carter t- t won Nobel aNobel Peace Prize I dont don't believe Ronald Reagan is a candidate for such Finally Mr Weir mentions the I T-i T Reagan social program cutbacks He argues that some were on the verge of bankruptcy His facts are a little questionable here But that aside what sort of reason is that to cut back or eliminate the programs entirely Does it eliminate the need No The val value No Does poes it help the former recipients Obviously not Mr Weir quotes Ben Franklin Augment means or decrease wants A very trues true s statement te ent But inapplicable Eliminating food from the diet does not decrease the want and Reagan has done just that In conclusion Mr Weir states that t the e pa past t four years have been some of the best in inn decades True maybe if you are A not poor B not black or hispanic C definitely not female D not a veteran E not a student F not ill or hospitalized and G financially lly well off to start with Gullible and blind to the use of words buzz-words unsupportable logic and carpetbagger rhetoric S 'S 1 H. H by Lanny Desmond Mr Weir Dont Don't be so quick to invite the response of the Mondale people in your smug mug editorial unless you also can deal with the pen of some Jesse Jackson people First your facts are very and md like your Presidents President's facts not very cry accurate There are states in the South youth and Northeast that have weathered 27 percent plus ment On an over-all over basis workforce participation figures from federal branches ranches claim Carters Carter's average for four our years was 37 percent Reagans Reagan's are ire 74 percent Dont Don't forget to mention that hat this means we paid a human price which are still for or a false recovery we trying to see who will finance Wall Street claims a CNN broadcasts broadcasts broadcasts broad broad- casts that business indicators are a few at a time showing an end is going to follow this recovery One indicator is that seventy-five seventy banks fell in September and at least that many more are going to fall in October The manufacturers of durable goods have been off an average of 5 percent over the last quarter of reported time and October itself will match or exceed in that amount with no turn-around turn sight Interest rates arent aren't down basically the prime rate is down Mr Weir I think we can safely say that means preferred borrowers are better off Housing starts are down and consistently have been for almost seven months to elicit response in in Dont Don't be so quick this college newspaper on economic issues those Not only are some of Northeastern states still reeling from Supply-Side Supply Economic Policy but there are 35 million people poverty who would welcome a class people visit from their President for those arrogant words ds Are e you better off toda today than four years aJ ago o 1 instead f If Ifon on Nov of of of's solid s lid welfare w fare programs pr programs grams men then well we'll we 11 have to tuck it in and live it But lets let's remind people peole that welfare becomes subsidy as you climb the th financial ladder You Reagan-Bush Reagan people be careful with your general facts and be ready to address ALL the figures necessary in apolitical a apolitical apolitical political situation Lets Let's chat again on oh say Foreign Policy Mr Weir Once again be ready for a response to invitations in politics Points West hopes to promote discussions and debates by introducing topics of current public interest to our readers Each week a question will be asked and readers and readers are invited to respond with w h their opinions oPinio s and ideas The best pro and best con responses will be published two weeks after the question appears To be considered all responses must be typed or printed legibly in ink or typewritten typewritten typewritten type type- written and delivered to Points West office off ce or placed in the submissions box in the student services in the College Center by noon on the Friday following publication of the question Responses may also be mailed to Points West PO P.O. p O. 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