Return-Path: Received: from lumpy.ses.com.ses.com by ses.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA26529; Fri, 18 Nov 94 10:10:50 CST Date: Fri, 18 Nov 94 10:10:50 CST From: ray (Ray Shea) Message-Id: <9411181610.AA26529@ses.com> Received: by lumpy.ses.com.ses.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA20170; Fri, 18 Nov 94 10:10:50 CST To: develop Subject: Politics in a nutshell Status: R Forwarded-by: guy@netapp.com (Guy Harris) Forwarded-by: John.Pope@Eng.Sun.COM (John Pope) From: Stacy Friedman It all really just boils down to this: ISSUE | DEMOCRATS | REPUBLICANS ------------------------------------------------------------------- criminals | Give them a second | Give them the swift | chance | sword of death ------------------------------------------------------------------- the poor | Give them some food | Give them the swift | | sword of death ------------------------------------------------------------------- endangered | give them protection | Give them the swift species | | sword of death ------------------------------------------------------------------- dictators | give them a way out | Give them the swift | | sword of death ------------------------------------------------------------------- the uninsured | Give them some | Given them the swift | health care | sword of death ------------------------------------------------------------------- the cost | $9,000,000,000, | $29.95 | 000,000,000 | (cost of one sword) Return-Path: Received: from vector.ses.com.ses.com by ses.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA29928; Fri, 18 Nov 94 13:00:48 CST Date: Fri, 18 Nov 94 13:00:48 CST From: weller (Sawyer Weller) Message-Id: <9411181900.AA29928@ses.com> To: develop, ray, reid Subject: Re: Politics in a nutshell Cc: sawyer Status: R Democrats: recycling spend a $1 to save a nickel make sure the $1 goes to a friend low income housing for only $150000/unit we can house the poor in $25000 houses! What a bargain! You know that little company that got the contract really helped my little campaign. social security if you invest 16% of your income your whole life, you will be given the money to buy loaves of bread when you are old jobs the government should train you, and give you a job. Look how good it worked in communist countries. economy The government should run the economy. They have the global perspective to decide what is most efficient to do to help the most people. Bonus: Everybody is employed. Extra Bonus: Cutting ice in Siberia is really fun. discrimination Those damn WASP's. As a group, they are the biggest bigots. We should always select Blacks, Hispanics, and women ahead of those bigoted WASPs. education We need to teach everybody that the government can solve all their problems. We just need more tax dollars to cure the drug, crime, unemployment (fill in the blank) problem. No you don't have to do homework. welfare Drug addicts are disabled and should be given support. Anyone with feelins would give money to the disadvantaged, including the needle challenged. Requiring them to do treatment or work would be a gross violation of their rights. Two welfare children are better than one! Three are better than two! ... fairness Those republicans cheat to get ahead. They work in school. They defer gratification to get a college education. Then they defer having children until their 30's! Its not right they have homes and can afford to send their children to college. They need to be taxed so that they can send our children to college! How many do I have? Well I'm happy to say I'm a 40 year old grandmother of 20. Republicans: military spending Of course we need neutron bombs in orbit! How else would we deal with a terrorist blowing up the world trade center? For only 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,...000 we can make the world safe for democracy by arming everybody in the world with rocket launchers. By the way, could you buy me some of that rocket launcher company stock. Of course we need another nuclear submarine! If we launched our ICBM's, and then used our chemical and biological weapons, there still might be a couple of people hiding out in the antarctic. Won't they be surprised when our nuclear submarines show up to finish them off with a really big bang! economy Free enterprise is the way to go. Subsidizing big business is really good for free enterprise. Subsidizing rich people is really good for the economy. Subsidizing the middle class is really good for the economy. Tax incentives and subsidized loans for the poor is really good for the economy. By the way, I'm on the board of this BigLoanInc. education As long as Johnny says his prayers everything will be alright. liberty Individuals made this country great. We just have to get rid of the liberals and we can have a great country of individuals again. What we need is a curfew and a dress code and this country could really be back on track. Oh, and some ID to prove citizenship. And... crime 1970:The prohibition on drugs is working. We just have to have harsher penalties and more enforcement money. 1980,1990,2740:Ditto More on the economy We don't have to cut spending, only taxes! Isn't economic theory great?