RESEARCH AND ECONOMICS When You Vote, Remember: You Are the Producers, The Consumers and the Taxpayers 0 1\ Tue,day. ovembo!' J. 1991. Al1lcnc~1J1 vOler.., have the op p () r ~ lunlty 01 mai-..ing a choice \lvhich \\ 111 ha\c pr<strong>of</strong>ound and la..,lIng effect, 011 the fUiure, oj· all Amcncan,- lhe young and nOH.,o-young. rhe working. II,e rclired and Ihe unemployed. On Ilml day vO ler') will decide who v.:ill lead I he nitcd SliJIC -; OU I <strong>of</strong> It, prolonged re Ce\'\lon. re~ l orc a ... en~ f economic falmess and rejuvenate the g lobal competitiven!::,\ <strong>of</strong> .5. ind u'lric.." Tuesday. November 3. is Elc('tion Day. For the last 12 year!'.. the Reagan and 13u~ 1I adl1l i ni~ lrul i() n ... have lIndermined prog rJ m ~ C"I'icmia l to the health ~md ,,"II-being 01 workingpcople. Occupational ~afl'l) und heahh regulalion"" unemploymcnl cO ll1 pen~alion . healthcare rc fonn. labor ... wndard~. and prcva iling-wugc law~ were ignorcd. circu nwenled or gUllcd. RC ~ l gU I1 nnd Bu ... h a\,urcd u ... Ihat 'iuch ;JCllon ... were IlcCes,,,r) 111 order 10 prCullotc Job cremion. COnlpellll\enc ...... and pro~pcrily. "'0 \\ man~ ju b~ were created , and ho\\ IllrlO) <strong>of</strong> Ihose are len? I-I ow milch mllre compelilive have U.S. industries become'? And hO\\ l)roS peruus arc you uflcr rhree terlllS 01' Reagan and flus h'! "Ignore It; It'll Go Away" Prc:-.idcnl Bu ~h repea tedly ha ... pronounced the end or olle <strong>of</strong> I he;: 1110" acute rccc,'lon~ ~ u ffcred by the Unitcd State, , ince World War II. Of ou"C. forabout a l"ar he denied the econom} "a~ in rece .. o.,on :11 all. 'uu ... 1010'( every da) he repon ... Ihal rccmery j-. under way. dc'pilc ,lali'ltC' relea'cd by hb ad mlllistra110n which indicate the economy rcmain'l lihaky, Bush would have you believe the country ran enJo) a healthy. Ihriving l'co n ol1l~ only if he 46 i:-. gJvt'1i l our mol'l' ye ars lh prc~ide nt. I)u .VOIl think he s huuld he rewar ded with a secund IeI'm. when he accomplished ,0 lillie in his firs!'! In\ICad <strong>of</strong> propo..,i ng. an economic pl,m. B",h prefer, to lay blame for the lame re covery on '·olher ftlc l or~" and on other l)I.;ople. at courlic. finding fuull 1~ cil~icr th~tn findillg a !-IDlution. J-li:-, InChl prominent action"> have been lOcyn u,:~ 1 1I propo:-.e lllC'ibUrc he kno\\s the Congrc,:-, won ' t pa\\; thell he c1arms If · ", not h" "~wll. bUi nngre.\:-,· ; fhal lIothing ha l\ been done to im prove the economy. Thi, year. i3u, h ' Iubbornly rc"i:-.tcu I.!ITort:, hy Congrc",., 10 as~ist the long· H:nn llllcmplo ed- until his :Jdvi",or\ polilled (lui how hi ~u p po n for ,uch aClion, could help him in the November elect 10 11 . No One's Job Is Secure The Bu\h adITllni!o.'fallon.like Ihat <strong>of</strong> Reagan. react, to the ri:-.ing Ic\'cl <strong>of</strong> uru:rnplo}'lllcll t 111 an 1I1dlffcrent manner: a, if the livc, <strong>of</strong> 10 million uncmployed America n .. and Iheir ramilies h~ l ve n ' l hecl1 :-.hal lc rcd : ,15 if Ihe economy hasil ', ',~c lI bU ffered by the 1o" <strong>of</strong> reven uc 1 rorn the unemployed and the CO,I 01 providing reliel for thl.!l11. a\ if the 'Iandard <strong>of</strong> li villg for 1110 .. ( Amcric(ln\ ha ... n"t de li ned again and again dUflng. I h e~c la ... 1 12 ye'.1r!l, Bu ... h i !o. oul <strong>of</strong> touch wilh the effects <strong>of</strong> hi' polieic, . and Iho, c <strong>of</strong> Reagan. on \\ orkingpeople . BU "ih ha,lI ·t witnc!-I!led fir"'lha nd the increasf! who have given up looking after years o f fr ui t lc s~ ~ci.lrc h? In add ition. hundreds <strong>of</strong>lh usands <strong>of</strong> new worker. enter Ihe labor for e each mOll1h. "ith very few Jobs available. While Ihe,e people may not be "<strong>of</strong>fic ially" unemployed (,in 'c Ihey've ne er been employed). Ihey are very much fu ncli nally unemployed. AI Illc same lime. m,my employed workcr~ have become complacent aOOm the increasing number; <strong>of</strong> unemployed \vorkcf\. h '~ ea~y ror people who arc working 10 lo,c 'ighl <strong>of</strong> Ihe economic waste li nd the human Iragedy associ . Ied willt high uncmploymenl. Many <strong>of</strong> the people who arc working never imag ine Iheir job, are In jeopardy: many have never w itn c'\~ed Ihe demoraliZing effecl' <strong>of</strong> unemployment on clo,", f nen
c:lled 10 :lnother plant or. wor~c, to ~\I) o th er cou lltry. Erath industry interloek!., le\!>. demand for electric.:.1 and ga!!l cncrg), dccrcihing demand lor building ma lt.: f1al .... (wul1 'lI b ~eqlll" rH CO"iI·clIlling l11 ea!-Ufe~ in I he~c ... upplicr Illdustrie:-,), and a decl ine in the demand for Con .... lrtlClion ,ne:") (real e ..- tate). Pcnphcral IOdusrnc, Hl lcctcd. par IIcularly b) Id)<strong>of</strong>l\ <strong>of</strong> ,,,,,ker,. include tc" I 61nd8 ~ po.nl, or 1 3'!1\. Sources U S l)epanrY*l1 o t Labot. BUI'eau 01 l.abo! SIaIISbC!i Sl.lh5lJai Canada Prepatad by tHEW Oepar1mer'll 01 Research and Econom..:t;. August 1992 ... omc ca"'I!\lhe
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