1984-11 November IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

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~ b~lInced by 19112 'lr 1983" One yeu liter,
PreSlIlent Re~'1n ,;aId, "This admimsnau'ln I.
C'lmmlllW to a babnced budget, and we will R,ht
to the la ~ t blow to achieve 11 by 1984 .. Latel In
1981. Flu.denl RUllan sUled, "\ d.d nOl come
here 10 b.lance the budllel_nOl II the uJ'X'n~ of
my tu.·cumng program and my ddcn,e prolllam
[f we ca n't do II In 1984, we 'll have 10 do It lltci "
rhis I. Ihe same man wh o blamed me and you
101 Ihe problems of Ihe pUI .nd fOf our 10 called
polocy ul " tax and lax, s!",-nd and sJK"nd. " Let', jte
who il the ,Icat·deflcit trnlOr in Americi Lisled
t....1"w ~rt Ihe luul .JeRCI1I accumulaud dutinll
eacb rtnident'l lelm Imce fTlnltlin D. RlIOSeveh
~lImnmll LD 1933
franklin D. Roosevelt. DemOCflt. $1970 bllhon,
H~"y S TlUm~n , Democrat. $. 4 billion, DwiVIl
o EISenhower, Republican, $IS.8 b.lhon, lohn f
Kennedy, O!:mocral, $ 11 .9 bllhon. lyndon B lohn·
_. Crmocral, 542.0 b,lhon, Ri chard M N,K on,
Rcpuhhun. St'ill 7 hllhnn. C.rI~101 II. Fnr'\, R~pub ·
Iican, Si24.S b,IILon, I,mmy Calle r, Democrat,
SI81 0 billion, and Ronald ReI8.1.O, Republlcln,
S7IB 6 bLihon lactual and en'mated).
Aftel fOUl yu.s 'lf Ronald', " I wtll balance the
budget by 1982 Dr 1983," Rcagan ddlCLt$ a.e ~reater
Ihan Ihe cu mul~tive dcfku, from Rooscvelt thlOugh
Cartel In 47 yUII (Roosevelt Canerl the tOlal
ddlcll equalled 564S.J b,lhon 10 ILUI lour shmt
yean, P,u,denl Ru pn has lun up a deR clI of
57186 b,llIon. IU 51 ,ma,loe wh. 1 be could run up
to .nother fout yelts
The Rugan ptO'lam JlVtS tax breaks to the nch
and SJ'X'nds unnecusary amounlS on dden~ Ihs
198 1 lax b,1l alone (oombuled OVCl 5400 b,IILon
10 Ihese ddicllsl
And then Ronald Reagan I'Ys we mus, ICI Ie·
spons.bly .Ind cut ,I", bu.Jllcl morc Iu eOrlllulthe
deRel! How mucb more can be cutl hm.ILu wllh
,ncomCi around 520.000 pel ycar wliltake !edNal
program benefit CUIS mO le th.n tWice as h'gh as
upper· Income I~mll!u. CU~'Anleed studenl lOins
hive been Cui 20 percenl. wllh In add,tional t3
J'X' lcent CUI rn Olher sludcnt fln.nc,al.id fund,o,
for dllldvamagcd .nd handlClpped ch,ldren In
demcntary and ~('cnnduy ~rhnnl, hn been CUI by
17 pe rcent Medicale hu becn CUt by S percenl.
fcdt,al employen hulth beneflu e LiI by 16 J'X'lCent
wh,le rlem,ums .ncluwd by 56 petteD! ReUle·
menl and dlsab,hly rlo~ lams h.ve ~en cut by $26
billron Youlh employmcot and ",Inrn, PIU"aml
h.ye [)c,en cut by JS pe reenl And ),CI, wllh all
thue eU!J In "pc