The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1980 Page: 25 of 32
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U.S. PRESIDENT!
Reagan, Carter, Anderson, Clark vie for top prize
by Anita Gonzalez
Jimmy Carter
Carter, 56, was born the son of a
Plains, Georgia, peanut farmer.
He attended the U.S. Naval
Academy in Annapolis, graduate
work in nuclear physics, and
served as a submarine officer. A
"born-again" Christian, Carter
became a state senator in 1962, and
ran unsuccessfully for governor in
1966. In 1970, he was elected
governor and in 1975 announced
his candidacy for president,
winning the office the following
year. He is married and has four
children.
Economy:
Carter believes that the recession
has "bottomed out." He has
submitted to Congress a plan
which he says will reduce the
unemployment rate by 0.4 percent,
increase business investment 10
percent, create an additional one
million new jobs by theend of 1982
and stimulate a steady growth of 4
or 5 percent in the Gross National
Product. He plans to retain the
embargo of grain sales to the
Soviet Union.
Carter says his record on the
economy is as good as anyone
could have hoped for. He boasts
that eight million new jobs were
created and that real income per
person increased by almost 8
percent during his term. Carter
says his policies may not be the
popular ones, but are the ones that
will work.
Energy:
Carter has called the energy
crisis "the moral equivalent of war"
and proposed a massive energy bill
to Congress. The bill, passed
almost two years later, was water-
downed by Congress but did
deregulate the gas and oil
industries to some extent. Carter
then proposed the windfall profits
tax and successfully pushed it
through Congress. The profits
from this tax on the oil companies,
says the President, will help
promote research, development,
and exploration for alternative
energy resources. Carter also
supports nuclear energy, but
admits that better safeguards are
needed for nuclear plants.
Foreign Policy:
Carter wants to increase
government expenditures for
defense, but will not include the
B-l bomber into that expense. He
feels the multibillion-dollar
program supporting the bomber
would be too costly and would
produce a weapon that would be
"highly vulnerable" to the
improved Societ air-defense
capacity. Instead, the President
favors use of the MX missile, the
Trident missile, and the cruise
missile.
Carter also reinstituted the
military registration, but says that
he is against a peace-time draft.
Carter reestablished relations
with China and sees human rights
in every country as the most
important foreign policy need.
Equal Rights and Health:
Carter supports the ERA and
affirmative-action programs in
order "to correct the detectable
residue of past discrimination." He
feels the private sector and court
will continue to uphold this
principle.
The President claims he has
appointed more blacks, hispanics,
and other minorities to senior
government positions and to
regulatory boards and commis-
sions than any previous president.
The President also says he has
put together the first National
Health Bill in which every
American would be eligible for
coverage when serious illness
strikes. The bill also would cut the
national medical bill by $53 billion
over a five-year span.
Education:
Carter claims he has increased
federal support for education by
more than 70 percent. In addition,
he has emphasized affirmative
action and has made efforts to
strengthen the black colleges.
Ronald Reagan
The former actor, 69, used to be
a Democrat, but switched his
loyalty after World War II when
the Communist Party tried to take
over the Hollywood unions. He
gained national attention by
making a TV commercial for
presidential candidate Barry
Goldwater in 1964. In 1966, he was
elected Governor of California.
Reagan was first nominated for
president in 1968 by some
conservative Californians as an
alternative to Nixon. In 1976,
Reagan nearly defeated President
Gerald Ford for the party's
nomination. Reagan is married
and has four children.
Economy:
Reagan's big proposal of the
campaign is to cut income taxes by
30 percent over the next three
years. This tax cut, he says, will
create more jobs for the American
people. Reagan also proposes to
eliminate punitive taxes and
accelerate depreciation schedules
so "we get modern equipment and
plants and machinery to do the
job." Reagan, however, still wants
to balance the budget.
Inflation:
Reagan has called for the
deregulation of the auto and steel
industries, claiming that such
federal regulation stifles the
competition of the American
economy. A balanced budget he
says, will greatly reduce any
inflation the country is currently
feeling.
Energy:
The former California governor
says he would deregulate the gas
and oil industries more than what
Carter has proposed. Reagan says
it is time that the federal
government gets "off the backs of
these industries." He says further
deregulation will spur greater
exploration for energy resources.
Reagan claims that Anderson's
50-cent gasoline tax is too extreme
and that America has enough coal
reserves to energize the nation into
the 21st century.
Foreign Policy:
Reagan feels the United States
needs a stronger military stance
and promises to increase military
spending to accomplish this goal.
He says funding for this increased
spending will come from savings
from cutting other goverment
programs and from automatic tax
increases. Reagan also supports a
military draft, but not during
times of peace. He thinks that the
SALT II treaty is "bad" but still
wants such talks to continue. The
former governor opposes the grain
embargo on the Soviet Union,
arguing it hurts American farmers
more than the Russians.
Reagan also wants to set up a
North American Accord with
Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.
which, he says, would give the
three countries a forum to discuss
ideas.
Women's Rights and Equality:
Before the Republic convention
in July, Reagan was somewhat
supportive of the ERA. Since the
convention, where the Republi-
cans revoked their support of the
amendment, Reagan has been
somewhat non-supportive.
Instead, Reagan says he is merely
for "individual rights."
Reagan also sees the affirmative
action program as a "quota
system" enhancing reverse
discrimination.
John B. Anderson
Anderson was born in 1922 in
Rockford, Illinois, the son of a
Swedish immigrant, and
graduated Phi Beta Kappa from
the University of Illinois. He is a
World War II army veteran and
has a law degree from the
University of Illinois and a
Masters of Law from Harvard.
Anderson was elected to Congress
in 1960 and in 1969 was chosen to
Chair the House Republican
Conference by his peers. He was
married in 1953 and_ has five
children.
Education: Anderson supports
the national Department of
Education, believeing the
consolidation makes the
educational system more efficient.
A proponent of the dual system of
public and private education,
Anderson has voted against many
bills calling for greater
governmental influence in private
education. He voted against a bill
submitted in the last Congress
giving tax breaks to parents whose
children attend non-public
schools. Candidate Anderson has
called for a "more rational student
loan program."
Environment: Anderson was the
principal sponsor of the Alaska
National Interests Lands
Conservation Act which he says is
a "balance between continuing
development of oil, gas, mineral
and timber resources and
protecting the "crown jewels of
Alaska's priceless mountains,
tundra, waterfowl habitat and
deep-forested fjords." He believes
that the federal government must
take responsibility for insuring the
clean-up of toxic materials
dumped, determine the cause and
levy taxes to defray clean-up costs,
and provide compensation for
victims.
Energy: Anderson has called for
a 50-cent-per-gallon energy
conservation tax on all motor fuels
to cut consumption and reduce
U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
Anderson claims he will then offset
the burdens of the energy tax by
using the revenues from the tax to
reduce employee Social Security
taxes by 50 percent, increase social
security benefits, exempt farmers,
and allow tax credity for
businesses "unfairly penalized."
The candidate also promises to
increase coal and nuclear energy as
percentages of the country's used
resources, but he believes that a
moratorium on further nuclear
plant construction permits must be
set until adequate safeguards are
made for the operation of reactors
and the disposal of nuclear wastes.
Foreign Policy: Anderson
supports normalization of
relations with China, strong
relations with Israel, and human
rights in Latin America and the
Third World. He opposes the
creation of a Palestinian state
between Israel and Jordan.
Anderson is against the B-l
bomber and the MX missile, which
he feels will increase military costs
without adding to national
security.
Equal Rights and Health Care:
The Illinois congressman supports
the ERA, opposes a constitutional
amendment banning abortion, and
supports affirmative action
programs. Anderson's future
reforms in health care would
include the closing of gaps on
existing medical coverage,
increased emphasis on pre-
ventative medicine, and special
provisions for the problems of the
elderly and alcohol and drug
abuse.
Inflation: Anderson proposes to
fight inflation on three fronts: the
budget, taxes, and increased
productivity. The candidate wants
a balanced budget for fiscal year
1981 and favors the indexing of
personal income tax rates as one
way of achieving this goal. He calls
for a scheduled reduction of two
percent in corporate tax rates by
1986. Anderson hopes to increase
productivity with a reduction of
the tax on savings account interest,
a simplification of tax-
depreciation allowances, and a ten
percent tax credit for research and
development.
Ed Clark
Ed Clark was born in 1930 and
holds an honors degree in
International Relations from
Dartmouth College and a law
degree from Harvard Law School.
He ran for governor of California
in 1978, winning some 400,000
votes. Clark is married and has one
Education: Clark proposes a
federal income tax credit for those
parents whose children attend
private institutions. He feels this
would establish a viable alternative
to the "failing" public school
system.
Economy: Clark proposes a
large single tax cut to reduce
spending in all departments of
government. This tax cut, he
claims will relieve the burden on
the individual tax payer and
provide more money for jobs.
Foreign Policy: Clark favors a
foreign policy of non-intervention.
He says the U.S. should stay out of
the internal political affairs of
other nations and he believes that
America's past interventions
"have caused anti-American
feeling in the Middle East and
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supports, instead, a totally free and
open trade system.
Clark opposes any increase in
the military budget and the draft.
He says that a strong nation is
important but not at the cost of
defending smaller nations which
"are perfectly capable of defending
themselves."
Equal Rights and Social
Problems: Clark faVors the ERA
and abortions saying that the
"government should not spend
time and money telling people how
to run their own lives." He believes
that the government has proven
itself to be ineffective in dealing
with health care and welfare policy
and, thus, supports volunteer
private aid in these areas. Clark
defends that private aid will be
"more innovative, responsive, and
humane than those imposed by the
government."
Inflation: Clark says he can stop
inflation because he knows what
causes it—that is increasing the
supply of money and reducing the
buying power of each dollar. His
remedy is to simply stop the
government money presses.
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