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(1)" of the President Ford Committee Campaign Records at the Gerald R. Ford
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January 5, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Bo CALLAWAY
FROM:
FRED SLIGHT
7015
SUBJECT:
Reagan's Proposed $90 Billion
Plan and Its Impact On New
Hampshire
In follow-up to my memorandum to you of December 30, 1975, I attach
a breakdown of actual Federal outlays in New Hampshire for FY 1975;
which would appear to be affected by Ronald Reagan's proposal to re-
duce the FY 1976 budget by $90 billion.
Several observations are warranted:
1. Reagan's proposal has been "floated" but not released,
consequently the specifics which are necessary for a thorough
and accurate analysis-are non-existent.
2. Our understanding of the proposal's elements is based on
news articles such as those authored by Stout, Ottenad, and
Buchanan.
3. Actual state outlays for FY '76 will not be available for
almost another 12 months, therefore Reagan's plan has been
evaluated on the basis of its apparent impact on the FY '75
disbursements.
Using the conclusions of Dick Stout in terms of programs terminated
or drastically altered by the Reagan proposal, approximately $27,694,000
in Federal funds to New Hampshire in FY '75 would have been affected.
This figure is especially significant given the fact that New Hampshire's
state budget this year is only $330.4 million. Let me emphasize that
this is probably a conservative figure as an additional $85,045,000
could very well be involved in part or in whole. Programs that would
appear to be directly impacted on are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Before we go public with any of this, I think it is crucial that these
figures and conclusions be reviewed by appropriate individuals. This
can be an added topic for tomorrow's meeting.
Attachments
CC: Stu Spencer
Bob Marik
$415.1M
Peter Kaye
Bruce Wagner
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
ACTUAL FEDERAL OUTLAYS TO
NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1975
I. EDUCATION, MANPOWER, & SOCIAL SERVICES
Department of Health, Education & Welfare
Amount
Program Category
$1,087,000
Child Development -- Head Start
65,000
Educ. Deprived Children -- Urban & Rural
School Grants
378,000
Educ. Deprived Children -- Handicapped
84,000
Educ. Deprived Children -- In State
Institutions
150,000
Educ. Deprived Children -- State Adminis-
tration
2,744,000
Educ. Deprived Children -- LEAS
95,000
Upward Bound
( $4,603,000 - SUB-TOTAL )
$ 392,000
Handicapped Pre-School & School Programs
20,000
Handicapped Teacher Education
65,000
Handicapped Early Childhood Assistance
( $ 477,000 - SUB-TOTAL )
$ 205,000
Higher Educ. -- Land Grant Colleges &
Universities
-- 225,000
Higher Educ. -- Strengthening Develop. Inst.
12,000
Higher Educ. -- State Post Secondary Educ.
2,333,000
Higher Educ. -- Work Study
30,000
Higher Educ. -- Cooperative Education
111,000
Higher Educ. -- Graduate Facilities
22,000
Higher Educ. -- (other outlays from OE)
* 39,000
Special Services Disadv. Students in Higher
Education
( $2,977,000 - SUB-TOTAL)
$ 14,000
National Defense Student Loan Cancell.
2,563,000
National Direct Student Loans
119,000
Student Loan Insurance Fund
1,606,000
Supple. Education Opportunity Grants
( $4,302,000 - SUB-TOTAL )
$ 37,000
Rehabilitation Services & Facilities --
Special Projects
2,998,000
Rehabilitation Services & Facilities --
Basic Support
2,000
Rehabilitation Training
( $3,037,000 - SUB-TOTAL )
BERALD FORD LIBRARY
-2-
I. EDUCATION, MANPOWER, & SOCIAL SERVICES (cont'd)
Department of Health, Education & Welfare (cont'd)
Amount (cont 'd)
Program Category (cont'd)
$ 694,000
Special Programs for the Aging
( $ 694,000 - SUB-TOTAL )
$16,090,000
TOTAL (H.E.W.)
II. COMMUNITY & REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Department of Commerce
Amount
Program Category
*$ $ 619,000
Regional Action Planning Commission
* 115,000
Economic Develop. Administration (Dev.
Grants & T/A)
$ 734,000
------
TOTAL
ACTION
Amount
Program Category
*$ 30,000
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
$ 30,000
------
TOTAL
Community Services Administration
Amount
Program Category
*$ 855,000
Community Action
* 150,000
Community Economic Development
* 155,000
Community Food and Nutrition
* 308,000
Emergency Energy Conservation
350,000
Legal Services
* 146,000
State Economic Offices
28,000
Summer Youth Recreation
$1,992,000
------
TOTAL
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
-3-
III. COMMERCE & TRANSPORTATION
U.S. Postal Service
Amount
Program Category
$46,263,000
Postal Fund
$46,263,000
------
TOTAL
Department of Transportation
Amount
Program Category
*$ 408,000
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
$ 1,318,000
Urban Mass Transportation Fund
$ 1,726,000
------
TOTAL
Department of Agriculture
Amount
Program Category
*$ 151,000
Watershed Works of Improvement
85,000
Resource Conservation & Develop. Operations
179,000
Resource Conservation & Development
* 212,000
River Basins Surveys & Investigations
* 547,000
Soil and Water Conservation
131,000
Soil Survey
125,000
Watershed Planning
379,000
Watershed & Flood Prevention Oper.
$ 1,809,000 ------
TOTAL
Department of Interior
Amount
Program Category
* $ 38,000
Construction, Corps of Engineers (Civil)
$ 38,000
------
TOTAL
IV. INCOME SECURITY
Department of Agriculture
Amount
Program Category
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
¥$11,434,000
Food Stamp Bonus Coupons
*537,000
Other Food Stamp Program Costs
-4-
IV. INCOME SECURITY (cont'd)
Department of Agriculture (cont'd)
Amount (cont'd)
Program Category (cont'd)
*$ 3,318,000
National School Lunch Program (Cash)
207,000
Non-Food Assistance to Schools
16,000
Food Distribution -- Other Program Costs
88,000
School Breakfast Program
199,000
Special Food Service Program for Children
743,000
Special Milk Program
42,000
Supple. Food -- Women, Infants & Children
36,000
State Administrative Services (FNS)
$16,620,000
------
TOTAL
Department of Labor
Amount
Program Category
*$ 85,000
Food Stamps Assistance
$ 85,000
------
TOTAL
V. LAW ENFORCEMENT & JUSTICE
Department of Justice
Amount
Program Category
* $ 3,006,000
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Grants
$ 3,006,000
------
TOTAL
VI. REVENUE SHARING
Department of the Treasury
Amount
Program Category
$19,953,000
Local Assistance to State and Local
Governments
$19,953,000
------
TOTAL
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
-5-
VII. NATIONAL DEFENSE
(Dollar amounts in this category not capable of being
calculated.)
VIII. HEALTH
Department of Health, Education & Welfare
Amount
Program Category
*$ 735,000
Health Facilities Construction Grants
48,000
Health Maintenance Organization Service
292,000
Health Professions Capitation Grants
* 8,000
Health Professions Scholarships
56,000
Health Professions Student Loans
45,000
Health Services Develop. -- Project Grants
( $1,184,000 - SUB-TOTAL )
*$ 100,000
Mental Health -- Hospital Improvement Grants
531,000
Mental Health -- Training Grants
58,000
Mental Health -- Children Services
592,000
Mental Health -- Community Mental Health
Centers
463,000
Mental Health -- Research Grants
( $1,744,000 - SUB-TOTAL )
$ 203,000
Nurse Train Improvement -- Special Projects
32,000
Nurse Traineeships
125,000
Nursing Capitation Grants
$34,000
Nursing Scholarships
89,000
Nursing Student Loans
( $ 483,000 - SUB-TOTAL )
*$ 316,000
Family Planning Projects
* 666,000
Maternal and Child Health Services
( $ 982,000 - SUB-TOTAL )
$4,393,000 ------
TOTAL (H.E.W.)
QERALD FORD LIBRARY
January 6, 1976
John Breen --
The following figures are based on news reports
of Reagan's plan and how programs would be altered or terminated.
They are based on the FY 1975 disbursements.
On this basis, about $27,694,000 in federal funds
to New Hampshire would be affected. This year's state budget
is $415.1 million. However, an additional $85,045,000 could
be involved. The programs directly involved are indicated with
an asterisk (*).
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
REAGAN/WALLACE
IN'76?
Dear Friend,
What role should American conservatives play in the
1976 elections? You must help answer this important question.
The answer you give the conclusion reached on this
extremely crucial issue by the Conservative Movement may
determine the future of our free society.
The very foundations of our nation are under severe
attack. Time is running out. But there is hope.
All across the nation, conservatives are beginning
to organize and plan for the 1976 elections. They are
working now to insure the election of a conservative to
the Presidency of the United States!
They realize that freedom in America hangs in the
balance.
That is why Young Americans for Freedom recently co-
sponsored a Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.
At this meeting, more than 500 conservative leaders from
every state in the nation gathered to chart a course of
action for the 1976 elections.
The delegates listened to conservative favorite
Ronald Reagan and they organized the COMMITTEE ON CONSER-
VATIVE ALTERNATIVES.
I am privileged to serve on this Committee headed by
U.S. Senator Jesse Helms which includes active supporters
of Alabama Governor George Wallace and Ronald Reagan.
One of the most important tasks of this Committee is
to reach a decision on the following question:
HAS THE TIME COME FOR CONSERVATIVES TO FORM A NEW
CONSERVATIVE PARTY?
The answer reached by this Committee may well deter-
mine the fate of our nation.
is
FORD
GERALD
LIBRARY
I want you to participate in this decision. I will
present your views and those of other American conservatives
directly to the Committee.
The Committee is already meeting to make its decision.
For that reason, I urge you to complete the enclosed poll
and return it to me at once.
We are putting absolute top priority on the tabulation
of these polls in order that conservatives from across the
nation may have a voice in this crucial issue.
So.
complete the enclosed poll and do me one more
favor
include your check payable to the CONSERVATIVE MOVE-
MENT FUND.
Young Americans for Freedom has created this Fund to
underwrite the cost of organizing conservatives across the
nation and to poll thousands of conservatives for their
answer to the enclosed question.
We must face the fact that unless the essential organ-
izational work is completed now, conservatives cannot be
successful in the 1976 elections.
PLEASE give my request top priority. Complete the
enclosed poll, and return it along with your contribution
to the CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT FUND.
Remember. The months are slipping by. Time is very
short. Whatever you can send, $10 or $1,000 (or more!) is
urgently needed today!
The conclusion reached by American conservatives on this
issue and the extent of funds received may well determine the
future of our nation.
Sincerely,
Nonald 7. Dorkosi
Ronald F. Docksai
YAF National Chairman
P.S. In order that you may keep informed on the state of the
Conservative Movement and the decision reached on the enclosed
question, I am going to put your name on the list to receive
a special issue of the YAF newsletter Dialogue which will re-
port on these events. However, in order for me to do SO you
must complete and return the enclosed poll. Please do it today.
Thank you.
P.P.S. I am going to send a copy of William Rusher's exciting new
book, "The Making of the New Majority Party" to all donors of
$25 or more.
GERALD
Yes! Now more than ever before the Conservative Movement needs my
help. My check is enclosed (amount indicated) to assist during months
that lie ahead:
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$50
$75
$100
$250
$500
$1,000
$2,500
$5,000
$10,000
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Other
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already shown please indicate whether Mr., Mrs., Miss, etc.)
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ENID
OK 73701
Make all checks payable to: Conservative Movement Fund and return along with
your completed poll in the enclosed, pre-paid reply envelope.
CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT POLL
Has the time come for conservatives to form a new Conservative Party?
Yes
No
Undecided
Note: Because the results of this poll are to be tabulated at the earliest
date, please complete and return as soon as possible. Thank you.
Wakener
All who contribute
$25 or more will
receive a copy
of Bill Rusher's
exciting new
Party
book!
William
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REAGAN/WALLACE
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IN '76?
GERALD
file
January 14, 1976
TO: PETER KAYE
FROM: FRED SLIGHT
Attached is a copy of a
brochure which the Reagan
Committee has recently
prepared and which will
probably be circulated in
mass at the YRLC.
FORD & QERALD LIBRARY
cares
what thout
Yound
America
ROAD
thinks.
GERALD
LIBRARY
1976 is supposed to be a great year for
America. At home, there aren't enough
jobs for young people. Senseless gov-
ernment quotas and bureaucracy threat-
en to strangle our economic and
personal freedom. Every day our gov-
ernment becomes less and less deserv-
ing of our trust, and more and more
unconcerned with our real needs.
It seems as if no one in government
really cares anymore, particularly about
the needs of young people. Jobs,
individual liberty, faith in government,
have all become cliches for politicians
to use in their campaigns, and forget
after their election.
A recent national poll showed that
the number of young people who think
our government is run by special
interests, believe government doesn't
care what they think, and who have lost
faith in our elected officials has doubled
in the last ten years.
In California, Ronald Reagan said he
was going to reverse the trend toward
bigger and more expensive government,
and he did. Ronald Reagan said he was
going to make government more re-
sponsive to young people, and he did.
Ronald Reagan cares about what
young America thinks. Ronald Reagan
represents a solution. Other candidates
must bear the responsibility for creating
and perpetuating the mess in Washing-
ton.
If you want to be part of electing the
next President of the United States, if
you are tired of the politicians and their
empty promises, if you want to turn this
country around to represent the needs
of young people, then join us.
RONALD REAGAN
ON YOUTH ISSUES
Education
during the eight years of the Reagan
Administration, funds for the State
colleges were increased from $167
million to $480 million annually, an
increase of 163 percent, while enroll-
ment increased 78 percent. The Univer-
sity of California system budget increas-
ed under Reagan from $240 million to
$493 million, up 105 percent, while
enrollment increased 43 percent.
State student scholorships and loans
increased from $4.7 million to $43
million under Ronald Reagan, an in-
crease of 914 percent.
Youth Dialogue
As Governor, Reagan and students
from all over California had unrehearsed
"rap sessions where the students would
ask the Governor any questions on their
minds. These video taped sessions were
then distributed, without editing, on a
State network of public broadcast and
cable systems all over California so that
young people and others who watched
would have a better understanding of
government.
During those many, many hours
Governor Reagan was on the receiving
end of very direct questions on every
conceivable subject from these high
school and college students.
Personal Freedom
"Individual liberty depends upon
keeping government under control "
Ronald Reagan
Mail this form to:
YOUTH DIVISION-CITIZENS FOR REAGAN
1835 K Street NW; Washington, D.C. 20006
Yes, I want to help elect Ronald Reagan.
Name
School Mailing Address
Permanent Home Address
School Phone
Yes, I want to set up a Youth for Reagan Unit in
Please my forward town/campus. names of other young people who support Ronald Reagan. You will receive official YFR materials
and instructions.
GERALD
9401
LIBRARY
What can you do?
You can join thousands of other
young Americans and work for
Ronald Reagan, right in your own
area. We'll tell you how.
You will be able to play a vital role in
winning your state for Ronald Rea-
gan by helping your statewide Citi-
zens for Reagan committee.
You will receive special Youth for
Reagan leadership memos, organiza-
tional manuals and campaign mater-
ials to maximize your effectiveness
in your town or campus.
You can be an important part of the
most exciting and challenging Presi-
dential Campaign in this century.
You can work for Ronald Reagan at
the Republican National Convention
in Kansas City.
YOUTH DIVISION
CITIZENS FOR REAGAN
1835 K Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
Henry M. Buchanan, Treas.
Paid for by the Citizens for Reagan, Sen. Paul R.
GERALD LIBRARY
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The Reagan Record
As a two-term governor of California,
one of the largest political entities in the world in
terms of both population and budget, Ronald
Reagan proved to even the most skeptical that his
common sense philosophy of government works.
He also demonstrated beyond any doubt that he
possesses the leadership and the administrative
skill to govern effectively. His accomplishments
benefited everyone in the state.
During Ronald Reagan's eight years as
governor of California
the number of people on the welfare
Nancy and Ronald Reagan outside their home in California.
rolls decreased by 400,000, saving tax-
payers $2 billion. At the same time the
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on Feb-
truly needy received a 30% increase in
ruary 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois. He married
benefits.
the former Nancy Davis in 1952. The couple has
an inherited $900 million deficit was
two children: a daughter, Patricia Ann, and a son,
turned into a $500 million surplus.
Ronald Prescott. Reagan also has two other chil-
dren, Maureen and Michael.
in spite of tremendous population
He attended public schools in Illinois and
growth and a corresponding increase in
was graduated from Eureka College in Eureka,
state services, the size of state govern-
Illinois, with a degree in economics and sociol-
ment remained virtually unchanged.
ogy. In college he was president of the student
legislation was passed which brought
body, captain of the swimming team, and a three-
massive tax relief to California's prop-
year letterman in football.
erty owners-resulting in a $378 million
A second lieutenant in the U.S. Cavalry
saving to homeowners and a $110 mil-
Reserve before World War II, he served for four
lion saving to renters.
years in the Air Force from 1942 to 1946. He was
discharged with the rank of captain.
government positions were filled not
with political "buddies" but with experi-
Ronald Reagan began his career as a
enced, highly qualified individuals who
sports announcer. He became a film actor in
were not seeking government careers
1937 and appeared in 50 feature pictures and on
but could be counted on to tell the gov-
television. He served as president of the Screen
ernor if they found their job or depart-
Actors Guild for six terms, and was president of
ment unnečessary-which a number of
the Motion Picture Industry Council for two terms.
them did.
He was elected governor of California on
"We must offer progress in-
November 8, 1966, and was re-elected on No-
A recent article in The Richmond News
stead of stagnation; the truth
vember 3, 1970. He did not seek re-election to a
Leader described Governor Reagan's record as
third term.
instead of promises; hope
"astoundingly successful," adding:
"The catalogue of Reagan's accom-
Since leaving office Reagan has done a
and faith instead of defeatism
plishments as governor is important because it is
daily commentary on approximately 300 radio
so uncommon. And it suggests that what has
stations written a syndicated weekly newspaper
and despair."
been done in California could be done nation-
column and spoken to numerous civic, business
ally."
and political groups around the nation.
Paid for by Citizens for Reagan.
Chairman, Senator Paul Laxalt, Treasurer, Henry M. Buchanan.
A statement made by Ronald Reagan
Ourlaccess to cheap and abundant en-
the American people vote for a leadership
at a press conference in Washington, D.C.
ergy has been interrupted, and our depend-
that listens to them, relies on them, and seeks
on November 20, 1975.
ence on foreign sources is growing.
to return government to them. We need a
A decade ago, we had military superi-
government that is confident not of what it
ority. Today, we are in danger of being sur-
can do, but of what the people can do.
passed by a nation that has never made any
For eight years in California, we labored
effort to hide its hostility to everything we
to make government responsive. We worked
stand for.
against high odds-an opposition legislature
for most of those years and an obstructive
Washington bureaucracy for all of them. We
did not always succeed. Nevertheless, we
found that fiscal responsibility is possible,
that the welfare rolls can come down, that
social problems can be met below the Fed-
Thank you for coming.
eral level.
I've called this press conference to an-
Inthecom-
nounce that I am a candidate for the Presi-
ing months I will
dency and to ask for the support of all
take this mes-
Americans who share my belief that our na-
sage to the
tion needs to embark on a new, constructive
American peo-
course.
ple. I will talk in
I believe my candidacy will be healthy
detail about re-
for the nation and my party.
sponsible, re-
I am running because I have grown in-
sponsive gov-
creasingly concerned about the course of
Through détente we have sought
ernment. I will
events in the United States and in the world.
peace with our adversaries. We should con-
tell the people
In just a few years, three vital meas-
tinue to do so, but must make it plain that we
it is they who
ures of economic decay-inflation, unem-
expect a stronger indication that they also
should decide
ployment, and interest rates-have more
seek a lasting peace with us.
how much government they want.
than doubled, at
In my opinion, the root of these prob-
I don't believe for one moment that four
times reaching 10
lems lies right here-in Washington, D.C. Our
more years of business-as-usual in Washing-
per cent and even
nation's capital has become the seat of a
ton is the answer to our problems and I don't
more.
"buddy" system that functions for its own
think the American people believe it either.
Government
benefit-increasingly insensitive to the needs
We, as a people, aren't happy if we are
at all levels now
of the American worker who supports it with
not moving forward. A nation that is growing
absorbs more than
his taxes.
and thriving is one which will solve its prob-
44 per cent of our
Today it is difficult to find leaders who
lems. We must offer progress instead of stag-
personal income.
are independent of the forces that have
nation; the truth instead of promises; hope
It has become
brought us our problems-the Congress, the
and faith instead of defeatism and despair.
more intrusive,
bureaueracy, the lobbyists, big business and
Then, I am sure, the people will make those
more coercive,
big labor.
decisions which will restore confidence in
more meddlesome
If America is to survive and go forward,
our way of life and release that energy that is
and less effective.
this must change. It will only change when
the American spirit.
Did you know?
that during Ronald Reagan's eight years as Gov-
ernor of California.
the number of individuals on the welfare rolls decreased
by 400,000, while at the same time those truly needy in-
dividuals received a 43% increase in benefits!
a predicted $750 million deficit became an $850 million
surplus which was then returned to the taxpayers!
in spite of a tremendous population growth and a corres-
ponding increase in state services, the size of state gov-
ernment remained virtually unchanged!
a trail-blazing bill was passed which brought massive tax
relief to California's property owners resulting in a $378
million saving to home owners and $110 million saving to
renters!
swift, decisive action by the Governor prevented radical
elements from seizing control of the University of Cal-
ifornia!
With these and many more solid accomplishments under
his belt, it should be readily apparent to everyone that
Ronald Reagan is the one individual with the expertise,
the administrative savy to return the United States to the
position of greatness it once occupied.
A Reagan economic policy dictated by restraint will pro-
vide top return for our tax dollars as contrasted with the
bureaucratic blunders and general ineptness of many
previous administrations-America has had enough ram-
pant inflation and crippling recession.
Freedom has enemies-foreign and domestic Ronald
Reagan will maintain a constant vigilance to protect Ameri-
can interests at home and abroad. Liberty RALE can exist only
if tempered with responsibility.
BRAN
BRA
REAGAN
The Spirit of '76!
Reagan Record
a
two-term governor of California,
gest political entities in the world in
oth population and budget, Ronald
ved to even the most skeptical that his
nse philosophy of government works.
nonstrated beyond any doubt that he
the leadership and the administrative
effectively. His accomplishments
eryone in the state.
ring Ronald Reagan's eight years as
California
number of people on the welfare
Nancy and Ronald Reagan outside their home in California.
decreased by 400,000, saving tax-
vers $2 billion. At the same time the
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on Feb-
IV needy received a 30% increase in
ruary 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois. He married
nefits.
the former Nancy Davis in 1952. The couple has
inherited $900 million deficit was
two children: a daughter, Patricia Ann, and a son,
ned into a $500 million surplus.
Ronald Prescott. Reagan also has two other chil-
dren, Maureen and Michael.
spite of tremendous population
He attended public schools in Illinois and
owth and a corresponding increase in
was graduated from Eureka College in Eureka,
ate services, the size of state govern-
Illinois, with a degree in economics and sociol-
remained virtually unchanged.
ogy. In college he was president of the student
slation was passed which brought
body, captain of the swimming team, and a three-
issive tax relief to California's prop-
year letterman in football.
owners-resulting in a $378 million
A second lieutenant in the U.S. Cavalry
ving to homeowners and a $110 mil-
Reserve before World War II, he served for four
saving to renters.
years in the Air Force from 1942 to 1946. He was
discharged with the rank of captain.
vernment positions were filled not
Ronald Reagan began his career as a
in political "buddies" but with experi-
ced, highly qualified individuals who
sports announcer. He became a film actor in
ere not seeking government careers
1937 and appeared in 50 feature pictures and on
could be counted on to tell the gov-
television, He served as president of the Screen
nor if they found their job or depart-
Actors Guild for six terms, and was president of
ent unnečessary-which a number of
the Motion Picture Industry Council fortwo terms.
em did.
He was elected governor of California on
"We must offer progress in-
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November 8, 1966, and was re-elected on No-
recent article in The Richmond News
stead of stagnation; the truth
vember 3, 1970. He did not seek re-election to a
cribed Governor Reagan's record as
gly successful," adding:
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third term.
instead of promises; hope
The catalogue of Reagan's accom
Since leaving office Reagan has done a
and faith instead of defeatism
as governor is important because it is
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daily commentary on approximately 300 radio
non. And it suggests that what has
stations, written a syndicated weekly newspaper
and despair."
in California could be done nation-
column and spoken to numerous civic, business
and political groups around the nation.
ment made by Ronald Reagan
Our access to cheap and abundant en-
the American people vote for a leadershi:
SS conference in Washington, D.C.
ergy has been interrupted, and our depend-
that listens to them, relies on them, and seek
ember 20, 1975.
ence on foreign sources is growing.
to return government to them. We need
A decade ago, we had military superi-
government that is confident not of what
ority. Today, we are in danger of being sur-
can do, but of what the people can do.
passed by a nation that has never made any
For eight years in California, we labored
effort to hide its hostility to everything we
to make government responsive. We worke
stand for.
against high odds-an opposition legislatur
for most of those years and an obstructiv
Washington bureaucracy for all of them. W.
did not always succeed. Nevertheless, W
found that fiscal responsibility is possible
that the welfare rolls can come down, tha
social problems can be met below the Fed
Thank you for coming.
eral level.
I've called this press conference to an-
Inthecom-
ce that I am a candidate for the Presi-
ing months I will
y and to ask for the support of all
take this mes-
ricans who share my belief that our na-
sage to the
needs to embark on a new, constructive
American peo-
se.
ple. I will talk in
| believe my candidacy will be healthy
detail about re-
e nation and my party.
sponsible, re-
I am running because I have grown in-
sponsive gov-
singly concerned about the course of
Through détente we have sought
ernment. I will
is in the United States and in the world.
peace with our adversaries. We should con-
tell the people
In just a few years, three vital meas-
tinue to do so, but must make it plain that we
it is they who
of economic decay-inflation, unem-
expect a stronger indication that they also
should decide
ment, and interest rates-have more
seek a lasting peace with us.
how much government they want.
doubled, at
In my opinion, the root of these prob-
I don't believe for one moment that fou
S reaching 10
lems lies right here-in Washington, D.C. Our
more years of business-as-usual in Washing
ent and even
nation's capital has become the seat of a
ton is the answer to our problems and I don
"buddy" system that functions for its own
think the American people believe it eithe
Government
benefit-increasingly insensitive to the needs
We, as a people, aren't happy if we are
levels now
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of the American worker who supports it with
not moving forward. A nation that is growing
rbs more than
Nhis taxes.
and thriving is one which will solve its prob
er cent of our
onal income.
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Today it is difficult to find leaders who
lems. We must offer progress instead of stag
are independent of the forces that have
nation; the truth instead of promises; hop
as become
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brought us our problems-the Congress, the
and faith instead of defeatism and despair
intrusive,
bureaucracy, the lobbyists, big business and
Then, I am sure, the people will make thos
e coercive,
big labor.
decisions which will restore confidence
meddlesome
If America is to survive and go forward.
our way of life and release that energy that
this must change. It will only change when
the American spirit.
REAGAN
FLORIDA CITIZENS FOR REAGAN
2715 LEE ROAD . P.O. BOX 1419
for President
WINTER PARK, FL. 32789
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GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN'S I
STAND
ON ISSUES
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JANUARY 5, 1976
The Spirit of'76!
GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN'S STAND ON ISSUES
1. AMERICA
"Three and a half centuries ago, peoples from across
the sea began to cross to this great land, searching for
freedom and a sense of community they were losing at home.
The trickle became a flood, and we spread across a vast,
virtually unpeopled continent and caused it to bloom with
homesteads, villages, cities, great transportation systems,
all the emblems of prosperity and success. We became the most
productive people in the history of the world."
"Two hundred years ago, when this process was just
beginning, we rebelled when, in our eyes, a mother country
turned into a foreign power. We rebelled not to overturn
but to preserve what we had, and to keep alive the chance of
doing more. We established a republic, because the meaning
of a republic is that real leadership comes not from the
rulers but from the people, that more happens in a state
where the people are the sculptors and not the clay."
"Two hundred years ago it was London that turned into
a foreign power. Today, and it is a sad thing to say, it
is Washington. The coils woven in that city are entrapping
us all, and, as with the Gordian knot, we cannot untie it,
we must cut it with one blow of the sword."
2. ABORTION
Governor Reagan is philosophically opposed to abortion
on demand. He allowed modified legislation to become law to
cover instances of medical necessity.
3. BALANCED BUDGET
At Governor Reagan's Washington News Conference on
November 20, 1975, he was asked:
"Would you accept a $40 billion deficit next year?"
After outlining some of his ideas for how Federal
expenditures should be reduced, Governor Reagan concluded:
"I believe we have no choice. This government must
get back as quickly as possible to a balanced budget. I
think the only difference between the national government
at the moment, and New York City, is the national government
has a printing press. "
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On a recent Florida visit, Governor Reagan commented:
"Yes, you can balance the budget. I have described
balancing the budget as difficult, but not impossible. It's
like protecting your virtue -- you have to learn to say no!"
4. BUSING
Governor Reagan is opposed to forced busing. "Busing
failed in its intended purposes, and did nothing but cause
bitterness on both sides. " "It is insulting and demeaning
to infer that a black child can only get an education by
sitting between two white students. (*Quotation by a
prominent Black leader, used by the Governor in his speeches.)
5. CALIFORNIA RECORD
While Governor Reagan was in office, his policy was one
of "cut, squeeze and trim." He froze the hiring of employees
as replacements for people retiring and for those leaving
state services.
While the state had a tremendous growth rate, government
remained essentially the same size. It managed to absorb a
work-load increase of as much as sixty-six percent (66%) in
some departments, without an increase in taxes.
The Governor inherited a deficit from his Democratic
predecessors and turned it into an $850 million surplus.
He then took that money and returned it to the people in a
one-time tax rebate.
Due to his good fiscal common sense practices, forty (40)
of the state's fifty-eight (58) counties were able to reduce
their property taxes.
All of these things he was able to accomplish while
working with a hostile Democrat State Assembly.
Critics point to the fact that the actual budget went
up thirty percent (30%) while he was in office. These figures
are misleading in that over that same eight (8) year period,
inflation went up over forty percent (40%), and at that time
California was the fastest growing state in the Union.
Governor Reagan gives the following details:
"The California budget did increase during the eight
years that I was Governor. But, I think you have to understand
that every state has its own system and its own way of doing
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things with regard to budgeting. Some states don't show in
their budget the same things that others do. Now the truth
of the matter is, a great part of California's budget consists
of money that must show in the budget as income and outgo
because it is collected by the state, but it is then (this
great portion of the budget) returned directly in subventions
to school districts and to local governments. In the case
of California, when we began nine years ago, only one-half
of the California budget was in subventions to local
government. When we finished, more than two-thirds of the
California budget was going back to local government and to
the school districts. The actual portion of the budget which
runs the state of California, over which was have administrative
control or legislative control for that matter, that portion
of the budget over a period of eight years, only increased
thirty percent (30%). Inflation alone over that period was
forty percent (40%). You add to that the fact that California
was one of the fastest growing states in the Union and you
have the situation that in constant dollars the actual
administration of the state of California was costing less
at the end of eight years than it did eight years before."
The critics don't like to admit that Reagan's budgets
balanced and that his accomplishments were despite the bitter
resistance of a hostile legislature and an entrenched
bureaucracy. Only the people were on his side!
6. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Governor Reagan is for capital punishment, believing
that it is an important deterrent to crime.
7. COMMON SITUS PICKETING
In his nationally syndicated radio broadcast on
November 5, 1975, news conference, Governor Reagan took a
strong slap at compulsory unionism and how this would be
enhanced if President Ford allowed the Common Situs Picketing
bill to become law. He said flatly that the bill should
be vetoed and concluded: "At stake is a person's right to
a living, whether or not he chooses to join a union."
President Ford and his Secretary of Labor, John Dunlop,
supported the bill, apparently more concerned with pleasing
big labor bosses than in protecting the rights of workers.
The President then made a 180 degree turnabout and vetoed
the bill, only after extreme pressure from adverse public
opinion and the threat of Governor Reagan's soaring popularity
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8. CUBA
"According to some estimates, the Soviet Union is
spending a million dollars a day to keep Castro afloat, as
a result mainly of our trade ban. So the issue is not
simply a U.S.-Cuban issue, but a U.S. -Soviet issue as well.
My own belief is that if the Soviets want to continue to
have Cuba as a political and military base in this
hemisphere, they should continue to pay for the privilege." "
9. DECENTRALIZATION
"So long as the system continues to function the way
it does now, we are going to see expenditures at every level
of government soar out of sight. My goal is to reverse
this: to tie spending and taxing functions together wherever
feasible, SO that those who have the pleasure of giving
away tax dollars will also have the pain of raising them. "
"We can and we must reverse the flow of power to
Washington; not simply slow it, or paper over the problem
with attractive phrases or cosmetic tinkering. This would
give the appearance of change, but would leave the basic
machinery untouched. What I propose is nothing less than
a systematic transfer of authority and resources to the
states -- a program of creative federalism for America's
third century. "
"The proposals I have outlined will bring howls of
pain from those who are benefiting from the present system,
and from many more who think they are. But we must turn a
deaf ear if this nation and this way of life are to survive." "
"The simple fact is the producing class in this nation
is being drained of its substance by the non-producers --
the taxpayers are being victimized by the tax consumers. We
may be sure that those in Washington and elsewhere whose
life style depends on consuming other people's earnings
while working people struggle to make ends meet, will fight
to the last limousine and carpeted anteroom."
10. DEFENSE
"Some people will always say that when so much
destructive power is involved, numbers do not matter. But
I've never been able to understand why those who say numbers
don't matter are invariably the same people who are most
anxious to limit the numbers via a SALT agreement. In the
real world, balance of destructive power matters greatly,
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both factually and psychologically. If we are going to have
a SALT II agreement, the President should order his
negotiators to get real equality in every area. If not, it
would be better to start from scratch."
"When you think about it, of all the functions of
government, defense is the only one that is 'uncontrollable'
in the sense that our requirements depend wholly on the
actions of others. In periods of extreme peril such as
World War II, over 90 percent of all federal expenditure went
to the military; at other times when there was far less
visible threat, it's been less than 10 percent. If we are
really serious about getting arms agreements, the only way
to do so on the basis of equality is to be ready to surpass
the Soviets, should negotiations fail. If the Soviets are
sure 11 continue to spend less on defense than they do,
they have no rational reason to permit parity in nuclear
weapons or any other kind."
He is for a strong defense budget. Some reorganization
may be necessary to cut wasteful spending. "You spend what
you have to spend to maintain superiority." "If you're
second, you're last."
"In general, the Soviets are increasing their investment
in defense at a rate of three-to-five percent annually,
while we are decreasing our effort by three-to-five percent
each year. "
"Their single-minded obsession with military power is
even more starkly apparent in their strategic nuclear program.
For all we know the security of Europe is intimately bound
up in the capabilities of U. S. strategic forces. Soviet
planners continue to invest massive resources in every major
arena of the nuclear competition."
"They have outdistanced the forecasts of even the most
worried observers who all too often were looked upon as
unreasoning doom criers. In fact, in the mid '60's we were
assured optimistically by many that the Soviets had accepted
a position of nuclear inferiority."
"In the later '60's, it was confidently predicted that
growth in Soviet strategic forces would stop at parity."
"Today, the motives of the Soviets are being questioned
by many analysts who see them investing ever-greater sums in
their strategic program with apparently no natural limit short
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"Why? What purpose do they have for their mushrooming
nuclear force? Prestige? Diplomatic leverage? Or (and we
have to ask this) first strike capability?"
11. DETENTE
"Too often in our pursuit of detente, we act as if a
concession on our side is automatically helpful to the process
as a whole. But if you think about it, nothing could make
detente less meaningful, either to the United States or to
the populations of the communist nations, than an unending
series of one-sided American concessions. If our adversaries
can get what they want -- formal recognition, liberalized
trade, technical help, what have you -- without making any
modifications in their foreign or domestic policies -- then
the basis for true friendship is erased. "
"It's only by a change in the nature of communism --
a movement away from the policies of aggression abroad and
repression at home -- that communism and the west will be
able to live together in harmony. If the communists get
the prestige and material aid they want without having to
change any of their- own policies, the seeds of future conflict
will be continually nourished, ready to sprout anew with
little or no warning.' "
"We must always remember that the Soviet Union,
through the Communist parties of the world, is an
international corporation, complete with an extensive
apparatus not only of subversion but of public relations.
A black eye such as the expulsion of Alexander Solzhenitsyn
harmed Soviet interests around the globe. The more we focus
ourattention on internal Soviet repression, and focus our
demands in this area, the better chance that over the years
the Soviet society will lose its cruelty and secrecy.
Peace could then be ensured, not only because the Soviets
fear our deterrent, but because they no longer wish to blot
out all who oppose them at home and abroad.
"The general idea was that those discussions would
reduce or eliminate the sources of international tension and
mutual suspicion. Anticipating the effects of such efforts,
every nation of our Alliance has reduced its real efforts
in defense ever since and in spite of the Soviet invasion
of Czechoslovakia. Perhaps we've indulged in wishful
thinking. Our understanding of detente was evidently not
the same as the Soviet's understanding of detente. A few
figures make the point. In the three years 1972, '73 and '74:
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-- The Soviets increased their forces deployed in
Eastern Europe from 525,000 to 625,000, while
both Europe and America reduced theirs.
-- The Soviets produced 9,000 new Main Battle
Tanks; our country produced fewer than 1,400.
-- The Soviets produced 13,200 armored personnel
carriers; we produced 2,500.
-- The Soviets out-produced us nine-to-one in
artillery pieces, 3,600 to 400.
-- They added ten (10) new divisions; the U.S.
added a single brigade -- one-third of a
division."
12. EDUCATION
"The United States built the greatest system of
public education the world has ever known --- not at
the federal level, not even at the state level, but
at the level of the local school district. Until a
few years ago, the people had direct control over
their schools -- how much to spend, what kind of
courses to offer, whom to hire. Is it an accident
that as this local control gave way to funding and
control at the federal and state levels, reading
and other test scores have declined? The truth is,
a good education depends far more on local control
and accountability than on the amount of money spent."
13. ENERGY
"The one thing we shouldn't forget is this:
if we relax government controls on natural gas, nuclear
plants, oil shale, and offshore drilling, we won't
have to talk about invading the Middle East. Instead,
we could surpass the Middle East as the world's chief
exporter of energy."
Governor Reagan favors incentives for those who
would explore and develop new sources of energy. He
favors building up our nuclear power plants,
gassification of coal and oil and developing solar
energy technology. He opposed the Democrat sponsored
energy bill recently signed by President Ford. That
bill will increase our vulnerability to the OPEC
monopoly, through decreased domestic production and
increased dependence on imports of at least one million
barrels a day. President Ford made another of his
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complete turnarounds on this bill, first opposing and
later switching to support it despite the long range
damage to our goal of energy independence.
14. EXTREMISM/POLLS
Some of Governor Reagan's opponents are trying to
bill him as an extremist. To that he answers that they
should look to his California record. There is nothing
extremist in the way he ran the state, which is reflected
in the fact that he was elected by the people of
California -- who represent a diverse range of opinions
similar to the entire population of the country, and
these same people re-elected him to a second consecutive
term.
A California poll taken immediately after he left
office showed more than seventy percent (70%) of the
California citizens rated him favorably.
More recent national polls show him the frontrunner
in the presidential race among both Republican and
Independent voters. He obviously appeals to many
Democrats too, since the same polls show Governor Reagan
leading Democrat contenders nationwide among all voters.
His record and philosophy clearly represent the thinking
of a broad cross-section majority of Americans. It is
common sense and responsible, exactly the opposite of
extremist.
15. E.R.A.
Governor Reagan has endorsed strong statutory
legislation to correct any remaining legal inequalities
between the sexes. He does not believe a constitutional
amendment (ERA) is the answer to the problem. The
amendment is open to too broad an interpretation by
the Supreme Court, and he feels that in the long run it
would take away privileges currently provided to women.
(Example: factory privileges and certain other working
provisions which would be eliminated on the grounds of
discrimination against men.) Governor Reagan feels the
ERA would "open a Pandora's Box. "
16. FEDERALISM
"This country is bursting with ideas and creativity,
but a government run by bureaucrats in Washington has no
way to respond. If we send the power back to the states
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because some districts are going to succeed with some ideas
and other districts are going to fail with others, and
the word will spread like wildfire. Successful programs
and good local governments will attract bright people like
magnets, because the genius of federalism is that people
can vote with their feet. "
"I am calling for an end to giantism, for a return
to the human scale -- the scale that human beings can
understand and cope with; the scale of the local fraternal
lodge, the church congregation, the block club, the farm
bureau. It is the locally-owned factory, the small
businessman who personally deals with his customers and
stands behind his product, the farm and consumer
cooperative, the town or neighborhood bank that invests
in the community, the union local. It is this activity
on a small, human scale that creates the fabric of
community, a framework for the creation of abundance and
liberty. The human scale nurtures standards of right
behavior, a prevailing ethic of what is right and what is
wrong, acceptable and unacceptable."
17. FEDERAL SPENDING
"Every minute I speak to you the federal government
spends another $700,000. I'd stop talking if they'd stop
spending, but Washington is spending a billion dollars
every day and goes into debt a billion and a third dollars
every week. As a result, real spendable weekly income of
the average American worker is lower than it was a decade
ago -- even though in these ten years that same worker has
increased his productivity twenty-three percent (23%).
In the words of Jefferson, that is taking from the mouth
of labor the bread it has earned.
"The absorption of revenue by all levels of
government, the alarming rate of inflation, and the rising
toll of unemployment all stem from a single source: the
belief that government, particularly the federal government,
has the answer to our ills, and that the proper method
of dealing with social problems is to transfer power from
the private to the public sector, and within the public
sector from state and local governments to the ultimate
power center in Washington. "
"Nationally, we must return to a balanced budget.
If people must run their households on a balanced budget,
the government should be made to do the same. We must
reverse the trend of the federal government running
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governments, where they belong. The best government is
still that government closest to the people."
"When government gets involved where it has no
business, things go wrong. Government should not be
trying to protect us from ourselves, it should only
protect us from others. Too often government is not
the solution to the problem -- government is the problem."
"The Democrats need only to look at New York to
see what the full implementation of their philosophy
can achieve."
18. FOREIGN POLICY
"In the area of foreign policy, I firmly believe
that the United States must protect its own interests.
Frankly, I'm skeptical of some of the things we've been
doing or seem close to doing. Has the free world
anything to gain by our recognition of the repressive
dictatorships of Cuba or Communist China? Can we afford
to give control of the Panama Canal to an antagonistic
and unstable Panamanian dictatorship? What does detente
really mean? What are we getting in return when we
make "deals" with the Soviet Union? Have the Communists
changed? Can they be trusted? I don't like the answers
I come up with."
19. GUN CONTROL
The Governor feels that the present proposals
do nothing to stop guns from getting into the hands of
criminals. He proposes some kind of legislation similar
to that adopted in California: when a person is convicted
of a crime using a hand gun or other deadly weapon, five
(5) to fifteen (15) years is added on to his sentence,
and judges are prohibited from giving probation to
these individuals.
20. JUDICIARY
Regarding judicial appointments, Governor Reagan
has strongly supported the concept of judicial restraint
and strict interpretation of the constitution. He
said: "We need some one to interpret, not legislate."
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21. LAW AND ORDER
"A truly free society is also a safe society.
Our courts must stop papering cold-blooded killers and
terrorists. Quite simply, we must return law and order
to our streets. We must appoint judges who crack down
on the lawbreaker, not the law-abiding citizen. Repeat
offenders must be kept off the streets, and capital
punishment must be restored in cases of vicious and
premeditated murder. We must return to the concept of
swift and sure punishment meted by judges as concerned
about the rights of the victim as they are about the
rights of the accused."
22. MARIJUANA
Governor Reagan is against legalization of
marijuana or further reduction of penalties.
23. MONOPOLY
"Monopoly is evil -- whether by government, by
business or by labor. "
24. NEW YORK CITY
When Governor Reagan was asked how he felt about
bailing out New York City, he responded:
"New York City has given us a picture on the wall
of where the nation is heading if we don't quit following
the same path they followed. I think it is wonderful
that the Democrats are holding their convention there.
They'd better take a look and see that this is what their
philosophy has brought about. New York City for the last
twenty (20) years or so has been increasing its revenues
by about eight percent (8%) a year. Before anyone talks
about bailing out New York City, we'd better wait and find
out if New York City will revamp its style and set up a
program to live like the rest of us and get themselves
out of trouble." The Governor pointed out that all the
rest of the cities of over a million in population operate
at an average annual cost per capita of about $650, while
in New York City it is an astronomical $1,466. He
concluded: "They have four times as many public employees,
which is the largest, most populous state in the Union.
They ve brought trouble on themselves."
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When President Ford recently switched his stand
on New York City, his bail out bill narrowly passed in
Congress. Ironically, all of Florida's G.O.P. congressmen,
including Ford's state campaign chairman, Lou Frey, voted
against the bill.
25. NINETY BILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL SPENDING CUT
Governor Reagan has proposed a program to reduce
federal spending and return control of many social welfare
programs to state and local governments. The program is
based on Governor Reagan's experience in California,
such as the reorganization of welfare programs, resulting
in improved efficiency and very important savings to the
taxpayers.
Federal authority has clearly failed to do the job.
It has created more problems in welfare, education,
housing, food stamps, medicaid (welfare medical care),
community and regional development, and revenue sharing,
to name a few. The sums involved and the potential savings
to the taxpayers are large. Transfer of authority in
whole or in part in all these areas could reduce the
outlay of the federal government by more than $90 billion,
using the spending levels of Fiscal 1976.
With such savings, it would be possible to balance
the budget, making an initial $5 billion payment on the
national debt, and cutting the federal personal income
tax burden of every American by an average of twenty-three
percent (23%).
Note well: Not included in this proposal are
transfer of governmental functions which are national
rather than local in nature and others such as social
security and medicare, which are handled through trust
arrangements outside the general revenue structure and
should be left under federal administration.
Opponents and liberal bureaucrats have been quick
to criticize Governor Reagan's program to cut the federal
bureaucracy and save the taxpayers billions. They cannot
deny that net savings to taxpayers would be enormous,
even in cases where increased state and local funding might
be needed. Programs not needed or wanted by state or local
citizens could be dropped entirely. The programs that
continued would eliminate the massive and costly federal
bureaucracy. The government closest to the people would
administer programs more effectively and economically,
providing better services at reduced cost.
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26. PANAMA CANAL
Governor Reagan favors retention of sovereignty
over the Panama Canal. He met recently with Panamanian
exile leaders who oppose the current leftist military
dictatorship. He strongly opposes the efforts of the
Ford administration to negotiate a new canal treaty with
Panama, replacing the pact of 1903.
27. REGULATION
"In our regulatory agencies dealing with non-
monopoly industries, we must set a date certain for an
end to federal price fixing and an end to all federal
restrictions on entry."
28. SOCIALISM
"Let's take a good look at a huge nation that's
had fifty (50) years to put into practice a completely
socialist system: the Soviet Union, which has more
territory than the United States, a larger population,
and vast natural resources. Now, you know we could
match their socialist Utopia. It would take a little
doing. We'd have to cut our paychecks by seventy-five
percent (75%), move sixty (60) million workers back to
the farm, abandon two-thirds of our steel-making capacity,
destroy forty (40) million TV sets, tear up fourteen
(14) out of every fifteen (15) miles of highway, junk
nineteen (19) out of every twenty (20) autos, tear up
two-thirds of our railroad track, knock down seventy
percent (70%) of our houses, and rip out nine-tenths of
our telephones. Then all we'd have to do is find a
capitalist country that would sell us wheat on credit to
keep us from starving. "
29. SOCIAL SECURITY
"We must reform our major trust funds to ensure
solvency and accountability. Particularly important is
the need to save social security from the colossal debt
that threatens the future well-being of millions of
Americans, even while it overtaxes our workers at a
growing and exorbitant rate."
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30. TAXES
"Government taxes forty-four percent (44%) of every
dollar --- that is too much, and wrong. Regarding taxes,
we should index taxes so that the wage earner is not
required to pay more because of inflation. And we should
rewrite the tax laws so that you don't need a lawyer to
fill out your tax return. "
(In California) "We also turned over -- for the
first time in almost a quarter century -- a balanced budget
and a surplus of $500 million. In those eight years,
we returned $5.7 billion to the people in rebates, tax
reductions and bridge-toll reductions. All this is contrary
to the will of those who deplore conservatism and profess
to be liberals ---- yet all of it is pleasing to the citizenry
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31. TAX REFORM
"We must radically simplify our method of tax
collection, so that every American can fill out his
return in a matter of minutes without legal help. Genuine
tax reform would also make it more rewarding to save
than to borrow, and encourage a wider diffusion of
ownership to America's workers. 11
32. WELFARE
"For years, the fashionable voices have been calling
for a federal take-over of welfare. If there is one
area of social policy that should be at the most local
level of government possible, it is welfare. It should
not be nationalized - it should be localized. If Joe
Doaks is using his welfare money to go down to the pool
hall and drink beer and gamble, and the people on his
block are paying the bill directly, Joe is apt to undergo
a change in his life style. 11
33. WELFARE REFORM
(Before Governor Reagan in California): "We were
the welfare capital of the world, with sixteen percent
(16%) of the nation's caseload. California's caseload
was increasing by 40,000 a month. il
The Reagan administration initiated major welfare
reform programs which reduced waste, excessive bureaucracy
and abuses such as fraud, overpayments and underpayments.
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These reforms resulted in improved programs for the
truly needy, while reducing the overall burden on the
taxpayers. Governor Reagan summarized:
"Today, the needy have had an average increase
of forty-three percent (43%) in welfare grants in
California, but the taxpayers have saved $2 billion
by the caseload not increasing by 40,000 , a month.
Instead, there are some 400,000 fewer on welfare today
than then. 11
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RONALD REAGAN ON SOCIAL SECURITY
The flagship of the liberal cause is social security."
"Social security dues are a tax for the general use of the
government and payment of that tax does not automatically
entitle anyone to the receipt of the benefits. The benefits
are a welfare program which can be cancelled_or curtailed by
Congress at any time."
Speech, Amarillo, Texas
March 2, 1964
"Do not exchange freedom for the soup kitchen of compulsory
insurance. "
Arizona Republic, May 23, 1964
"At the same time, can't we introduce voluntary features that
would permit a citizen to do better on his own, to be excused
upon presentation of evidence that he had made provisions for the
non-earning years?"
H Time for thoosing, ceLevision
speech for Goldwater, November. 191
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Social security has "changed from an insurance concept when it
started to a welfare concept now. It should be made voluntary
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 22, 1965
Reagan said he had never favored social security being voluntary
but had favored "excusing an individual from contributing to
social security if he proved he had made adequate provision for
his retirement years. "
Campaign tour, Fresno,
Sacramento Bee, Oct. 16, 1966
Reagan says he supports social security, but "I am critical of
some aspects. For example, you cannot name your beneficiaries as
you want to. Also, I think we could explore the idea, perhaps to
permit those who want to go on private plans to do so, provided they
submit a record each year of such participation."
KNX Firing Line call-in - show.
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
October 25, 1966
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"I still believe we could explore whether a man who could
do better on his own" should be allowed to purchase a voluntary
private retirement plan in lieu of the federal compulsory program.
KNX Firing Line call-in show,
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 25, 1966
"Every wealthy young people (sic) under forty years of age in this
country are paying in probably more than twice as much as they can
hope to get back from social security. If they have the money, in
their own hands, they could go into the open insurance market today
and buy an insurance (policy) that would pay them more than double
and give them a life protection policy from the first day at the
same time. There are plans that are being discussed by a number
of economists. One very interesting plan is one that would legitimize
that imbalance
I just offer this as an example of the thinking
of some knowledgeable people. This one would stop the payroll tax,
and make the employer's share of social security be given in the
paycheck to the worker, so that he would have in effect a raise of
pay. He's no longer paying the tax. But, you then create
bonds that have an annuity effect, in other words an insurance
feature with them. Retirement bonds, the worker would have to buy
ten percent of his income in bonds or $2,500 worth, whichever was
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less. Those who have been paying in would be given bonds in the
amount of the money they have already paid in, and start from there
on the buying of additional bonds. But another feature of this
system that once they have those bonds, under this plan it is
proposed that they could if they saw a better chance to invest
those bonds in say a private pension plan, they could do it,
which would make the government competitive with private pension
plans and there's never anything wrong when you've got competition
instead of monopoly.
Speech, Houston, Texas, Dec. 2,
"Maybe scmeplace down the road someday, there might come a time
where you could introduce some other features into it, but right
now all of the plans that I know of being talked about by
economists are based on plans in which the complusory features
of participation would remain."
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Security had Leen
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questioned
daying fast and to
the programs annual trust
hi- continued use of what terms as an example " wel-
fund and said "as a
fact, it isn't there available
fare fraud woman in Chicago who he caid. o! as
in cash for the people: of it is in government bonds."
much as $150,000 in one year in fraudulent welfare
Over Issues of Abortion, Social Security
"I don't know how the government justifies giving itscif
claims, using SO different name: and 30 different addresses.
an "I-owe-me."
Reagan frequently her and he considers abortion "the
A copy of the Reagan staff briding paper on the in-
BY RICHARD BERGHOLZ
taking of a human life" and that he is unalterably opposed
cident. obtained by newsmen. she Ned that Reagan at-
cism in this state. where retirees make up an important
T.m.s Political Writer
to it-even to the point of supporting a proposed constitu-
ready had been informed that the woman had. in fact,
segment of the GOP.
DAYTONA BEACH. The issues of Social Security
When first asked about his former views, Reagan told a
tional amendment if necessary to stop "abortions on de-
been charged with only one count of fraud totaling $7.-
and abortion laws gave Renald Reagan trouble Saturday
news conference that his quotes had been taken "some-
mand."
000. that the prosecutor in charge of the case felt it was
what out of context." He added that, among other im-
But Saturday, for the first time, Reagan discussed with
the only case. trong enough to warrant presecution.
when he brought his Republican presidential campaign
provements in the system. he had believed the Social Se-
newsmen why he had signed a liberalized abortion bill as
Reagan said he knew this. "Maybe I have been careless
back to Finalda.
"could have for ha
governor of California, a law now in effect in the state.
at times in not saying 'reported fraud," he added.
Daytona Beach News Journal
Sunday February 8
Reagan said the growing deficit in the social
security system might be alleviated by investing its
trust funds in the stock market. He said he hasn't come
up with a firm plan for where the money would come from
to make the changes he says are necessary in social
security, but said; "I know of no persion fund outside
social security where people are totally dependent
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Miami Herald Sunday, February 8
Republican Presidential candidate RR Saturday suggested
investing social security money in the stock market as
a possible solution to a deficit he says is growing
in the social security system.
Reagan said that he had not yet come up with a firm
plan for where the money would come from to make the
changes in social security that he says are needed. But
he said that one alternative could be "investing social
security trust funds in industry. "
(made following a state JC convention meeting at which
RR spoke)
GERALDO FORD
The Dallas Florning Nrtus
Friday, January 23, 1973
New.
Xc: WATTS ZAPANTA
Painful Truth on Social Security
By JIM WRIGHT
people who are dependent on Social Se-
AND THE long and short of the prob-
Assistant Editorial Director
curity, and the anti-Goldwater twist
lem is that as the amount drawn out
worked like a charm. Regardless of
grows long. the amount paid in grows
IF THERE were such a thing as a
whatever points in common they might
short. The American people are living
Presidential Medal of Honor. it should
have had with Goldwater ideologically
longer. but having fewer children than in
go to Gerald Ford, for courage above
capolitically, those who could not get by
years past. If you reduce this great so-
and beyond the call of political expedien-
without their Social Security checks
cietal system down to a familial one--
cy. He has volun-
helped to bury Goldwater at the polls.
the original Social Security-the trend is
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The Houston Post
TUES. JAN. 27 1976
Post/commentary
Squaring the accounts
President Ford. in calling for a Social Security tax
increase in his State of the Union message. confirmed
warnings sounded with increasing frequency over the
past few years: The Social Security system is headed
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MIAMI--Ronald Reagan's vaunted welfare reform program
was a failure that ended up costing Californians an additional
$100 million, HEW Under Sec. Marjorie Lynch said today.
"During the 8 years of Reagan's governership," Mrs.
Lynch told a news conference here, "welfare rolls for families
nearly doubled--from 729,357. to 1,384,400 recipients and the
cost went from $32.3 million to $104.4 million.
"Under Reagan, Californian's welfare costs went up
143 per cent; under his predecessor, Edmund G. Brown Sr.,
they were up 83 per cent."
Mrs. Lynch said Reagan's prepaid health plan idea for
Medicaid recipients was scandal-ridden and has been investi-
gated by a number of federal and state agencies.
His Community Work Experience Program, she added was
poorly designed, incompetently run and touched only .6 of one
per cent of welfare recipients. In taking issue with
Reagan's claim that he reduced welfare rolls in California
by 400,000, Mrs. Lynch said he takes credit for a decline
in the national unemployment rate which lowered welfare rolls
across the country.
"His policies did little to cause or assist that,"
she said.
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THE REAL RONALD REAGAN WELFARE RECORD
One of the cornerstones of Ronald Reagan's
campaign is the image of him as a strong, effective
reformer of California's welfare system.
This theme was set in a letter from Senator
Paul Laxalt, R-Nev., Chairman of Citizens for Reagan:
"
as Governor of California he was successful
in reducing the number of individuals on welfare
rolls by 400,000, while at the same time those
truly needy individuals received a 43% increase in
benefits. "
That's the rhetoric. The truth is that Reagan
created a worse situation -- one which cost
Californians an additional $100 million.
The deception in Reagan's claims is that he
takes credit for a decline in the national unemployment
rate which lowered welfare rolls across the country.
His policies did little to cause or assist that.
In fact, most of his major reforms were failures.
His prepaid health plan idea for Medicaid recipients
was scandal-ridden and has been investigated by a
number of Federal and State agencies. The General
Accounting Office found Medicaid prepaid health
programs to be so poorly run by the Reagan
Administration that more than 50 percent of the
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money went to administrative costs instead of health
care.
Reagan's plan to force welfare recipients to
work was a total failure. Yet he now apparently
proposes to institute his welfare philosophy all
over the country.
Let's look more closely at Ronald Reagan on
his welfare record.
Q. In general, how successful was Reagan's record
on welfare?
A. Not very. The Reagan plan was never fully
enacted by the Legislature. Much of what did
become law either was invalidated by State and
Federal courts or by the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare as being illegal. The
programs that remained did not clean up the welfare
mess. In some instances, they were incompetently
run and scandal-ridden. Forty major lawsuits were
lodged against the plan and 32 were successful.
In addition, class action lawsuits overturned most
of the regressive provisions of the proposals. In
general, the only major provision that remained
was the "flat grant" schedule, and that increased
benefits for 80 percent of the caseload.
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Q. Did Reagan's plan actually reduce the welfare
rolls by 400,000?
A. No. In 1971 and 1972 the nationwide unemployment
rate declined and welfare rolls across the country
dropped. California got extra help through a
simultaneous decline in the migration of the
unemployed into the State.
When Reagan took office in 1967, the annual
migration rate into the State was 233,000 persons.
By 1971, when Reagan instituted his policies, the
rate had declined to 44,000.
Welfare rolls likewise were already well on
the decline when the Reagan welfare policies went
into effect in October, 1971. Between March and
October, 1971, welfare rolls in California declined
by more than 110,000 from 1,638,816 to 1,527,601
recipients. Ronald Reagan takes credit for this
decline, although his policies were not even in
effect yet. When unemployment began to rise in
1974, extended unemployment insurance benefits
kept the welfare rolls from rising rapidly.
An additional factor contributing to over-
estimations of the caseload reductions was the
fact that 20,000 "recipients" were removed from
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the rolls due to a correction in the accounting
procedures in the largest county, Los Angeles,
where persons had previously been counted twice
if they received general assistance and emergency
AFDC in the same month.
During the eight years of Reagan's governship,
welfare rolls for families nearly doubled; from
729,357 to 1,384,400 recipients and the cost went
from $32.3 million to $104.4 million. The aged
blind and disabled programs went from a caseload
of 397,400 in January, 1967, when he took office
to 609,000 when he left in January, 1975.
Q. But didn't Reagan's policies save the California
taxpayers $1 billion as he claims?
A. No. The record indicates that the Reagan
plan cost California taxpayers an additional $100
million. These increased expenditures were in such
areas as training, job development, day care, family
planning, etc. Beyond that, the cost of reinstating
those illegally eliminated from welfare has been
estimated at $25 million.
When Reagan instituted his plan in 1971, welfare
costs were averaging about $90 million per month.
For his program to save $1 billion in two years,
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welfare costs would have to have been reduced by
$46 million per month. In other words, they would
have to average $44 million dollars per month in
1972 and 1973. Yet, in 1972 and 1973 the monthly
average was about $90 million. Simple arithmetic
alone demonstrates that the Reagan plan generated
no dramatic savings and the claims of its supporters
are clearly wrong. A. Alan Post, California's
respected Legislative Analyst, pointed out that
under Reagan, California's welfare costs went up
143 percent; under his predecessor, Edmund G. Brown,
Sr., they were up 83 percent.
Q. To put welfare recipients to work, Reagan
instituted a Community Work Experience Program.
How well did this work?
A. It didn't. This was a poorly designed program
and it was incompetently run. It was difficult to
administer and never touched more than six-tenths
of one percent of welfare recipients. Finally,
it was strongly resisted by California's counties.
Although the program was intended to have
59,000 participants in the first year in 35 counties,
it barely managed 1,100 participants in 10 counties,
mostly in rural, farm areas.
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While intended to move welfare recipients into
regular jobs, only 262 participants found work as a
result of the program. The additional cost of running
this program was. $1.5 million. To significantly
affect the welfare caseload, CWEP would have had
to add $2.5 billion to California's welfare costs. In
effect that would triple those costs. Two years after
its inception, the Legislature moved to abolish CWEP
as a total failure.
Q. What about Reagan's reforms for the Medicaid
program?
A. A major Reagan program was the prepaid health
plan concept for Medicaid. The program was a scandal.
It was mismanaged and poorly regulated by the Reagan
Administration. It has been investigated by the
Legislature, by the Justice Department, by the
General Accounting Office and by other Federal and
State agencies. They found it to be a total rip-off.
Most of the money never got to the poor in the
form of medical care. Instead, it was siphoned off
on the way down by "administrators." In Los Angeles,
for example, less than 50 percent of the program
funds went to health care. Of the $56.5 million
paid over a two-year period to 15 plans by the State,
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only $27.1 million was spent for health care services.
Typical was a plan which received $9 million from
the State. Of this, $5.5 million went for administra-
tive expenses and profit.
Welfare recipients were tricked or coerced into
joining many prepaid, plans. The medical care often
was of very low quality, even though many doctors
were earning more than $100,000-plus salaries.
Q. Given this situation in California, haven't
Reagan's views on welfare changed since he has become
a national candidate?
A. Apparently not. To implement what he calls
"creative federalism," Reagan would cut from the
Federal budget most of the appropriations for social
welfare and medical services for the poor.
It then would be up to the States to decide
whether they wanted to continue these services with
their own revenues or to abandon them.
As for the poor, he added, they could migrate
to States that have adequate welfare programs.
"You can vote with your feet in this country,"
he said. "If a State is mismanaged, you can move
elsewhere. "
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One of the biggest myths in American politics is the
image of Ronald Reagan as a tight-fisted fiscal conservative.
In reality, Reagan was the biggest taxer and spender of
any governor in California's history.
Lou Cannon, a political writer for the Washington Post
and author of a Reagan biography, wrote in a recent article:
"At times Reagan seems to be the various things his
advocates and his adversaries say about him. What Reagan says
and what Reagan does are frequently contradictory. And he left
a conflicting legacy after two four-year terms in the governorship
"
Nowhere are the Reagan rhetoric and the Reagan record in
more conflict than in the field of fiscal policy.
Let's compare the rhetoric and the record.
A letter from Sen. Paul Laxalt, R-Nevada, who is chairman
of Citizens for Reagan, set the theme of the campaign.
The senator said Reagan would tell the American people
"that as governor of California he was successful in:
--creating and returning an $850 million surplus to the
California taxpayers.
--keeping the size of the California state government constant.
--originating and signing a massive tax relief bill which
resulted in a $378 million saving to California's property owners
and a $110 million saving to renters. "
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That's the rhetoric. In detail, let's look at the record.
Q. What about the Reagan campaign claim that as governor,
he created and returned an $850 million surplus to the California
taxpayers?"
A. The $850 million surplus was not the result of any savings
in state government. Rather, it was a serious miscalculation. In
1967, Reagan, in effect, 'overtaxed' Californians through an
enormous $943 million tax increase. While the tax increase was
permanent, the rebate was a one-shot temporary form of relief in
1969 -- the year preceding his bid for reelection.
Q. And the claim of a "massive tax relief bill which
resulted in a $378 million saving to property owners and a $110
million saving to renters?"
A. This was in no way the result of sound management of
the state. The property tax relief was achieved by other federal
and state revenues. Specifically, they were a federal revenue
sharing surplus, a major increase in the state sales tax and a
strong business climate.
Q. What about the Reagan campaign boast that he kept
"the size of California state government constant?"
A. Under Reagan, the state budget more than doubled in
eight years from $4.6 billion to $10.2 billion. The number of
state employees increased from 113,779 in 1967 to 127,929 in
1975.
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Q. Yes, but don't inflation and the growth of California's
population contribute to that budget increase?
A. Doubtless they do. But it is significant to note that
under Reagan the state budget increased an average of 12.2% yearly.
Under his successor, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., the increase has been
6%. And while California's population grew 1% a year during
Reagan's eight-year administration, it grew 3% a year during the
14 preceding years under Governors Edmund G. Brown, Sr. and
Goodwin J. Knight.
Q. How did Reagan balance the state budget during those
years that it more than doubled? By practicing fiscal economies?
A. By no means. Under Reagan, there were three huge tax
increases totalling more than $2 billion. In 1967, there was an
increase of $967 million -- the largest state tax hike in the
nation's history. Of this, $280 million went for a one-time deficit
payment and future property tax relief. In 1971, the increase was
$488 million with $150 million for property tax relief. In 1972,
the increase was $682 million with $650 million for property tax
relief. Much of this property tax relief was short term. But
the overall tax increases were permanent.
Q. How was this money raised?
A. By all sorts of taxes. State personal income tax
revenues went from $500 million to $2.5 billion, a 500% increase.
Top bracket levies were increased from 7% to 11%. The size of FORD
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bracket more quickly. And personal exemptions were reduced.
Finally, after adamantly denying he would ever do so, the governor
agreed to a system of withholding state income taxes.
Bank and corporation taxes went up 100%. The state sales
tax rose from 4% to 6%. The tax on cigarettes went up 7 cents
a pack and the liquor tax rose 50 cents per gallon. Inheritance
tax rates also were increased and collections more than doubled.
Q. But didn't taxpayers benefit from local property tax relief?
A. Hardly. Under Reagan, the average tax rate for each $100
of assessed valuation rose from $8.84 to $11.15. Under predecessor
Pat Brown the increase was much less in dollars and percentage --
from $6.96 to $8.84. And in the six years of Republican Knight's
administration it was still less -- from $5.94 to $6.96. One reason
for the big increase under Reagan -- from $3.7 billion to $8.3
billion -- is that the state paid a steadily smaller percentage of
school costs -- one of the biggest reasons for local property taxes.
Despite periodic efforts to provide relief, there has been
a substantial increase in the burden carried by most property
owners. Inflation and higher assessments have helped wipe out any
savings. Only $855 million of the record $10.2 billion budget in
Reagan's final year was for tax relief for homeowners and renters.
Q. What did Reagan have to say about all this spending?
A. Nothing very consistent. In his first inaugural message
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on January 5, 1967, he said "we are going to squeeze and cut
and trim until we reduce the cost of government."
On July 9, 1967, he said in a televised speech that as
long as California grows in population and as long as the country
is in an inflationary spiral "we will have a record breaking
budget every year
and that is roughly 8%."
On Oct. 2, 1967, Reagan was asked in Milwaukee about his
comment that he balanced the budget without new taxes. He
replied: "We raised the old ones about $1 billion."
Q. Many of Reagan's supporters claim that the reason for
the huge budget increases in his administration was because of
increases in assistance to local governments?
A. That's true. And under the same logic, we could
eliminate about $60 billion from the federal budget spent for
assistance to the states. Extending that bookkeeping system to
foreign aid and assistance to individuals, nearly three-fourths
of the federal budget could be disregarded. If Reagan is going
to continue to criticize the growth of the federal budget, he
has to accept similar criticism on the growth of California's
budget while he was governor. He can't have it both ways.
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Sanday, JON 25 1976
Jack Anderson
Mr. Ford, Backstage
The experience of ascending the pin-
Those who know Ford intimately say he
nacle of power can change a man.
is a most considerate and compassionate
At the President's beck, civilian and
person. On a visit to Los Angeles, he
military leaders gather to listen to his
stayed III an upper Hoor of the Century
counset. Assistants materialize at the
Plaza hotel. During a ride downstairs to a
DETROIT SUNDAY NEWS
FEB. 1, 1976
Democrats are failing to yield a real winner;
Even Ford critics plus his doctor
Reagan is having trouble in N.H.
find good things to say
By WILBUR ELSTON
change, keyhole-peeper Jack Anderson
News Aseociate Editor
quotes a pro-Ford source in the White
For a few days at least, things seem to
House. And even the Washington Post
be coming up roses for President Ford.
finds Mr. Ford cannot be all bad because
He gets a clean bill of health on his
his Democratic critics are beginning to
sound like the President himself on some
annual physical examination. A special
issues.
NBC poil shows a sharp rise in the public
approval of his conduct of the presidency.
THE PRESIDENT GETS GOOD marks
And he regains the
for his handling of the budget briefings for
Tead over Ronald
the press and his presentation to the pub-
Reagan in the public
lic. Even more important, his reports on
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EDITORIALS
2-B**** Thursday, January 22, 1976
Mr. Ford's budget
THE ISSUE: The need for Con-
if Congress refuses to stay within
gress to join the President in mak-
the 1977 limitation of $394.2 billion
ing some hard spending choices.
proposed by Mr. Ford.
HIS 1977 BUDGET. President
And Congress may well do so.
For many of the cuts in spending
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CREED C. BLACK, Editor
EUGENE L. ROBERTS JR., Executive Editor
Friday, January 23, 1976
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President Ford's budget:
A sound, brave challenge
For all its ponderous pages of de-
put a significant portion of the pres-
tail, its charts. tables and appendices,
ently unproductive one-quarter of its
an American President's annual budg-
industrial capacity back to work-and
et is no more or less than a set of
is going in provide substantial and en-
proposals to the Congress, which in
during relief for its millions of unem-
turn must dispose. Thus in the nature
ployed citizens-it first must stabilize
of the democratic dialectic-and in
the national economy. For all the hu-
President Ford's budget for fiscal year
intentions
of
FORD
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The Atlanta constitution, Jan.26,76
Jos ph Kraft
Budget Speech Gives Ford the Last Laugh
Just before the President presented
ment programs and spending. The
him against the Reagan assault and
priation committees. In effect, the
his budget at a press conference last
underlying philosophy, as enunciated
help him win the nomination.
centrists in both parties are in a kind
week, a reporter asked a White House
in the Economic Report last week, is
The Democrats, in obedience to the
of collusion to deny the presidential
alde
whether
that private business activity will as-
national mood, have also eschewed the
nomination to the extremists in both
Ford was going
sure steady growth in years to come.
politics of big spending. The brightest
parties.
to have to stand
Accordingly. the federal govern-
new faces in the party - Jimmy
The price for all this harmony, how-
Los Angeles Times, Jan 26,76
The
Let 'em Eat Cake-While Migrating
The more Ronald Reagan tries to explain his pro-
where."
posal to shift $90 billion in federal obligations to the
That's hokum. We suspect that Reagan would re-
states, the worse it becomes.
gard those states that are most frugal with welfare
To implement what he calls "creative federalism,"
dollars as the best managed.
Reagan would cut from the federal budget most of
But that aside, vast numbers of the Southern
the appropriations for social welfare, medical ser-
poor have, for many years, been doing exactly
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New Mark Times
January 12, 1976
REAGANSUGGESTS
POOR CAN MIGRATE
In Washington. meanwhile,
President Ford's campaign or-
ganization began today an at-
Says Needy and Minorities
tempt to link Mr. Reagan's posi-
Might Have to Flee States
tion on Social Security to the
stand that proved costly to Bar-
Resistant to Social Aid
ry Goldwater in the 1974 Presi-
dential race. Mr. Goldwater
suggested that wage earners be
By JON NORDHEIMER
permitted the choice of Social
Special to The New York Times
Security or private retirement
DUBLIN, N.H., Jan. 16-Ron-
plans. [Page 31.]
ald Reagan said today that the
Mr. Reagan. responding to a
poor and minorities living in
question about the South and
states resistant to social action
the region's history of racial
might have to migrate else-
discrimination. said it was pos-
where if these states failed to
The Washingron Star teb.4,76
Reagan Trips Over Sally
By John J. Fialka
Washington Star Staff Writer
Few people realize it, but Linda
on Welfare Queen
Taylor, a 47-year-old Chicago wel-
fare recipient, has become a major
campaign issue in the New Hamp-
is charging that she received from
Item: After first noting
shire presidential primary.
her alleged fraud is not $150,000, but
that his audience is com-
$8,000.
Former California Gov. Ronald
posed of "hard working
"You have to go with what you can
Reagan has referred to her at nearly
people" who pay their bills
prove." explains Piper. And SO far,
every stop, using her as part of his
and put up with high taxes,
nobody has proven anything because
"Citizens' Press Conference" format.
Reagan frequently tells
Miss Taylor, he says, is still awaiting
them about Taino Towers, a
"There's a woman in Chicago,"
trial
four-building subsidized
Reagan said last week to an audience
The "welfare queen"
housing project in New
at Gilford, as part of his free-swing-
item in Reagan's repertoire
York.
ing attack on welfare abuses. "She
is one of several that seem
"If you are a slum dwell-
has 80 names, 30 addresses, 12 Social
to be at odds with the facts.
er," Reagan has asserted,
Security cards and is collecting
Reagan fairly bristles with
"you can get an apartment
veterans benefits on four nonexisting
facts, figures and statistics
with II-foot ceilings, with a
deceased husbands.
demonstrating what he
20-foot balcony, a swim-
"And she's collecting Social Se-
thinks is wrong with wel-
ming pool and gymnasium,
curity on her cards she's got Medi-
fare, big government and
laundry room and play
caid, getting food stamps and she is
America.
room, and the rent begins
collecting welfare under each of her
The national press en-
at $113.20 and that includes
names. Her tax-free cash income
tourage following Reagan
utilities."
alone is over $150,000."
usually is prevented from
Fact: According to Rob-
REAGAN NEVER mentions the
pinning him down on the
ert Nichol, project coordi-
woman by name. But the effect is the
specifics because citizen
nator for the development,
same wherever he goes. During Rea-
press conferences are re-
which is situated in a pri-
gan's second campaign swing
served for questions from
marily Puerto Rican sec-
through the state in mid-January,
local audiences.
tion of East Harlem, only 92
for example, peoples' jaws dropped
THE FOLLOWING items
of 656 units in the develop-
in Dublin and Jeffrey and Peterbor-
were taken from a report-
ment have 11-foot ceilings.
ough and Salem and all the other lit-
er's notebook after attend-
These are the six-bedroom
tle towns where the candidate ap-
ing 18 citizen press confer-
units for large families and
peared. They were angry at "welfare
ences on Jan. 15, 16 and 17,
the high ceiling (which is
chislers." Reagan had hit a nerve.
all of them in small towns
only over the kitchen and
The problem is that the story does-
in southern New Hamp-
living room) is to allow a
n't quite check out.
shire.
space configuration that
FORD
According to Illinois welfare
saves what would otherwise
authorities, Reagan has based his
Item: Reagan usually
be wasted corridor space.
anecdotes on newspaper accounts of
showcases his welfare re-
There is no way, accord-
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Miss Taylor, who became known in
form program in Califor-
ing to Nichol, that you could
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the headlines as the "welfare queen"
nia. "We lopped 400,000 off
get one for $113.20. The
of the welfare roles," he as-
going rent would either be
after sensational revelations about
her case were made by state Sen.
serted at several stops.
$450 a month or one quarter
Don A. Moore, chairman of a com-
Fact: According to a
of a family's income. The
mittee that has been going after al-
spokesman for California's
large family that would
leged welfare abuses.
Department of Benefit Pay-
need such a unit, he adds,
According to a spokesman for his
ments, the all-time peak
probably would be receiv-
committee, the story is not quite as
California welfare case load.
ing enough welfare benefits
exciting as Reagan put it. "We fig-
was 2,292,945 cases during
so that its rent would work
ure she (Taylor) probably made
March 1971, six months be-
out to around $300 a month.
fore Reagan's welfare re-
If New Hampshirites de-
between $100,000 and $150,000 during
the year we checked," he said, "but
form package became law.
cided to move down and
The only provable low point
live in Taino Towers he
we could never be sure because the
welfare department wouldn't cooper-
during the following period
adds, they would find they
ate with us."
is a level of 2,060,875 cases
have to share the pool,
And according to James Piper, the
reached during January
gymnasium and other
assistant state's attorney who is
1975, the month after Rea-
amenities with the a com-
prosecuting Miss Taylor, the story is
gan left office, making it a
munity of 200,000 Puerto
not even as exciting as that.
total of 232,070 who were
Ricans and blacks who live
"lopped" off the rolls.
around the project because
AFTER A SERIES of indictments,
California welfare fig-
these amenities were built
each one of which was replaced by
ures during 1974 are under
for community use.
dispute, according to the
another indictment, winnowing down
spokesman, because of
the number of charges, Miss Taylor
confusion caused by the
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is now charged with using not 80 al-
debut of Social Security's
iases but four. The amount the state
problem-ridden Supple-
mental Security Income
program.
Our Opinion
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FORD
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Reagan's Radicalism
Ronald Reagan, as his burnished
for community - facilities water and
delivery on the hustings shows, is
sewer projects, for the Economic
not a simple - minded man. But
Development Administration, the
Ronald Reagan seems incurably
Community Services Ad-
enamored of simplistic solutions to
ministration, for help to American
complex problems. Coming from
Indians.
anyone else it would sound like un-
Mr. Reagan would chop off funds
alloyed demagoguery.
for urban renewal and for Ap-
However mellifluous or grating it
palachian regional development.
sounds, however, the upshot is the
Mr. Reagan would chop off funds for
same. Mr. Reagan, who is supposed-
the mass transit program, for sub-
ly a conservative hero, is the ad-
sidies to the Postal Service, ship
vocate of radical schemes.
operators and builders, and non-
Ronald Reagan's radicalism is
interstate highway construction.
the same kind of radicalism that
Mr. Reagan would chop off funds
sank Barry Goldwater in 1964 - not
for water resources and power
the radicalism of left-wing politics
programs, which would suspend the
but the radicalism of drastic
majority of domestic projects of the
measures whose consequences are
Army Corps of Engineers, the
not fully calculated. By contrast, the
Bureau of Reclamation, and the Soil
diligent if unglamorous efforts of
Conservation Service.
President Ford show true conser-
Mr. Reagan would chop off funds
vative principles at their un-
for the Food Stamp program, Aid to
dramatic best.
Families with Dependent Children
The albatross Mr. Reagan has
(welfare), and the school lunch
draped around his own neck is his
program. Mr. Reagan would chop
sweeping solution to the ills of big
off funds for the Law Enforcement
government: He would slash federal
Assistance Administration (which
spending in the current fiscal year
apportions grants to local and state
by $90 billion. That type of sure-cure
police departments), and Mr.
is like sawing off a leg to lose weight
Reagan would chop off funds for
fast.
revenue sharing.
As soon as Mr. Reagan's miracle
Mr. Reagan would chop off funds
cure was publicized, his aides found
for Medicaid, for hospital construe
it necessary to analyze and explain,
tion, and for health scholarships.'
and then clarify again and again,
Mr. Reagan would chop off funds for
what effects the radical proposal
programs that provide maternal and
would have on the nation's economic
child health care, family planning,
and social life.
alcohol and drug abuse treatment,
The explanations have been less
and
mental
health
care.