Letters to Clark County ;Wednesday October 20, 2004

[Englander]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1331403,00.html


Noreena Hertz is an economist and author of I.O.U: The Debt Threat and Why We Must Defuse It


>>Ronald Reagan famously asked the American people: "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" You will have to ask yourselves that question again on November 2

>>For the wealthiest, the answer (in economic terms at least) is clear: "Much better off." And Bush has already been rewarded for the $0.5 trillion in tax cuts that he gave America's richest 1% - his election war chest is the biggest in history. More rewards are undoubtedly forthcoming in terms of their votes.

>>And are you more secure now than you were four years ago? Is a president who waged a war in Iraq under false pretences; who is responsible for 13 young American soldiers returning home in body bags each and every week and has never attended a funeral or memorial service for any of them; who never made good his pledge to deliver Osama bin Laden "Dead or Alive"; and has lost the support of other countries all over the world, making you safer or less safe at night?

>>Are you better off today than you were four years ago? And are you more secure? These are the questions you must ask yourself on November 2. If I were an American, I know who I would not be voting for.
Noreena Hertz<<



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