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Page 8-The Maroon Tiger-February 13,1981
Reagan Administration
By Keith LaRue
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.... Government policy will not
change significantly because of
newly elected President Reagan.
Policy is made around the interest
of business, and because the life
of the country depends on private
business, no policy will be made
that would injure its function. The
President’s function is to
administer policy, not make it.
Although, he may support or
propose policy, the final decision
rests with Congress who are
under a tremendous amount of
pressure from business lobbies.
Because business interests
are tied to national interests,
policy will not make any 180
degree turns. Jimmy Carter had
already started to deregulate the
communication industry, Airline
industry, trucking business and
other industries. Thus, there is
not much that can be done in this
area by Reagan. Although,
Reagan does advocate a federal
tax cut, he soon will realize that
its implementation is impossible.
If a tax cut was implemented, it
would cut federal fundsthe states
would normally receive, thereby
increasing a financial burden on
them, they could not incur. Half
of the mass transit budget of the
states comes from federal funds,
half of the states unemployment
compensation comes from federal
funds, welfare programs are
funded by the federal
government. Reagan proposed to
transfer all these programs and
resources to the states. This is not
feasible because the states don’t
have the manpower or the
financial resources to insure the
function of these agencies and
also, Reagan has spoken of
abolishing the Department of
Energy and Education This is not
a possible change because those
departments operate on budgets
up to thirteen billion dollars and
abolishing these departments
would not only put the people who
are on their payrolls out of work,
but would cause a chain reaction
of putting others out of work. So
as far as business goes, there will
be no 180 degree turns in policy.
On the issue of foreign policy
Reagan has the image of Macho
man who is going to go out and
regain the respect America once
had. Reagan wants to scrap the
Salt II Treaty which a dynasty of
American presidents have
negotiated on. He will discover
that the Russians are nopushover
when it comes to negotiating
treaties. Therefore, it would be
best to continue the Salt II talks as
is. Like the Carter
Administration, the Reagan
Administration will take no
position on the withdrawal of
American businesses from South
Africa. As Reagan takes office he
will find that when conducting
foreign affairs military might
does scare other countries into his
way of thinking or gain their
respect, but diplomacy does.
If there will be no significant
change in government policy,
how did Reagan get elected. How
did this man who said he would
cut social welfare programs from
which the poor benefit from and
also, give the rich a tax cut get
elected? How did he unite the
poor and the rich? The one thing
Ronald Reagan can change is the
country’s social atmosphere. And
in his campaign he promised law
and order and states rights which
usually means states wrongs.
Both these terms are code words
for putting Blacks in their proper
place. Reagan pledged to appoint
judges who believed in states
rights. Judges make critical
decisions that determine a liberal
or conservative attitude towards
race. For example, the Bakke
case, the Weber case, civil rights
acts, Affirmative Action; the
way the judge interprets these
cases directly affects how Blacks
are treated in this country. To
remove the federal government’s
pressure in these issues and then
advocate states rights would give
people the right to physically
brutalize Blacks and other
minorities in this country. It took
the federal government to
alleviate some of the brutality
against Blacks and to remove the
government’s presence would
create an atmosphere of consent
of violence against Blacks.
ANPA
Sponsors
Cont.
Production Management
Conference, June 6-10, Atlanta
City, N.J.
More than 10,000 newspaper
executives attend the Production
Management Conference each
year where they get a good
perspective on the future of
thenewspaper business. A vast
display of equipment provides
hands-on experience with the
latest in production techndigy;
workshops are held on all phases
of the business. This year’s
conference will highlight the role
of telecommunications in the
newspaper business during the
next few decades.
Six Flags Over Georgia,
opening for its fifteenth
season March 14, is currently
accepting applications for
spring and summer jobs.
People with a smile, a
friendly attitude and a sense
of responsibility are needed
to fill the approximately
3000 positions available.
With the introduction
this spring of Monster
Plantation, Six Flags
continues to offer its youthful
hosts and hostesses a variety
of jobs — from operating and
running the latest state-of-
the-art ride tostaffing all the
other 100 rides, shows and
attractions.
Any 16-year-old can
apply now for work in the
331-acre parkwhich opens its
1981 seas cm March 14. The
majority of the park’s
seasonal work force are
highh - school and college-
age students, making Six
Glags one of Georgia’s
largest employers of young
people.
Application for
employment may be made in
person from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through
Saturday, at the Six uFlags
Personnel Office, 1-20 and
Six Flags Road.
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