European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december 8, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 13commentarythe Tribune san Diego what newspapers Are saying at Home the journal Lorain Ohio to give the Economy a shot in the Arm Congress and the White House Are searching for ways to lift some of the tax Burden off the poor and Middle class leaving them with More Money to spend. However determining How to Cut taxes seems to be a problem for both branches of government. That a puzzling. A tax Cut is needed to help the staggering Economy recover and get the unemployed Back to work. Cutting social Security taxes removing the Cap on earnings taxed and placing a Cap on Retiree checks seem the most painless ways to accomplish that Owensboro by. Events in the past few months have dissipated the Aura of invincibility that once surrounded George Bush and democratic presidential contenders from Massachusetts to California Are leading the chorus for his ouster. The worst blows to Bush have been delivered by the recession and by the accurate perceptions that the president is too timid in trying to spark the Economy and too isolated from the problems of Middle class and Young americans. Those Are the people who have suffered the worst damage from the recession and from the fallout of reaganomics and its painfully obvious that Bush has no understanding of their Atlanta Constitution George Bush a shopping excursion to a suburban store was a cute piece of presidential symbolism. But it was too Little too late and in the circumstances too silly for words. So Bush wound up going to a . Penney a where no one will believe a millionaire president really does his Christmas shopping and then spending Only about $28, not enough to make even one sales clerks Day much less the Herald protectionism a the policy of protecting Domestic manufacturers from foreign Competition by imposing i a riffs and other barriers to Trade a ought to be As extinct As the Bronto Saur by now. Is there a presidential candidate prepared to Lead an assault against the protectionist Walls that have been erected around our Borders they Are hurting a lot of people but no one More than new York times president Ronald Reagan had just started his second term. The Buzz in Congress on March 16, 1985, was about Star wars my missiles and the forced resignation of Secretary of labor Raymond Donovan. That same Day Terry Anderson was kidnapped in Beirut. Now Anderson the last american hostage is rubbing his eyes in a strange new world in which blocs and Walls have collapsed and even the Middle East is diking peace. A Corner seems to have been turned in the direction of civilization. Patience and firmness have worked. 1 hat along with the Freedom of so Many Brave prisoners is truly Worth an gloss Timos the Era of hostage taking May finally be passing thankfully As i l airline hijackings into the terrorist Dustbin under the category of a tactics that work better on paper than they do in real upon his release in november anglican envoy Terry Waite said that one of his captors told him of the realization that holding hostages achieves no useful or constructive purpose. That realization As one analysis put it was a terribly expensive lesson both for Iran under whose Tutelage the fundamentalist groups that took the hostages were set up and for Syria which has had a considerable presence in Lebanon for year Milwaukee Sentinel. It is no Surprise that president Bush wasted no time m dismissing a suggestion that he Mark the 50th anniversary of the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor by apologizing for the atom bombs this country dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end world War ii. No one denies the horror of the atomic bomb attack. The japanese properly commemorate the devastation it caused. But no one knows How Long the War would have lasted Worth Texas Star Telegram president Bush is Correct in ruling out any. Apology by this country for dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan in August 1945 to bring world War 11 to a cataclysmic conclusion. Its time to remember say a prayer for victims on both sides and get on with Josa Calif Mercury news fifty years ago the japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. In a few hours on a sunday morning they woke americans from their isolationist slumber and launched a costly War Japan win. Are the japanese people sorry their nation attacked Pearl Harbor Many Are. Do they owe us an apology no. The 50th anniversary has stirred up understandable feelings in americans who lived through the attack or lost loved ones in it. But Japan lost the War. Surrenders Are Worth More than Telegram eau Claire wis. No doubt americans reflect on the 50th anniversary of Pearl Harbor with sorrow for those who died and for the millions More who died before the War ended. The Day also conjures up feelings of Pride in How completely our nation United to defeat the Axis forces. We should use this anniversary As a Challenge to renew the american spirit that there in t anything we can t do through hard work and Dally Haws a prime example of How government Dawdle in facing up to change is the excruciatingly slow trudge toward government mandated family and medical leave passed once again by both houses of Congress. It seems Only fair that workers should not have to choose Between their jobs and their families that they should not be burdened with the fear of losing jobs just when they face losing a loved . Dally nows Sun the average new prescription drug takes 10 years to move from the Laboratory to the pharmacy and costs $231 million to develop. In a move to offer patients quicker Access to promising drugs and help pharmaceutical companies reduce development costs the food and drug administration has announced new fast track procedures. The Fra is to be applauded for taking action to Speed up its review procedures but More still can be done to accelerate the process. The Fra s goal should be to enable patients who might Benefit from a new medication to receive it As quickly As possible. A Hundred years ago when salvation army Bell ringers first appeared. They were widely admired for the Way they helped raise and donate Money for the poor at christmastime. Today the organization is still raising funds for the needy in this traditional Way and doing a Good Job of it. But the task is complicated by impersonal modern business practices that dismiss Bell ringers As a noisy bother. Shoppers stand for it. The army deserves a Christmas gift from americans business Community a Access to the mails. We Don t need to protect shoppers from the salvation army a spirit of Christmas Journel Bull Elln Providence . The Bush administration is showing prudence and compassion by its decision to provide emergency housing for desperate haitian refugees at the . Naval base in Guantanamo Hay Cuba. Since a military coup ousted Haiti s elected president hundreds of the Caribbean nation s people have taken to sea in dangerous boats hoping to secure a new life in America. Many perish Many others Are being rescued from their dangerous Era it by coast guard vessels. What to do with such unfortunates the United states cannot adopt an open ended immigration policy for All nor can it in Good conscience ignore their plight. Building a tent City at Guantanamo for up to 2,500 refugees gathered up by the coast guard represents a sensible Middle Miami Harald Lincoln said that a House divided against itself cannot stand. The great emancipator would have appreciated the ironic metaphor that the great interdict or George Bush has chosen for his policy toward haitian refugees it is a tent. A tent Mon is a Stopgap not a solution. Its existence must not be considered More nor tolerated longer than is required to reach the humane objectives of the hearings that the haitians Are entitled . Petersburg Fis times like it or not name calling has been an All too common element of american politics for More than 200 years. Lately though american voters have been hearing politicians engage in a lot of first name calling. Vice president Quayle apparently acting on orders from president Bush s political advisers raised eyebrows during a recent television interview when he repeatedly referred to new York gov. And possible democratic presidential candidate Cuomo As obviously was trying to Call attention to Cuomo a ethnicity which generally is considered a political liability in americans heartland. In politics As in life friends can Call each other almost anything they want but potential adversaries can get themselves in trouble when they fail to show each other a Little respect. From wire reports
