in The National Journal (Oct. 25, 1986). 1730 M St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
"Switching political parties can be embarrassing," said the narrator of a television pitch used Nevada Democrat Harry M. Reid in his 1986 campaign for the U.S. Senate. "Just ask Jim Santini."
Ex-Democrat Santini had switched to the G.O.P. in 1985. Reid re- minded voters of the old days, when Santini's new Republican friends denounced him. (Reid won last November's election handily.)
Party switching...
notes, "warfare relies increasingly" on smart weapons. A
US-made, $15,000 TOW or a $40,000 Hellfire missile can destroy a $3
million tank. The U.S. Standoff Tactical Missile, which deploys warheads
that attack many tanks, is one of several new weapons being developed.
These weapons' abilities are proven-as during the 1982 Falkland
Islands War, where British and Argentine missiles sank ships and downed
more than 100 planes. Such technology, Bamaargues, would allow
NATO to create...
Malcolm Gillis, in Policy Sciences (Sept. 1986), Martinus Nijhoff, c/o Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, PO. Box 322,3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
West Germany has one. So do Britain, France, and five other Common Market nations. In fact, notes Gillis, professor of public policy and econom- ics at Duke University, the United States and Canada are among "the few industrial countries without a national sales tax."
U.S. critics of taxes on consumption (i.e. purchases)-rather than...
? Wrought?" Gerald Epstein, in Challenge (~u~.1986),
80 ~usiness Park Dr., ~rmonk,
N.Y. 10504.
The news about the U.S. economy, as Reagan administration spokesmen
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observe, has been pretty good. The inflation rate, which hit 13.3 percent during the Carter years, averaged only 1.8 percent during 1986. Economic expansion continues. Polls find Americans confident of the future.
But Epstein, an economist at the New School for Social Research, is unimpressed. A broad look at the Reagan record,...