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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: craig crawford who wrote (15066)	11/5/1998 5:02:00 PM
From: tdl4138	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18691

<Extreme to the right is good> As long as it's not your rights that are being trampled....

To: craig crawford who wrote (15066)	11/5/1998 10:31:00 PM
From: Roger A. Babb	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 18691

Craig, I am a conservative, but can not stomach the right wing agenda. Here are some of the points on which I differ with the right wing extremists: 1. I believe that every child has the right to an education to the limit of his/her ability and will to work, adequate health care, adequate food, adequate housing, and adequate clothing regardless of the financial status, race, religion, or social status of the parents. 2. I believe that every person has the right to vote, hold a job, and other normal liberties without regard to their race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. 3. I believe that taxes should be paid by each of us in proportion to our income, with some limited deductions, without regard to the source of that income. Why should a person earning wages by the sweat of their brow pay a higher tax rate than another person pays on a stock investment? 4. I do NOT believe that being a wealthy, white, English speaking, male, Christian makes me somehow superior to those who are not. The Jesus Christ of my Bible teaches that all persons are equal in the sight of God. 5. I do not believe that I have a constitutional right to carry an assault weapon and shoot any person or animal that crosses me. 6. I believe that the employees of a company are its major asset and should be treated with fairness and respect. 7. I believe that elections should be about issues, not which candidate can raise the most money for Willie Horton attack ads. 8. I believe that tobacco and alcohol are dangerous and addictive substances which should be regulated and kept from children and I believe that the companies producing these products should be held financial liable for the damage to society. 9. I believe that environmental protection laws are necessary to preserve our world for future generations and that each generation has the responsibility to pass the world on to the next generation in better condition than they received it.