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GOP Pro-Choice Women: They're Baaack! the Ripon Forudl Contents id Re . Ga Franks et a raw deal from the Black Caucus? The RIPON $2.95 Vol. XX IX, No.4 November 1993 President Dole comments on Clinton's Care Reform, NAFTA and The Christian Coalition GOP Pro-Choice Women: They're Baaack! The Ripon ForuDl Contents ED ITORIAL HEALTH CARE The Fault Line .................... .4 Questions for Hillary. ..... .... lO Greg Senile/fell has a.few questiolls for 'he First VER STORY Lady 0 11 her heallll care program. The Man Who Would Be Presid ent. .......................... ... 6 Prescription for Success ..... 14 Scnafar Robert Dole I(Ilks 10 The Ripon Fo rum Presidellt o/,he /-Iea'"1 Insuronce /lssaciMioll oj about NA/;TA, hea/'" care reform. 'he Christian A merica, Bill GradiSOll, agrees wi,h Presidelll Coo/ilio/l alld fhe '96 presidelltial race. C/i" (OII'S health care goals, bUI this former COI/­ gressman says 'here are belter ways o/goillS about POLITICS it. Delegate Debacle ..... ..... ....... 5 PO LI CY Arthur George digs deep illto 'he RNe archives 10 discover 'he Party's rilles arc 1101 as inelusive Urban Deceit... ............. .. .... 28 10 A/rieall AmeriCOIlS as they should be. Brian /-look explains why taxes alld subsidies lakes a city /lowhere, fast. Republican Women Sti ll Want a Choice .................... 16 TRADE AI/flry Dellt Crisp, Clwirlllttll of the National Re­ Corporate Ratin g .. ..... ......... 24 publican Coalitiollfilr Choice. says tlte c rusade is Todd Malan says the Clinton AdmillisfratiOlllleeds I/O! Oller. to look twice at its policy of rating COlllpflllies. Foreign affiliate f/lld foreign owned does IIOt nec­ The Trojan Horse .... .. .. ....... 18 essarily meall less return. Ralph Reed, executive director of fhe Christiall Coalit; 011. has decided to broaden h is orgoll i=atioll S Clinton and NAFTA. ....... ... 25 tlgclldo (0 illelude policy issues ralher Ihall jllSI Jowa Uep. Fred Grandy says its more dum jllsI (I :l;ocial issues. lie's gal the moneyalld the time. but SlIcking lIoise. from what experience doth ftc speak? Cory Sibbie reporfS. BOOK REVIEWS Man with a Mi ssion ...........22 lrreconci ble Differences: Alldrew II. M cLeod reviews Days of GNu.:e : A Gary Franks & th e Black "d emoir by Arthllr Ashe wit" Arnold R ampenwt/. Caucus ...................... .... ..... 12 Washington N& Q ........... .. 3 J Louise Palme r says Rep. Franks maysollllddiffer­ elll from his colletlglles. nevertheless, his cOllser- 1I01;\'e ideals arc something to think abollf, The Li ghter Side ........... ... .. 30 2 The RIPON FORUM ----ll 227 Massachusetts Avenue 1--1- The Ripon Educalional Fund wr.l.ppcd la\\makers presented a very interesting 1993 Transatl antic Conrerenee (TAC), up a successful policy conference on Mis_ perspective on the Clinton budget pack­ sponson:d by The Ripon Educational sues Facing Ihe 90's" in St. Paul, Minne­ age 3S well as health care refonn and Fund. This is the eleventh in a series of sota on September 27th. Speakers in­ NAFTA. confe rences. Previous conference loca­ cluded Ripon Vice President Gregg On October 27th, the Ripon Society ti ons inc lude Rome, Prague, Vienna,Lon' Edwa rds , M i nncapol is ChambcrofCom­ sponsored a breakfast allhe Capitol I Iill don, Oxford, Berli n, Brussels, Washing­ meree President, COllnie Levi, Center of C lub entitled "The Politics ofNAFTA.'· ton, D.C., and Paris. The conference pro­ the American Experiment Presidenl. Speakers included Sp ecial Advisor 10 vides a unique opportunity for American Milch PellTISlein, State Senator, Dtl1HlC the President ror NAFT A, T he Honor­ government and business leaders to meet Denson and Minnesota Lt . Governor. able Dill Frenzel, Congressman Newt thei r overseas counterparts to discuss cur­ J oanell Dyrstad with Sarah Jallllcck, Gingrich or Georgia, House Minority rcnt foreign and economic policy. Minneapolis attorney. moderating. After Whip. and Congressma n Jim Kolbe of For more information on the Trans­ the policy conference. the Ripon Society Arizona. Each of the spcakers discussed at lantic Conference please contact J ohn hosled a reception 10 honor Minnesota the North American Free Trade Agree­ Sullivall at 202-547-6808. Governor Ame Carlson as "Ripon Re­ ment and answered questions afterwards. Since Clinton was elected last year, publican or the Year," Carl son was pre­ Minority Senate Whip, The Hon· there have been six political contests with sented with the award because or his long orable Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming national implications including the Vir­ siandingdcdicalion 10 women's and civil will be awarded the 1993 Jacob K. bvits ginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races, rights. Over I SO people attended both Excellence in Public Scrvice Award. The the mayoral electi ons in New York, Los events. Our thanks goes out to all those in Ripon Society will present this award on Angeles and Jersey City as well as the Minnesota who really made this event a November 29, in New York City. The Senate races in Georgia and Texas. In huge success. Look for the ne.'I(t policy award is presented each year to the indio each race, a RepUblican who espoused conference somctime this winter. vidual who reflects Senator Javits' com· moderate views ran and won. Therefore, The Fall morning breakfast series mitment to conservative values and pub­ Ripon would like to extend a special con· "Taxes and the Budget" sponsored by the lic excellence. Previous recipients include gratulations to our new national Republi­ Ripon Society closed on October 6th with the Honorable Howard 8aker, Senator can leaders GO \'ernors George Allen Colorado Congressman Scott l\·lc1nllis. 80b Packwood, Da\'id n.ockerell er and and C hristine Todd Whitman, Mayors Speakers for the series included Wa .~ h· Gonrnor W illiam Weld. R udy G iuliani, Richard Reardon and ingtoll Senator Slade Gortnn. Connccti· Lisbon, Portugal is the site for the Bret Schulldler, Senators Kay Bailey cut Congress man C h ris Shays and Colo- Hutchinson and Paul Coverd ell . rlldo Senator Hllnk 8rowli. Each of the The RIPON F 0 R U M THE Rl PON FORUM (lSN 0035-5526) is published bi.monthly in 199] byThc Ripon Society. Contents ASSOCIATt:. I.OI10R Mimi Carter arc copyrighted 1993 by the Ripon Society. Inc .. 227 Massachuscus Ave .. N.E.. Suite 201. Washington, D.C. 20002. COSl kllHfUNG LUll OIlS Michael Dubke In the Ripon Forum. the publishers hope to provide a forum for fresh ideas. and a spirit of creative Candace Locklear criticism and innovation in public policy. ManuscriplSand photographs are soli cited, but do not represent wnORIAlllOARO the views of the Forum unless so stated. Peter Smith David A. Fuscus Second class postage paid at Washington, D.C. and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address Jean !laycs changes to Ripon Forum. 227 Mass3ehusetlS .. N.E .. suite 20 1 Washington. D.C. 20002 Bill Tate Steven Klinsky SubSCription mil'S: 518 per year. S9 for stud ents. servicemen. Peace Corps. Vista and other volunteers and $30 for instimlions. Overseas. please add 58. Please allow live weeks fo r address change. ~IIOIOORAPHV Kim Alfano The Ripon Society Inc .. Peter Smith. president. is a research and policy organi7..3tion whosc memhersare I N"~klOR Alii business. academic. and professional men and women. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with Ch3rlie DeWitt National Associate members throughout the United St3tes. Ripon is supported by chapter dues, individual contributions, and rewnues from its publications. NOI'en/her 1993 J Editorial The United Stales Govcnuncnl, led and new \'1xes are Dctuall y deficit reduction. by the Democrats, stumbled and squcczcd And they know enough to raise a skeptical itself for a dubious victo!), in the Clinton eyebrow at the concept of go\"emment rein­ budget (lnd tax initiath'c last month. No \'esting, as opposed to private sector, small light banter about this "ltmdslidc" could business job creation stimulated by stable hide two facts: olle,lhis president has yet to taxes and a lighter regulntory load. gain the confidence of either the people or Americans arc confused and angry about his pm1y's leadership, lind second, the Con­ politics where entitlements arc cut, only to gress has not yet been able to change its rise, and where the military is restmctured W3)'5, its language or its bchaviorlolllcct the only to requirc more money. For cxample, budget rcn.litics of the dIly or the radically the people of Califomia, Maine, Virginia, changing expectations ond uspirutions orthe and New York, who have taken sllch geie\'­ American clectorn!c. "111is is a bmsh which ous und direct hits \\~th base closings, dOli', lars all our leadership 3nd, ultimately, both like the political calculus that takes thc parties. savings from those <lctions and spends them "111crcforc, the situntion continues to on something else. To them, budgcting is a worsen, like mSI spreading, invisibly fII 10llery where there is 110 common good, first, on the body of u car. 111C people's where the losers arc llllLny, the \\~nners li\'e confidence, respect, and Imsl bcgins\ocrodc somewhere clse, ,lIId who ),011 kllow hclps (lud reven] a deep e)'llicis:nI about both the dctennine how YOll do. 111oti\'e5 lind the capacity of ollr elected III Ihis murky atmosphere, the good ideas leadership. Republicllns are playing a dan­ and true leaders get lost. For instance, the gerous game if wc think that we can win budget bill included an old RilXln idea that b..1ck any of these lost commodities with was long overdue: using the Eamed Income rhetoricandobstnlction, the traditional tools Tax Credit to s\.1bilizc low ineomc family of the minority. P(.'Ople want much more. illcomes as they work. It is a simple, non­ TIlis issue of The Ripon forum ,Uld its burcaucratic ycl profound re5tmcturing idca continuing series of articlcs fcaturing the which promotes work O\'er wclfarcand fam ­ ideas and leaders who can rebuild people's ily stability over disintegration.
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