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Statement of Candidacy
March 10, 1982
"The last thing they want is an articulate charismatic Democrat in the Senate – the one man who might be able to marshal anti-Reagan sentiment and tie it together with the same kind of charisma that Reagan himself has. So keeping Brown out of the Senate has got to be their No. 1 priority."
– Senate Opponent Pete
McCloskey
April 7, 1982
I will campaign principally on four issues:
• Jobs and invigorating the economy.
• Equity for the elderly and those at the lower end of the economic scale.
• Environmental quality.
• Scaling back the nuclear arms race.
April 7, 1982
I will campaign principally on four issues:
• Jobs and invigorating the economy.
• Equity for the elderly and those at the lower end of the economic scale.
• Environmental quality.
• Scaling back the nuclear arms race.
What concerns me today
is the economy.
High interest rates, rising unemployment and general economic confusion are weakening our nation and dividing the social fabric. The housing and automobile industries have beeh decimated. Our world leadership in electronics and technology is being sharply challenged by foreign competitors.
It is time for the President and the Congress to take decisive action to halt the downward spiral of recession. It is dragging this nation deeper and deeper into a black hole of unemployment, bankruptcies and economic weakness.
Just a week ago six prestigious business organizations—the American Bankers Association, the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks, the National Association of Realtors and the U.S. League of Savings Associations—addressed the President and the Congress in an open letter published in the Washington Post.
They said that present economic policies pose 'the threat of economic and financial conditions not seen since the 1930s.'
This is not the first group of business leaders who have expressed alarm. The Business Roundtable, made up of the nation's top 200 industry leaders, recently expressed similar concerns.
As a Senator, my plan to halt the nation's tailspin into further economic crisis would be very simple:
(1) Cut the deficit.
(2) Invest in people.
(3) Invest in technology.
(4) Invest in the environment.
We can substantially cut the federal deficit by slowing down the arms buildup, cutting out wasteful energy projects such as the Clinch River breeder reactor, restructuring government hospital and medical reimbursements, closing corporate loopholes such as the lease-back tax credit, imposing a luxury tax on expensive jewelry, furs, yachts and other less essential items, placing a $2.50 per barrel import duty on foreign oil as long as the glut continues and deferring the 1983 tax cut.
When the times require it, both parties can act with dispatch. We are doing so in Sacramento and I am confident that fair and responsible budget policies can also be developed in Washington.
The hard truth is that the President's economic game plan is not working. Wall Street knows it. Main Street feels it. The long unemployment lines prove it.
But budget cutting is not enough. California and our country need a new economic vision that will enable our citizens to live well in a period of fierce foreign competition and serious environmental constraints.
The key to solving this dilemma and the way to sustainable growth lies along a sound path of investment in our people, our technology and our environment. This means:
• Rigorous education.
• More training in math and science.
• Greater commitment to research.
• A framework of job-based training and retraining such as the CCC and the California Worksite Education and Training Act.
We can provide abundance for all but only if we master the new information technologies in a way that will make us competitive with low paid labor markets abroad and enable us to husband our precious natural resources at home.
We will be competitive as we learn more, work harder and cooperate as a nation.
We will prosper and sustain a high quality of life as we protect our natural resources: the soil, the water, the forests, the fisheries and the air.
California during the last seven years has proved that good wages, strong environmental laws and unparalleled job growth go together. With your help, I will strive to realize these same goals as your representative in Washington.
"He's smart. He's tenacious. And we don't want him in the same town with the President. He could be a formidable anti-Reagan lightning rod. Jerry Brown is one hell of a gunfighter."
For further information contact Brown for U.S. Senate, 1125 W. 6th St. #303, L.A., CA 90017 (213) 977-1313
[union bug] Paid for by Brown for U.S. Senate.
Flyer, 8 1/2" x 11".
High interest rates, rising unemployment and general economic confusion are weakening our nation and dividing the social fabric. The housing and automobile industries have beeh decimated. Our world leadership in electronics and technology is being sharply challenged by foreign competitors.
It is time for the President and the Congress to take decisive action to halt the downward spiral of recession. It is dragging this nation deeper and deeper into a black hole of unemployment, bankruptcies and economic weakness.
Just a week ago six prestigious business organizations—the American Bankers Association, the Mortgage Bankers Association of America, the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks, the National Association of Realtors and the U.S. League of Savings Associations—addressed the President and the Congress in an open letter published in the Washington Post.
They said that present economic policies pose 'the threat of economic and financial conditions not seen since the 1930s.'
This is not the first group of business leaders who have expressed alarm. The Business Roundtable, made up of the nation's top 200 industry leaders, recently expressed similar concerns.
As a Senator, my plan to halt the nation's tailspin into further economic crisis would be very simple:
(1) Cut the deficit.
(2) Invest in people.
(3) Invest in technology.
(4) Invest in the environment.
We can substantially cut the federal deficit by slowing down the arms buildup, cutting out wasteful energy projects such as the Clinch River breeder reactor, restructuring government hospital and medical reimbursements, closing corporate loopholes such as the lease-back tax credit, imposing a luxury tax on expensive jewelry, furs, yachts and other less essential items, placing a $2.50 per barrel import duty on foreign oil as long as the glut continues and deferring the 1983 tax cut.
When the times require it, both parties can act with dispatch. We are doing so in Sacramento and I am confident that fair and responsible budget policies can also be developed in Washington.
The hard truth is that the President's economic game plan is not working. Wall Street knows it. Main Street feels it. The long unemployment lines prove it.
But budget cutting is not enough. California and our country need a new economic vision that will enable our citizens to live well in a period of fierce foreign competition and serious environmental constraints.
The key to solving this dilemma and the way to sustainable growth lies along a sound path of investment in our people, our technology and our environment. This means:
• Rigorous education.
• More training in math and science.
• Greater commitment to research.
• A framework of job-based training and retraining such as the CCC and the California Worksite Education and Training Act.
We can provide abundance for all but only if we master the new information technologies in a way that will make us competitive with low paid labor markets abroad and enable us to husband our precious natural resources at home.
We will be competitive as we learn more, work harder and cooperate as a nation.
We will prosper and sustain a high quality of life as we protect our natural resources: the soil, the water, the forests, the fisheries and the air.
California during the last seven years has proved that good wages, strong environmental laws and unparalleled job growth go together. With your help, I will strive to realize these same goals as your representative in Washington.
"He's smart. He's tenacious. And we don't want him in the same town with the President. He could be a formidable anti-Reagan lightning rod. Jerry Brown is one hell of a gunfighter."
Ed Rollins,
White House Advisor
to President Reagan, 11/29/81
to President Reagan, 11/29/81
For further information contact Brown for U.S. Senate, 1125 W. 6th St. #303, L.A., CA 90017 (213) 977-1313
[union bug] Paid for by Brown for U.S. Senate.
Flyer, 8 1/2" x 11".
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