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BY JIM RFRTELL

Sate readers of this column can remember the. article _I wrote on the I United states Presidential elections last fall. In it, I picked Ronald Reagan’to win by a slim majority and made sure contents on what can be expected from his first term. 'Ibday I would like to continue the discussion on what lies in the future {, for the new president and indeed for ourselves north of the border.

The American people are extrenely patriotic and extremely proud of the power and honour their country has construed over \ the last two centuries. This is why they look towards Reagan to deliver them from their economic and social roles. Judging from the mandate he received frcm the American electorate, almost any action will be seen as acceptable.

'Ihe new president has already gone on record as saying. that he will worka9t05day-five days aweek. Aswas the case when Reagan was Governor of California , the. close advisors and members of his staff will ’ have tremendous freedan in developing and inplerrenting policy within the powers of the President.

We will look first at economic and social problems which seem to be at the heart of most of Western society. (Prime Minister Trudeau should recognize this and stop gallivanting through four continents in search of a solution to the North-

‘ South dialogue). Reagan

, strength .

and all of his aides care frcm a conservative right wing background,- putting much emphasis on the ability of the private sector to solve most of our problems. today. Indeed Reagan has already indicated that his first

act .as president will be to , fear of negotiations with

put a freeze on new civil service hirings. This, along with pranises to eliminate the windfall profit tax on oil

. canpanies and promises

to curtail social Prpgrams in favour of make-work programs, should satisfy those who elected Reagan - white middle class America, and the business ' This, I feel, is a step'in the right direction. The very has-£3312.— our society was founded on the work ethic, not on unemployment insurance, welfare, or union con- tracts such as those the post office seems to blackmail out of society every year or two. One has to realize that our

‘ capitalistic economic ‘ system has risk as one

of its premises, and if

we wish to reap the benefits received fran living in

our society we must accept the degrees of danger

' associated with it.

If Reagan lives up to half of the, build-up

K the media has been giving ‘ him in the area of foreign

policy, We can expect the

‘United States to return

'50 respectability and

deal from a position of Hopefully, they will not be subjected

to charades such as the Iranian Hostage Issue, the

invasion of Afghanistan,

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Reagan,ashot in the arm

the new Republican presidency led by General Haig .

While the Reagan government may care tumbling to its knees shortly into its term, for the time being it is both refreshing and a much needec‘. rshot in the arm.

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