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Fund Raiser
by Dave Picket
Treasury Secretary Donald T.
Regan visited Asheville Feb. 26
to attend a Republican fund rais
ing luncheon for Rep. Bill Hen
don at the Great Smokies Hilton.
The luncheon was proceeded
by a news conference at which
economic issues were discuss
ed. The main topics were infla
tion, the cause of high interest
rates, slow economic growth
and unemployment.
Regan said with inflation
decreasing and the administra
tion battling government budget
deficits some economic
recovery is certain this year. The
recession will end in the second
quarter bringing about an
economic up-turn this spring.
In his speech at the
$100-a-plate luncheon, Regan
referred to the president as “a
man with vision and the skiil to
communicate it to others.” He
also said, “Ronald Reagan Is the
greatest thing to happen to this
country in 50 years.
^^ILL
Not everyone present agreed
with the Treasury Secretary. Jay
S. Gertz, an employee at
UNC-A’s library, protested out
side the Great Smokies Hilton in
the cold while Regan extolled
Reaganomics and it snowed.
Gertz said, “Are we so blind
we fail to see our American
democracy has become nothing
more than a way to ensure con
tinued prosperity for the
wealthy? The Reagan free-
enterprise America is a lie. Only
the rich get richer.”
He added, “A true democracy
would not allow tax breaks for
higher income brackets while
forsaking the fundamental
human needs of the poor.
Neither would a decomcracy
stand by silently as domestic
social programs are dismantled
and American nuclear weapons
are erected in a global land
scape of tears and despair.”
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