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FILENAME:	4022_1530_1531
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DATE:		920227
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h          A.1 utt1:  {D Well, } {F uh, } I don't know.  /
sv          A.1 utt2: I think the budget is really out of hand right now,  /
sv          A.1 utt3: {C and } especially in this election year, I think that, {F uh, } there ought to be [ so-, + at least some  ] conversation about what --   

b          B.2 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.3 utt1:  -- we are supposed to do about this. /  

b          B.4 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.4 utt2: it kind of seems to me that everyone's offering, {D you know, } their token little tax cut program, {D you know, } [ when it's -- +   

b          A.5 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.6 utt1:  -- when it's ] just such a bad time for it. /  

b          A.7 utt1:  Right,  /
sv          A.7 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } {D well, } as you said, mostly they are token cuts.  /
sv          A.7 utt3:  # {F Uh } # --   

b          B.8 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

+          A.9 utt1:  -- especially what, for instance, George Bush is offering. /  

sd          B.10 utt1:  The ninety-seven cents a week <laughter>. /  

aa          A.11 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa^m          A.11 utt2: ninety-seven cents a week.  /
%          A.11 utt3: {D Now } what, - /
sv          A.11 utt4: that's really not going to do a lot of good, it doesn't seem to me, to your average --   

b          B.12 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.13 utt1:  -- middle income person, {D you know. }  /
sd          A.13 utt2:  Another ninety-seven cents,  /
sd          A.13 utt3: hell you can buy a coke or something for that. /  

b          B.14 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.14 utt2: {E I mean, } mostly [ it's, + it's  ] not actually [ [ a, + a, ] +  a ] cut,  /
sv          B.14 utt3: it's just a cut [ in the withhold, + in the amount withheld,  ] {D you know. } /  

b          A.15 utt1:  Yeah. /  

b          B.16 utt1:  {F Um, } yeah  /
sv          B.16 utt2: I don't see this  ((   ))  changing my lifestyle a whole lot. /  

sd          A.17 utt1:  That ninety-seven cents really isn't going to do it for me either. /  

b          B.18 utt1:  Huh-uh. /  

sv          A.19 utt1:  {F Uh, } [ I, + I ] haven't really heard much of what the  [ other people, + other candidates  ] have said that have made a lot of sense to me either,  /
sv          A.19 utt2: especially the Democratic candidates don't seem to be coming up with much that really sparks my interest as far as {D yeah, } maybe that could do something to affect our budget --   

b          B.20 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.21 utt1:  -- at this point. /  

b          B.22 utt1:  Yeah,  /
qr(^q)          B.22 utt2: {E I mean, } {D you know, } in retrospect, {F um, } [ was it, + was it  ] Mondale or  Dukakis that said, {D you know, } [ I'll, + I'll  ] tell you right now I'm going to raise taxes? /  

sv          A.23 utt1:  I believe it was Dukakis -- /  

aa          B.24 utt1:  It was Dukakis,  /
aa          B.24 utt2: yeah. /  

%          A.25 utt1:  -- {C but } [ I, + I  ] can't. -/  

sv          B.26 utt1:  I have a lot of respect for him  <laughter>. /  

aa          A.27 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv(^q)          A.27 utt2: {E I mean } that's better than George Bush who came out and said, No,  /
^q          A.27 utt3: I will not -- /  

b          B.28 utt1:  Yeah. /  

^q@          A.29 utt1:  -- read my lips, or whatever --   *[[slash error]]

b         B.30 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.31 utt1:  -- {C and then, } {D you know, } ten months later he said, {D well, } sorry, {D you know, } I, I can't follow through on this. /  *[[sd(^q))]]

b          B.32 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.33 utt1:  {C But } it seems to me [ that, + {F uh, } that  ] the budget is so out of hand,  /
sv(^q)          A.33 utt2: {C and } especially now that they say, Okay, the cold war is over  /
sv          A.33 utt3: {C and } we're supposed to be getting a peace dividend [ of, # + {D you know } # --   

b          B.34 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

+          A.35 utt1:  -- of ] X number of billion, trillion dollars a year.  /
sd          A.35 utt2: {D Well, } I'd really like  to know where that money is actually going to go,  /
sv          A.35 utt3: {C because, } in my opinion, I don't think I'm ever going to see any of this [ peace, + so-called # peace  ] dividend. # /  

aa          B.36 utt1:  # {F Oh, } yeah.  /
aa          B.36 utt2: #  <laughter>  Yeah,  /
%          B.36 utt3: [ it's, + it's.  ] -/  

sd          A.37 utt1:  {E I mean, } if they could actually put something together and make, - /
sv          A.37 utt2: I'm not really in favor of large government social programs, either, because I feel that they waste --   

b          B.38 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.39 utt1:  -- money, also,  /
sv          A.39 utt2: {C but } with this peace dividend, it seems like you could set up some kind of {D like } --   

b          B.40 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.41 utt1:  -- public works projects like they had in the thirties, or whatever. /  

aa          B.42 utt1:  {F Oh, } yeah,  /
sv          B.42 utt2: [ [ I, + {F uh, } I,  ] + I  ] think that would be a great idea, {D you know, } like the conservation corps, {D you know } where. -/  

aa          A.43 utt1:  Right,  /
aa          A.43 utt2: [ ex-, +    

sv          B.44 utt1:  [ [ It wou-, + it wou-, ] + it would ] help unemployment greatly. /  

+          A.45 utt1:  Exactly ] -- /  

%          B.46 utt1:  {C And } it. -/  

sv          A.47 utt1:  -- {C and } in that way we could really focus on building the infra structure   of the country. /  

aa          B.48 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          B.48 utt2: infra structure   [ is in, + is in,  ] - /
sv          B.48 utt3: {E I mean, } [ [ we, + we,  ] + we  ] have hurt ourselves incredibly  ((   ))  last fifty # years in the # --   

aa          A.49 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
sv          A.49 utt2: [ {C and } # -- +    

+          B.50 utt1:  -- cold war. /  

+          A.51 utt1:  -- {C and }  ] there's no way that we can ever really recover [ from, + from  ] the state that we're in right now, [ unless, + at least I feel, unless  ] we focus on the infra structure,  /
sd          A.51 utt2:   {C and } I surely don't hear anybody saying that right now. /  

b          B.52 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
aa          B.52 utt2:  {F Um, } yeah,  /
aa          B.52 utt3: [ I, + I  ] agree totally <laughter>. /  

x          A.53 utt1:  <Laughter>.  

sv          B.54 utt1:  {F Um, } {E I mean, } [ [ this, + this,  ] + it  ] just seems [ so, + {D you know, } so  ] ridiculous that it was allowed to happen.  /
sd          B.54 utt2: {F Um, } [ I, + I'm  ] in college right now,  /
%          B.54 utt3: {C and. } -/  

sd          A.55 utt1:  So am I. /  

b          B.56 utt1:  {F Oh } really,  /
qw          B.56 utt2: where do you go? /  

sd          A.57 utt1:  {F Uh, } I U. /  

bk          B.58 utt1:  Right,  /
sd          B.58 utt2: I go to Georgia Tech, # {F um. } # /  

b          A.59 utt1:  # Uh-huh. # /  

%          B.60 utt1:  {C And, } in, - /
%          B.60 utt2: what, - /
sd          B.60 utt3: I had [ pol-, + {D you know, } the required political  ] science class --   

b          A.61 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.62 utt1:  -- a couple of years ago.  /
sd          B.62 utt2: {C And } one of the things we discussed was,  {D you know, }   [ [ where our, +  where   the  budget situate-, ] + how   the budget situation ] just got so out of hand. /  

b          A.63 utt1:  Right. /  

%          B.64 utt1:  {C And } essentially what happened was, - /
sd          B.64 utt2: I think it was like in the, {F um, } tax year of eighty-one,  {F um, }  /
sd(^q)          B.64 utt3: Ronald Reagan basically said, {D you know, } I'm going to give this much of a tax cut to the tax payers [ and, + and,  ] created [ this, +  this   ] ludicrous budget that he knew, [ [ that, + that,  ] + {F um, } that  ] the Congress would not in their right mind pass -- /  

b          A.65 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          B.66 utt1:  -- {C and } [ [ Con-, +  Congress, ] realizing that they were going to lose a, + the Democratic Congress realized that they were going to lose a  ] propaganda war, {D you know, } {A [ bye-bye, + {D you know, } bye-bye  ] removing the tax cut -- }   

b          A.67 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.68 utt1:  -- further cut the taxes and [ created, {D you know, } [ [ that, + that,  ] + that, ] +  {D you know, }  created the ] huge deficit that year which moved us into the trillion dollar  deficit. /  

b          A.69 utt1:  Right. /  

%          B.70 utt1:  {C And } you just,  ((   )) . -/  

sv          A.71 utt1:  [ You, + you  ] just have to wonder what they're thinking in Washington. /  

sv          B.72 utt1:  {E I mean, } it's just like they're playing chicken with a loaded gun. /  

aa          A.73 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.73 utt2: {F uh, } {D well, } [ it's, + it's  ] more than a loaded, - /
sv          A.73 utt3: it's a loaded cannon.  /
sd          A.73 utt4:  {E I mean } --   

b          B.74 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.75 utt1:  -- they've got trillions of dollars to spend every year,  /
sv          A.75 utt2: {C and } they, in my opinion, don't do a very responsible job --   

b          B.76 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.77 utt1:  -- of spending that money. /  

b          B.78 utt1:  {D Well, } yeah,  /
sv(^q)          B.78 utt2: {F um, } what really bothers me is it just seems like [ if, + if  ] anyone were to say, {D you know, } {D well } I'm going to raise taxes and cut the budget and  [ we're + ((   )) , we're  ] going to have to do some unpopular things, {E I mean, } he wouldn't have a chance of getting elected. /  

ba@          A.79 utt1:  {F Oh, } no.   *[[slash error]]

sv          B.80 utt1:  {E I mean, } it's kind of like Rome and the bread and circuses thing, {D you know }  --   

+          A.81 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  *[[b]]

+          B.82 utt1:  -- where people just [ want, + want  ] to have, {D you know, } whatever will make them feel good, right now, {D you know. } /  

aa^m          A.83 utt1:  [ For, + for  ] the moment,  /
sd(^q)          A.83 utt2: {C and } that's what really is getting me about what George Bush's stand on the budget is right now --   

b          B.84 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.85 utt1:  -- is that he is saying, I am going to give you this ludicrous little tax cut so that you'll be happy come November, and you'll elect me again -- /  

b          B.86 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

^q          A.87 utt1:  -- {C and then } I'm going to go on and just forget everything that I said -- /  

b          B.88 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.89 utt1:  -- {C or } {D you know, } it doesn't seem that it's going to make much of a difference. /  

b          B.90 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
%          B.90 utt2:  It, - /
h          B.90 utt3: {E I mean, }  I don't know,  /
sv          B.90 utt4: [ [ I +  <laughter> I   don't, ] + I don't  ] think George Bush will make the American people happy with <laughter> ninety-seven cents a week. /  

aa          A.91 utt1:   No,  /
aa          A.91 utt2:  no,  /
aa          A.91 utt3:  not at all. /  

sv          B.92 utt1:  I just don't think it was a well thought out <laughter> incentive. /  

aa          A.93 utt1:  No. / 
