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Why I'm voting for Al Gore

By CHRIS DUGOVICH

During last year’s Council 2 Convention held in Tacoma, Vice-President Al Gore made a call from Air Force 2 and spoke directly to the Executive Board of our Union and the many guests who attended our meeting.

Chris Dugovich
Council 2 President/Executive Director

The Vice-President outlined during his talk the many programs that had been put into place by the Clinton/Gore Administration. The most important of these certainly is the excellent economic expansion that the country and the state of Washington continue to enjoy. This good fortune did not happen all by itself. It happened in large part as a result of the Clinton initiatives in 1993 and the political courage of both he and Al Gore. Many of us may have forgotten that in 1993 when Clinton proposed his first budget to Congress the other party in Congress did not supply one vote. The result was a 50-50 tie in the Senate. In those rare instances in which a tie occurs the Vice-President of the United States is allowed to cast a vote to break the tie. Al Gore cast that vote, passed that budget, and we all won.

Eight years later we now enjoy budget surpluses versus the yearly budget deficits that created a large national debt. It would have been unheard of eight years ago even to imagine the current scenario. The Clinton–Gore Administration had a large hand in this success. The opportunity is now there to protect social security, provide a meaningful prescription drug program, better schools — the list goes on!

Al Gore was endorsed by the delegates of Council 2 from across Washington , not only for his clear record of success but also for his stands against giving your jobs to the private sector and a strong support for collective bargaining. And make no mistake about it — your delegates to that convention did not take lightly their duty to recommend to you the best candidate for President. They based their decision on real pocket book issues that affect all of us. The challenge now is to work hard to continue the good times, the best economic times all of us have known. Vote Al Gore for President.