‘Life in the Age of Clinton’
Using the old politician’s trick of promising everything to everybody, Clinton got 43% of the vote. It’s a fragile mandate at best, making it all the more important that he deliver on those promises. Sadly, recent reports suggest quite the opposite. For example, our new President-elect is already backing away from one of the most substantive of his campaign pledges--the line-item veto.
Clinton and 42 other governors have found this tool a key to balancing state budgets. For the same reason it will work to help balance the federal budget; it stops politicians from passing the buck.
J. BRUCE HENDERSON
San Diego
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