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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1986)
Pentagon out, higher ed. in, he says DeFazio blasts Long's IRA suggestion By Shawn Wirtz Of thr Kmerald Peter DeFazio, Democratic candidate for the 4th Congres sional District said of higher education: "I'm going to defend to the hilt the programs we have now. and also try and increase the funding.” “After we cut $fiO to $70 billion out of the Pentagon we can spend some of that money to restore domestic spending and use the rest of it to offset the deficit, and higher education would Ire one of my priorities." DeFazio said. According to DeFazio, since 1980, “They’ve increased the military 100 percent and cut hack education 35 percent. The priorities are not right." DeFazio blasted his opponent Bruce Long's proposal to grant tax exemptions on Individual Retirement Accounts establish ed for the purpose of funding a college education. “That would require that either the students or their families have a large enough in come that they could put aside all the money they need for col lege in one of those tax exempt accounts. My experience is that wouldn’t work.” DeFazio said “What he's saying is he sup ports Gramm-Rudman that will gut the existing plans we have. It will cut back on work-studies, cut back on NUSL’s and Guaranteed Student l.oans. and substitute this private sector thing where you get to save all tlivJ money you need before you go to college.” DeFazio said. "It’s impossible in today's economy for someone to do that. It's just another one of these disguised cuts in our social programs," he said. ’The long-term c o in - petitiveness of the l Inited States in the national economy has got to come from being the best educated society,” DeFazio said. "Getting more money into education is going to provide ‘After we cut $60 to $70 billion out of the Pen tagon we can spend some of that money to restore domestic spending and use the rest of it to offset the deficit, and higher education would be one of my priorities. ’ — Peter Defazio spin-offs,” ho said. As an example, Def azio said he considers photovoltaics to be the next renewable energy source. "We had the lead for a number of years because we were funding research pro grams in the universities. Then Reagan got in and he just cut it all out," he said. "Now we are going to have to buy the photovoltaics from another country." Defazio said Defazio said he would not try to bring Oregon federal tax dollars home by procuring defense contracts. He predicted states which rely on defense contracts will experience a recession. "Buying into defense now is buying into the top of (lie market when it's about to fall. Defazio said. "The first thing we have to do is stem any further loss. The Oramm-Kudman budget will cut back on all the things that are important to Oregon." he said "The highest priority we have in the federal government is infrastructure investment," Defazio said. Defazio said he would try to UO Bookstore^ Hit Blank Cassette I 11111 UCX S90 LIST 599 2.69 UCX 90 LIST 4 95 2.1 9 UCX S LIST 4 9S 1.89 HF 60 LIST 3 IS 1.50 Many more specials in the Electronics Dept. I3lh * ninema uf rxtx SAT 1000A 00 •M4031 Peter Defa/.io obtain Federal Aviation Ad ministration monies for Mahlon Sweet Airport and federal funds for improved access to Coos Bay's port. Additionally. DeFazio said, “I would propose that we should not increase our power rates.” 'One of the greatest advan tages we have in marketing the Northwest is our cheap power. ” DeFazio said. "We should stop the rate in creases by decreasing the Bi’A (Bonneville Power Administra tion) budget and terminating the WP°SS (Washington Public Power Supply System) invest ment so far under the mothball ing. My opponent strongly op poses that because he says someday we'll have to finish those plants," DeFazio said. "Secondly I’m proposing that instead of shipping the power to California, we should set up a program where we market that power to new or expanding business in the Northwest." DeFazio said In reganl to US. foreign policy concerning Central America. DeFazio said he op poses aid to tin- Contras, DeFazio said the downing of the American plane in Nicaragua, "Shows that we are very close to fighting an act of war." "I'll do anything to stop peo pie IB to 19 years old from fighting a war in Central A merit a,” he said. "The struggle is not com munism versus capitalism. The struggle is an indigenous peo ple who want a decent standard of living." DeFazio said DeFazio said of Long, "He tries to say he supports the peace process and the Contras. 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