Jackson's platform defies Reaganomics
Democratic hopeful says higher taxes for rich,corporations would cut deficit
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WASHINGTON — Jesse Jackson is running for president on a liberal platform he calls "the opposite of Reaganomics" — raising taxes on the rich, slashing Pentagon spending, creating a national health program for all, doubling the budget for education and doubling the minimum wage.
Jackson has finished first or second in most of the Democratic presidential primaries and caucuses and is close behind Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts in the delegate chase. Jackson has cast himself as the candidate of the working class, farmers, the jobless, the hungry, the homeless and others who have not prospered in the Reagan years.
"Economic violence haunts the lives of most Americans," Jackson said.
"There is nothing wrong with the American worker, the family farmer or the small businessperson. There is
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something wrong with the system," he said.
Jackson said that he could cut the deficit by one-third by raising taxes on "the richest one percent" of Americans and on corporations.
"There's nothing radical about his message," said John White, who was former chairman of the Democratic Party during the Carter administration and is now a Jackson supporter. "It's neither liberal nor conservative. It's the core language of the Democratic Party."
Jackson has called for a moratorium on family farm foreclosures; civil rights legislation to protect lesbians and gay men; tapping public pension funds to build housing, roads, mass transit and water systems; debt relief; an "international Marshall Plan" for the Third World; a national floor for welfare benefits; a phase-out of nuclear power; a freeze on nuclear weapons, and a halt to U.S. aid for the contrasts in Nicaragua and the UNITA insurgents in Angola.
WASHINGTON — An adviser to Jesse Jackson said yesterday that he detected the beginnings of an anonymous "Stop Jackson" movement in the Democratic Party and that much apprehension existed in the party about the possibility of Jackson's nomination.
The adviser, Rep. Mike Leland, D-Tex., said he did not know who was behind the attempt and said he knew of no party leaders joining such a movement. But he said it did not appear to be confined to Southern
"There is some movement afoot," Leland said. "We can't put our hands on it. We don't know who the leader is. But we do understand . . . different players of the Democratic Party have been approached."
Although Jackson fell substantially behind Michael Dukakis in Connecticut's primary Tuesday, his 2-to-1 victory in Michigan on Saturday has forced Democratic leaders to confront the possibility that Jackson could end the primary season as top vote getter and perhaps delegate leader.
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