EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S MINORITY VOICE - SINCE 1987 Black leaders outraged at assault on Wilder Witnesses have backed former Virginia Governor Doug Wilder’s version of how he was allegedly attacked by a white RDU security guard Tuesday morning. “The guard was pretty explo- sive,” Scott Mettler, an eyewitness, told a local television station. The incident was enough to out- rage African-American leaders. “It’s appalling to think someone would do this here,” an angry Rev. H.B. Pickett told The CAROLIN- IAN. “I hope he files a lawsuit, to bring out in the open the covert racism present in this area.” Rev. Pickett added, “The fact that this black person use to be a governor, didn’t matter.” Two prominent African-Ameni- cans serve on the RDU Airport Authority: the chairman, F.V. “Pete” Allison, chairman of Mu- tual Community Savings Bank in Durham; and Joseph M. Sansom, president of Mechanics and Farm- ers Bank. Sansom, a Raleigh native, told the Carolinian that the incident was “unfortunate,” the dismissal of the guard involved seemed “jus- tified,” and that it was apparent that the guard “did not act in ac- cordance with the way that he was supposed to.” Globe Airport Security Services, Inc. issued a statement late Tues- day, confirming that one of its employees was involved in an “in- cident” with Wilder. But it delcined to reveal his name or any other information about him “so as to not jeopardize the investigation.” Wilder was reportedly assaulted early Tuesday morning after he was stopped going through a secu- rity checkpoint at Raleigh-Durham International Airport’s Terminal A. He was heading back to Rich- mond, Va. after a speaking en- gagement at Duke University the night before. Wilder, a former presidential candidate who also hosts a Rich- mond, Va. radio talk show on WRVA-AM, told his audience Tuesday morning that after his suspenders set off the metal detec- tor buzzer, asecurity guard shoved him back, saying that he would have to be checked with a handheld scanner. Wilder says after he “secured his belongings,” he reached to read the guard’s name on his shirt tag. “I turned around to see what his . name badge was, because I was going to suggest to the supervisor that no one should even talk to someone that way. When he saw me doing that he said, ‘Don’t try to see who | am, I don’t like you.” “He then grabbed me by the throat, and just shoved me back up against the wall again,” Wilder claimed. Ken Hite, who was waiting in the same area for a flight out, told a local television station that the security guard was not provoked. “But it was definitely a body slam against the wall,” he recalled. Airport employees pulled the guard back as he allegedly went at Wilder a second time, who was uninjured. The officer was later terminated and ordered off the grounds. After he got back to Virginia, Wilder told reporters that the guard actually admitted to the assault in front of him. “He said ‘I choked him, I choked him. He was looking at my badge.” Then Wilder chuckled, adding, “It’s bizarre.” “You don’t do that, whether it’s the governor or anybody,” RDU spokesman Rick Martinez told The Carolinian. “I don’t care what the provocation was.” Martinez added that even though an investigation was still underway, a letter of “re- gret” for the incident would be forwarded to Wilder. Another airport spokesman, Teresa Damiano, told The Caro- linian that Globe Secunty had been contracted by US Air, not the air- port itself. “GOLDEN EAGLE AWARDS” were presented for lifetime achievement to long-time African-American businesses by the cosmetologists. Among the recipients were (L-R) Dr. Wiley Hines, Pitt County Commissioner Farney Moore, and retired entrepreneur Charles Shiver. (below) Ms. Lela Hines, proud mother of Dr. Wiley Hines, friend, attorney Emma Levy, and James Hines, join the host of well-wishers. A4ribute to Daniel T. Blue, Jr. Committee The members of the Tribute ot Daniel T. Blue, Jr. Committee are pleased to announce its plans to honor the former speaker of the North Carolina House of Repre-. sentatives for his outstanding lead- ership and service to the state. Friends and associates of Repre- sentative Blue will gather for a reception and banquet to be held on Saturday, March 18, at the Raleigh Civicand Convention Cen- ter. A reception will begin at 6:00 p.m, and the dinner is set for 7:00 p.m. A number of public dignitaries and elected officials will be present to roast Representative Blue with 4 i words of kindness and accolades. Scheduled to make presentations are Lieutenant Governor Dennis Wicker; former Senator Terry Sanford; Julius Chambers, Chan- cellor of NC Central University; Representative Howard Hunter, Chaiman of the NC Legislative Black Caucus; Rev. Joy Johnson, former legislator; NCAE Presi- dent-elect Rose Marie Lowery- Townsend; and Wake county Sher- iff John Baker. Proceeds from the banquet will be donated to the North Carolina Central University Foundation, Inc. and the endowed Daniel Terry (continued on page 2) ’ ’ DANIEL T. BLUE, JR. 5 . EERE E an MS. YOLANDA KING, daughter of the late Martin Luther King., Jr. visited the campus of East Carolina University in Greenville. She is shown chatting with Ms. Charetta Walls. 68 House members sign bill to end N.C. sales tax on food By Ruth Sheehan In the frenzy of tax cuts at the legislature, a majority of state House members have taken a bold stand, calling for repeal of the sales tax on food - a move that would save the average family of four in North Carolina more than $300 a year. Even with 67 co-sponsors, though, Rep. Toby Fitch’s repeal bill is more likely to appear if future campaign commercials than on the House floor for a vote. The measure, which would cost $460 million in lost revenue this year andeven more in subsequent years, was introduced Wednesday by Fitch, a Democrat from Wilson. It would exempt food from the state’s 6 percent sales tax begin- ning July 1. In addition to Fitch, it was signed by 39 Democrats and 28 Republicans. “We send a devastating mes- sage to our working people when we tax the necessities oflife,” Fitch said. “No one can choose not to eat. People can choose not to go to the movies or buy beer or cigarettes, but they cannot choose not to buy groceries for their children. “This is the year for tax relief, and this is the fairest tax cut of all.” The sales tax was first applied to food in 1961, ostensibly as a temporary measure; it is consid- ered one of the state’s most regres- sive taxes. According to the N.C. Budget and Tax Center, a family that makes $12,400 a year spends 16.6 percent of its income on food, while a family with a $100,000 income spends 3.8 percent of its income on food. In recent years, Fitch and oth- CALVIN JONES, GENERALMANGER of radio station WOOW, poses for the camera at an . ers, including former Republican Gov. Jim Martin, have pushed to make food exempt from the tax. Their efforts have failed, in large measure, because of the high cost of repeal. Gov. Jim Hunt, in releasing his budget last month, said the state cannot afford to eliminate the food tax ifit wants to provide a break on individual income taxes, cut the corporate income tax rate and re- peal the intangibles tax on stocks and bonds. On Monday, Republican House leaders said they had reached the same conclusion. Speaker Harold Brubakerand Majority Leader Leo Daughtry said they will stick to the GOP promise to cut personal income taxes; the House, in fact, has already ap- proved such a cut to the tune of about $235 million. In addition, they promised repeal of the intan- gibles tax ($127 Million), which would benefit the state’swealthiest residents and businesses, and a deep cut in the corporate income tax rate beginning in 1996. “That’s about all we can do,” Brubaker said. The speaker said the Republi- can agenda may include repeal of the food tax in 1997. But for now, he said, talk of eliminating the tax is just so much wishful thinking. He predicted that Fitch’s bill will not make it out of committee. Even some of Fitch’s most zeal- ous co-sponsors-Republicans and Democrats-equivocated when asked at a new conference how far they would go to see the repeal approved. Signing on as a co-sponsor of a bill is one thing. Voting against the party leadership or aginst some other tax cut is quite another. Under House rules, if a commit- tee chairman keeps a piece of leg- islation bottled up, 61 members can sign a discharge petition to get the bill onto the floor. But the few Republicans who showed up for the food tax news conference said they could not promise to sign such a petition. “T’'ll consider that when that happens,” said GOP Rep. Arlene Pulley of Raleigh. Similarly, while Fitch said he is willing to vote against a corporate income tax cut and against repeal of the intangibles tax to free up enough money for food tax repeal, some other Democrats were less strident. “It’s a little foolish down here to say what you'll vote for or against without listening to the debate,” said House Minority Leader Jim Black of Charlotte. All of the House members at the news conference voted last month in favor of the personal income tax cut. If enacted, it would increase the personal exemption deduction and provide a $50 tax credit for each dependent child; an average family of four would save about $240 a year in taxes. An informal survey of shoppers Wednesday at a Kroger supermar- ket in North Raleigh found a stron- ger preference for removal of the food tax. Kim Hanchette, for ex- ample, would have saved $9.50 on her $168.76 grocery purchase with- out the tax. She though about it for a second and calculated that: re- peal would save her, on average, about $6 a week. “Yeah,” she said. “It really does add up.” autograph-signing session with noted fashion model, Imani. Way to go, C.J.!! a . sa ise } 1 | r] 7? i + bd "ing a comeback, with the sole in- tention of one day fighting Tyson - in a rematch that absolutely no ~* one wants to see, it makes one . wonder if anyone is looking at the For almost all of his adult life, ever since it became clear to all those bloodsucking sharks affili- ated with boxing that the man ~~ known as Iron Mike was a ticket to . fortune and fame-or even more fortunes for those who had already raked in goo-gobs of loot exploiting enough to play: him.» And now that his release from the Indiana Youth Detention Cen- ter is only a few weeks away or sooner, the jockeying the the op- portunity to buy a limited number of tickets in the Mike tyson Lot- tery has begun. It is the usual cast of characters, boxing promoters and managers who claim to have Tyson’s best interest at heart, but who in real- ity are vying to become the major players on the boxing scene. And whoif afforded a piece of the action The Minority Voice Inc. WOOW P.O. Box 8361 310 Evans St. Mall, Greenville, NC 27835 919-757-0365/ Fax: 919-757-1793 WTOW P.O. Box 39, 902 Hackney Ave. Washington NC infinitum in the history of boxing. - who is sure to be the biggest draw Asitstands, Don King says heis still the man. Who’s to say he’s cation-at least publicly-that he plans to drop King as his pro- moter. Team Tyson still appears to be Rory Holloway, John Horne and Don King. But if you listen to unconfirmed reports coming out ofevery corner of the boxing world, Mike Tyson will drop King like a bad habit the moment he steps outside those rusty prison gates. Promoters the likes of Butch Lewis, Murad Muhammad and anyone else who may have said hello to Mike tyson in passing are camping out, waiting for the chance to piggyback their way to the top of the first game. For he eed ae : hundreds of mil- " lions of dollars off of a young man not? Tyson has not given anyindi- _ "Tis safe to assume that despite all the rhetoric these P.T. Barnum impersonators are spewing about caring for Tyson’s well being, all they really cre about is their bank account. The almighty dollar. It would be noble if they had his best interest at heart. Truly concerned about his erudition while incar- cerated. But the nature of the beast prohibits it from doing what maybe morally correct and dismisses righ- teousness for a more pressing doc- trine known to us all as capital- ism. Tyson has made an attempt to learn more about himself and his people. He seeks to become a bet- Accounting Manager WNCT Radio is accepting applications for the position heavy- can authors. 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It is so easy to harp on someone else’s own hardships re- main undisclosed. — Mike Tyson deserves a chance blessed life!!! * & a ‘ “outside of the ring to prove he has indeed matured. His time spent in ‘8 hope as his gs of Islam and its prin- release draws near that he has ciples. Many naysayers question learned to spot a wolf in sheep’s clothing and will be wise enough to distinguish between those who truly care about him as a human being and those who simply see him as a cash cow. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOTHER. Celebrating 100 years of Aycock Birthplace greets the spring with an open house The Governor Charles B. Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site in- vites everyone to visit the site as they welcome spring with an open house and various activities on Wednesday, March 22 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Admission is free! As one of the events held in con- junction with the Saturday, March 25 Fremont Daffodil Festival, the Aycock Birthplace’s open house will provide visitors with a sense of 19th century farm life. Dressed in the traditional clothing of the day, the site staff and volunteers will demonstrate typical chores. In the historic home’s kitchen, a woman will demonstrate butter churning, while in the parlor a quilter will start piecing a quilt We're Mowing Down High Prieas! We have an excellent selection of "Top-Of-The-Line" Riding Mowers ... at super low prices during our Introductory Sale-A-Bration! 11.5 HP ACE by MTD 38" Cut 14 HP ACE By MTD 42" Cut 16 HP ACE by MTD 46" Cut r FRONTEND TILLER 5 WP+72071 TILLERS To Do REAR TILLER 5 HP+7021249 859 965 1159 1a peut ith iy ck “I Fy D yang 3531 AS an Azaleas (whiteorRed) .... 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A prebid conference will be held at the above address at 2:00 PM on March 15, 1995 Separate bids for Pitt County Waste Handling Facility, Section I, Building, and Section II, Electrical will be opened and read immediately after the time specified above. Bids may be submitted Contract Documents are available in the office of the County Engineer, Pitt county Develop Services Building at 1717 West Fifth Street, Greenville, North Carolina 27834, during normal working 1 shall be accompanied by a 5% bid security. This security maybe in cash, certified check or bid bond issued by Surety licensed to conduct business in North Carolina and named in the current list of "Surety Companies Acceptabe on Federal Bonds" as published by the Audit Staff Bureau of Accountants, U.S., Treasury Department. The deposit may be retained by the COUNTY 4s liquidated damages if the successful bidder fails to execute the contract within 10 days after notice of award. Fi oe ee », Great Sale Prices! 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In the authentic, one-room school house a “school marm” will teach visitors about schools of this pe- riod. And no one will want to leave until they have had a chance to take the free horse and wagon ride. Special guests at the Aycock Birthplace during the open house will be the first grade classes from Fremont, Northeast and North- west elementary schools. The Governor Charles B. Aycock Birthplace features the mid-19th century boyhood home of North Carolina’s “Education Governor.” Also on the 16 acre site are the restored outbuildings and barns, a one-room school house and a visi- tor center featuring exhibits about Governor Aycock’s life, including an audiovisual program. Aycock Birthplace, an agency of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, is located nine miles north of Goldsboro, 1/2 mile off US 117 on Governor Aycock Road. For more information please call 919- 242-5581. Blue Chair in Political Science es- tablished by the C.D. Spangler, Jr. Foundation, Inc. in honor of Rep- resentative Blue, a 1970 graduate of NCCU. Theco-chairpersons of this event are Ms. Barbara Allen of Raleigh, NC and Mr. Ben Ruffin of Win- ston-Salem. For more information, contact the NCCU Foundation Office at 919-560-6151 or Southeast Raleigh CDC at 919-834-8101. Host families urgently needed for foreign teens Open your heart and your home to an international student. P.I.E. needs host families urgently in your community for academic-year and semester homestay programs. If you are interested, please call ag right away at 1-800-828- naronrammmmmnaneasraennamannnaapanegdl WDLX-FM SALES OPPORTUNITY 93.3 WOLX-EM Radio has a rare opening in our sales depament.. We are looking for an enthusiastic, sales- oriented individual to join our team. Minorities and females are encouraged to apply. Contact : General Manager WDLX-FM PO Box 1707 Washington, NC 27889 An Equal Opportunity Employer “THE STAFF AND MANAGEMENT OF {-Gardner’s Bail Bonding Company take a break from their schedule long enough for our camera to capture these smiles. Washington Gallery host*watercolor exhibition The Watercolor Society of North Carolina’s Spring Exhibition is on view at the Beaugort County Arts Council and Civic Centerin Wash- ington from March 19-April28. Sixty-five paintings by artists from across the state were selected by juror Christopher Schink for the. exhibition. The public is invited to view the show weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more infor- mation, please cal] the Beaufort County Arts Council weekdays at 919-946-2504. ho liu develop heart disease. Mail coupon to: copies of this brochure. Name Street ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ 4 ' i] 1 ‘ ' ' ' Please send me ' 1 1 i] i] i t ' 1 ' ' i] Is there any way to prevent a a art atiool? Anyone can have a heart attack. But age, gender -and heredity are major factors in determining overall risk. Fortunately, there are other risks that you can do something about. People who smoke, have elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure, and don’t exercise are eight times more likely to Fora free copy of a brochure entitled “What You Need to Know About Heart Attacks,” complete and return the information below. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HEART ATTACKS Heart Attack Brochure, c/o Orange Enterprises 500 Valley Forge Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278 ee se ee ieee TEDI BEAR p open house The East Carolina University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics will hold an open house ' for its TEDI BEAR Project Thurs- day, March 16, from 3 to 6 p.m. The event will take place at the project’s new location, 504-B Dexter Street in Greenville. The TEDI BEAR Project, a part of the Child Abuse Program in the medical school’s Department of Pediatrics, was awarded $170,000 by the Governor’s Crime Commis- sion this past summer. It is a com- munity project that reaches out to evaluate and treat abused chil- dren in eastern North Carolina. TEDI BEAR stands for Tender, Evaluation, Diagnosis and Inter- vention for Better Abuse Response. Thetwo-year grantis designated for salaries and is augmented by $50,000 from monies donated dur- ing the 1993 Children’s Miracle Network Telethon. Dr. Edwin Sumpter, director of the Child Abuse Program and pro- fessor of pediatrics‘with the medi- cal school, said the grant money has enabled the TEDI BEAR Project to expand its staff and re- locate to the new facility, where abused children ranging in age from newborn to 17 years can re- ceive an interagency approach to their evaluation, treatment and protection. The 1,600-square-foot building that houses the project was do- nated rent-free for three years by aconcerned citizen, Sumpter said. Volunteers will perform various clerical tasks. The facility was designed to be a child-friendly place where abused children can go to be evaluated and treated eight hours a day, five days a week. It will be available to law enforcement, social service agencies and medical personnel. “We want to reduce the trauma to the child,” said Marcia Edwards, a social worker who is a member of the TEDI BEAR Team. Sumpter said it’s not unusual for an abused child to undergo from six to 12 interviews in some not-so-warm- and-friendly places, like the busy hospital emergency departmentor law enforcement office. The new facility was created with these children in mind. Two interview rooms, one for younger children and one for older children, have mirrors which al- low a child to be interviewed by a trained professional while others observe without disrupting the interview. The facility allows for the child’s interview, physical ex- amination and treatment to occur in one place. Members of the TEDI BEAR Team say it is important for these events to take place outside a clinical or law enforcement set- ting. The TEDI BEAR Team involves the cooperation of the District Attorney’s office, Guardian ad Litem Program, Pitt County Shenffs Department, Greenville Police Department, Pitt County Mental Health, Pitt County De- partment of Social Services, Pitt County Memorial Hospital and the ECU School of Medicine. Repre- sentatives from these agencies 100 ine pee 130 S. E. Greenville Blvd. em | NEED A CAR? WE CAN HELP Come See Us at Greenville Motor Company Greenville, NC (Beside Jiffy Lube) Down Payments at $800 Rapid Refund Service Available Bring your tax information 1. W-2 Form 2. Driver's License 3. Social Security Card E “M"-VOICE- WEEK OF MARCH 10 - MARCH 17, roject to hold ~ comprise a board of directors. | Other local law enforcement agen- cies are expected to be involved. “We have had terrific commu- nity support for this project,” said Sumpter. 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Brock has his way. Brock, a veteran Black activist, whois based in the nation’s capital and lives within a stone’s throw of the Internal Revenue Service’s Commissioner's office, is the main mover behind an unusal (but he says “throughly documented” law- suit filed against the IRS in a fed- eral district court in Los Angeles. On February 27 Brock’s, and possibly yours and mine, case went before Judge John G. Davies, who is the same judge who handed down the sentences in the civil rights lawsuit against the officers who beat Rodney King. Brock had urged Black men and women on the West Coast to come to the Roybal Federal Building, in L.A., to make the Black presence felt while this case is being ar- gued. Brock, and many associates were on hand to explain how the case affedts African Americans in- dividually. According to Dr. Brock, there is much in his legal protfolio that will enable him to win the case. “Under slavery, Blacks were property. Then when the White rulers of American outlawed sla- very and decided to make us citi- zens overnight, they did it without our consent. They told us we ewre now citizens—whether we liked it or not,” says Brock. His contention makes plenty of sense to African Americans who feel that they defi- nitely give more to the govern- ment than they get back. “By mak- ing us citizens they enslaved us once again by putting the burden of the income tax upon us, The former slaves never had the chance to say whether or not they really wanted to be American citizens and pay taxe’. The White-run gov- ernment decided for them,” states Brock. Each year African Americans pay out over $12 billion in taxes to the various governments in their cities, counties, states and, of course, the federal government. Many of us would feel better about Blue Angels to perform MCAS Cherry Point, NC — The Blue Angels, the US Navy Flight Demonstration Team, will take center stage here April 8, 1995 in this year’s Air Show and Open House. Scheduled attractions include ground displays of vintage and modern aircraft, as-well-as dis- plays of modern military equip- ment. Offering an interesting change of pace will be the breathtaking performance of the precision women skydivers team The Misty Blues. The latest Marine Corps project aircraft, the MV-22 Osprey, will be showing its value to the Corps’ by executing a unconstrained flight performance. The Ospreyisa revo- lutionary, state-of-the-art tilt-ro- tor, vertical short-takeoff and land- ing airplane. “Shock Wave,” is the world speed record holder for trucks in the quar- ter mile. Powered by jet engines, this 7,000 pound semi-truck has obtained 256 mph in just 6.36 sec- onds, and has been clocked at faster that 300 mph. The air show and open house will be a full day of free and excit- ing events taking place continu- ally. Gates will be open from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm, and concessions will operate daily. THIS SPACE COULD BE MAKING YOU $$ our substantial pay out if we felt comfortable that our concerns, wishes and desires were really being taken into account by the government establishment, and our so-called “representatives.” “We are asking the IRS to prove that Blacks of slave descent really are citizens and subject to income taxation. Unlike the average American immigrant (Whether Asiansor Mexican, or even a Black from modern-day Africa), African Americans whose ancestors were slaves never actually forced it upon them,” states Brock. Rather than continuing to play the “Victim” and constantly beg at government’s doors for assistance, as many so-called Black leaders want us to be, in order to further feather their own “affirmative ac- tion” pockets, Brock is calling fora settlement to remove us from the government’s dole completely. “When our ancestors were kid- napped in Africa, brought across the sea and then sold as slaves, these were acts of violent warfare upon our people. We still bear the scars of this African Slave Holo- caust today. We are paying with our tax dollars for the privilege of : being chained to an oppressive fed- eral income tax upon the fruits of our labor. This too is slavery,” states the 70-year-old Brock. “Numerous times they cite this as being ‘frivolous’, but believe me, this is not just more Black ‘victim’ complaints, as the IRS wants people to think”, added Brock. “Our case is thoroughly documented with decades of legal research be- hindit. This is not a frivolous law- suit as even the Courts have ad- mitted by allowing our case to con- tinue this far, requiring the De- fendant (IRS) to answer,” says Brock with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. “We have the man on the spot. If the IRS wants 30 million men and women living in America, of Afri- can Slave Heritage, to continue paying taxes every April 15th, all we are asking is that agency an- swer and prove to us that the gov- ernment made us citizens in a le- gal way, to begin with,” states Brock. “I hope all African Ameri- cans will give us the moral support and activism toward what will save numerous members of our race nancial contgteitioni i in this en- deavor. This is a costly effort and — every penny toward our legal fund, and progress, is vital,” adds Dr. Brock. 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The declining quality of hospital and medical care for ordinary Americans—infants, people with AIDS, cancer patients, people with diabetes and heart disease, our elderly—is a national tragedy. But the bipartisan government is un- able to do anything about it. There has been a lot of discus- sion about political gridlock, about how partisan concerns and compe- tition have made Congress and the state legislatures unabie to take initiative and create work- able social and economic policy. This is certainly true. But when the political pundits expound on the pitfalls of gridlock, they leave out of the equation that it is our lives, our children, our homes, our jobs, our quality of life which are caught in that gridlock. We pay taxes to support a government bureaucracy that does not work for us. We are the first generation of Americans who cannot promise our children that.they will do bet- ter than we have done. We have friends and family members who are caught in the net of drug and alcohol abuse. We are the victims of violent crime. Many children in this country still go to bed hungry. Where are the solutions to these problems? We have to face the reality that these solutions cannot be produced ‘by our government under the cur- rent arrangement. Government is too politicized; politics is too cor- rupt; and the American people—of all races, and religions andincome levels—do not have a voice, do not have the power to redirect this country. Until we deal with that central fact of our political life, we can deal with nothing else. In my opinion, what is needed in Americais the total deconstruction and reconstruction of the political arrangement. That’s what the people who voted this past No- vember 8 were saying. That’s what the more than 25 million people in 22 states who have so far sup- ported term limits were saying. 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