. But Mr. Dukakis felt that values must be reflected by political leaders themselves to set as an example for the children. He goes on by saying that government should send good messages to young people and its better to advocates early drug education programs and create a good environment in the schools. Another issue with differing viewpoints was that on the federal deficit. Mr. Dukakis believes that there should be less spending on defense system, which we can afford or need. He also says investment in economic growth will expand the revenue and bring down the deficit and finally he believes his programs will get many people out of welfare and become productive citizens, which would save millions of dollars. Mr. Bush refutes his argument with his so called flexible freeze. He believes this program is going to increase revenues to the federal government, and it's going to create jobs. He supports his argument by saying that John Kennedy had advocated this program and so had Paul Tsongas, a Senator from Massachusetts, and it does not cost the government any money. One of the most important question that politicians have been arguing about since its establishment after the Depression is Medicaid. Mr. Bush tended to see Medicaid as a big financial bill for the government. But we've got to keep going forward without killing off the engine and throwing people out of work. Mr. Dukakis was appalled at his answer, and answered with a more appealing one. He thought that Medicare is too expensive of a thing to be bought by the poor or even the middle class families. And I think it's time that when you got a job in this country it came with health insurance Homelessness was another important issue both candidates addressed. Mr. Bush felt that a McKinney Act will take care of the problem. He hopes that a great deal of funding goes into this ever lingering problem and hopes Congress will fully fund the bill. Mr. Dukakis once more had a diff...
