imilate to the ways of the people on the hill, Clinton pledged that, with the fiasco of health reform behind him, he would reposition himself as and push the implementation a new crime bill, executive orders to shake up the bureaucracy, and foreign policy. Thus far we have seen little work towards these goals or at least little in the field of cooperative governing. Under the GOP compact, Americans would be weaned from handouts and pushed to self-reliance. The welfare state would be replaced with an opportunity society based on the idea that nothing is guaranteed "save the chance to prosper." GOP pledges to balance the budget and rewrite the tax code will force it to strike corporate and middle-class entitlements in future years. The GOP reformers would still try to eliminate entitlements, which they see as morally bankrupt. Already, GOP reformers are on the way to giving states responsibility for welfare, food, stamps, and medical care for the poor. The final GOP target will most possibly be social security. The idea of privatizing the faltering system, or the possibility of steering Americans off the federal pension system by shifting a portion of payroll taxes into private investments. The bottom line is that the up coming election, decision 96, will be the factor that may allow all these dreams to come true or possibly kill all hope....
