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Pay attention now
; Rappahannock voters need to start now paying attention fothe congressional election. * We find ourselves in the 10th Congressional District as a result of the redistricting completed after the 1990 census, llie major population centers of the district are in Fairfax, Prince William, and eastern Loudon counties. , Nevertheless, within the past week both candidates for the election in this district have made appearances in Rappahannock County.
A week ago, incumbent Republican Frank Wolf visited the county and talked with the Lunch Bunch at the Flint Hill Public House. This past Sunday, Democrat Ray Vickery visited the home of Lee and Diana Bird near Flint Hill to trieet with residents there, answer questions and make a pitch for financial support.
On the issue of abortion the choice is clear. Mr. Vickery supports “a woman’s right to choose.” Rep. Wolf has says he isi opposed to abortion except in cases or rape or incest or to protect the life of the mother. He has voted to restrict access to abortion and although he has not said so, might vote for a constitutional amendment to ban abortions. • On the economy, Rep. Wolf blames the Democratic Qongress. Mr. Vickery blames the economic policies of the Reagan and Bush presidencies. 1 On the deficit, both men credit the Ross Perot campaign with bringing the issue forward, but neither support the combination of spending cuts and tax increases that Mr. Perot’s program called for. ; Rep. Wolf said he would do “whatever is necessary” to reduce the deficit. He said he supports an amendment to the Constitution to require balanced budgets. However, he also said he supports a bill to give larger exemptions from taxes for children. ! Mr. Vickery said he supports Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s call for a three percent reduction in administrative costs. He called for more care in the defense ph>curement process and more control of inventory.
On health care neither candidate supports Gov. Clinton’s program to require employers to either provide health insurance or pay into a government fund to pay health care costs. Both say they oppose a system of government insurance like that in Canada, f Rep. Wolf said he favors controling malpractice suits to control health care costs and “vouchers or credits” to help pjeople pay for health insurance.
Mr. Vickery favors a plan developed by the Conservative Democratic Forum to increase access to health insurance and cpntrol costs. This plan also calls for “malpractice reform.” It vfould require insurance companies to set up competitive nationwide partnerships. It would require employers to provide but not to pay for health insurance for employees. ; On the issue of providing jobs, neither candidate has said much. Rep. Wolf notes that the number of flights into and out of Dulles Airport has increased dramatically since the regional airport authority took over, bringing in more tourists and jobs. He sponsored the bill to turn the airports over to the authority. ; Mr. Vickery notes that in his law practice advising high technology companies, he has found that financing the government debt consumes 60 percent of the capital market making it difficult for companies to raise funds to provide jpbst
As the November election nears, these candidates will have to concentrate their time and attention more on the populous parts of the district. Rappahannock, with 6,600 rtesidents and 3,500 voters, should be happy they are giving us so much attention now.
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