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Professor discusses economic plan
By Karen Okamoto
Staff Reporter
President Clinton’s economic
plan will have little if any effect on
Nebraska, a UNL economics pro
fessor said.
John Anderson, who was one of
600economists to endorse Clinton’s
Splan during the
campaign, began
his speech in
O front of about 30
-< people in the
» Nebraska Union
I ^ Wednesday by
;i ^ “I will do my best
to be an objective observer of the
Clinton plan and not be a political
apologist for elements of the plan;
that is, I ’ m not here to defend every
aspect of the Clinton plan.’’
With that noted, Anderson said
he didn’t expect Nebraska to feel
the effects as much as other states.
“There are some states that will
probably do better than we do and
some that will undoubtedly do
worse,” he said. “But on the bal
ance, 1 don’t see this as a plan that
makes life a lot more miserable in
Nebraska.”
Anderson cited a study by the
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group reported a zero-percent av
erage annual effect on Nebraska’s
per-capita gross state product for
the years 1992 through 1997.
Arkansas topped the group’s list
with a 0.3 percent effect, while the
District of Columbia was at the
bottom, showing a negative 0.4
percent effect.
However, Anderson said he did
not know how much credibility to
give the study.
The study’s zero percent figure
?;iven for Nebraska does not match
igures he has seen in the newspa
pers, he said.
Anderson said there was a popu
lar conception that Nebraska would
be hurt by the proposed energy tax.
Some economists say an energy
tax will affect the agriculture sec
tor more in Nebraska than in non
agricultural states, he said.
But Anderson said the energy
tax was only a portion of the pro
posed taxes, and individual income
taxes also needed to be considered.
Because Nebraska has few high
income taxpayers, income tax as
pects of the Clinton plan will work
to Nebraska’s advantage, he said.
The impact of the proposed tax
changes start at the $20,000-in
tunic icvci, uui uic impacts are
concentrated in the high-income
tax levels, Anderson said.
At the national level, Anderson
said, Clinton’s economic stimulus
package will have a “relatively
small’ short-term impact, as it has
become the least important part of
Clinton’s plan.
In political debate, opponents of
the plan say the package is spend
ing, not stimulating.
Originally a $30 billion stimu
lus package to create 500,000jobs,
Clinton’s plan now calls for only
about $16 billion in spending to
develop 200,000 jobs, he said.
Referring to the stimulus pack
age as “window dressing,” Ander
son said the figures of the package
still were shrinking, and spending
in some areas probably would be
eliminated as a result.
As far as Clinton’s long-term
investment package, Anderson said
a problem existed in converting
defense jobs to non-defense jobs.
Anderson said Clinton’s defi
cit-reduction plan was a “modest
amount of reduction.”
He said Clinton’s deficit-reduc
tion plan was not as severe as Ross
Perot’s plan, but it was more ambi
tious than President Bush’s plan.
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Board of Regents.
Benes said another challenge would
be to get more students involved in
ASUN.
ASUN is more than just a political
body, Benes said. It also provides
student services such as an informa
tion center and student legal advice.
There are numerous ASUN positions
that still need to be filled, Benes said.
Benes said he planned to recruit
students personally for ASUN involve
ment by attending meetings of cam
pus organizations and talking directly
to individuals.
Benes said his personal approach
in his campaijpi helped him win the
election.
But the win did not come easy.
Benes suffered a string of bad luck
that caused him to miss almost all
major campaign appearances.
In February, a crucial campaign
month, Benes said he started feeling
sick but kept up his schedule because
he didn *t want to jeopardize the elec
tion. His condition worsened and cul
minated when he passed out on the
day of his party's announcement.
Six days before the election, Benes
was in a car accident that left him with
a concussion and kept him in bed for
four days.
Some said Benes’ bad luck was the
result of nervousness. But Benes dis
puted that explanation and said he
loved public speaking.
Benes said he was able to win the
election in spite of his bad luck be
He said that because of his party’s
strong organization, he didn’t have to
rely on debates and last-minute cam
paigning.
Benes said hisearty campaign plan
ning, which began in October, en
abled him to gain enough support to
carry him to victory in the end.
Benes said h is unlucky streak ended
when he won the election, and that he
spent some of his spring break recu
perating.
Since the election, Benes said, he
has been preparing to take office by
gathering information, reading by
laws, studying the budget,askingques
tions and preparing himself for his
position on the board of regents.
Although this is the first lime Benes
has held an ASUN position, he said he
would be able to get things accom
plished.
Benes said he was eager to begin
his new job, and was especially ex
cited about working with the regents.
“It’s a great opportunity for me to
take part in decisions that will affect
students long after I graduate and
move on," he said.
In an interview on the night before
his installation, Benes appeared re
laxed and laid back, sporting his hat
backward and cracking jokes.
Benes said he was looking forward
to serving UNL students, but that he
was not going to forget to have fun.
“Too many people get caught up in
stuff they are doing," Benes said.
“I kind of like to hang onto the kid
(in me),” he said. “Thai’s why I like to
wear my hat backwards.”
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