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anaehronistic . Gro%%ing competition «ill do tite job ber- tial tn ~resening the public interest . Instead, the FCC
ter. .lrtv anticompetitive activities could be h<strong>and</strong>led bc nas become an instrument of special interests trying to
the Justice Department, shackle competitors <strong>and</strong> «ould-be competitors .
The FCC <strong>and</strong> its apologists claim the ngencr is essen- This dinosJur should he put to sleep .
PRINCII'LES FOR PROSPERITY
THE BALT :C sT_~TES are demonstrating tiat countries tlat tax . It has put out dte «elcome mat for foreign incan
make a fast *ecover~from the debacle of commu- vestment ; companies ha%e fe«' restrictions in bringing
nism when they follo«proper principles . in moner or in repatriating it . Estonian <strong>business</strong>es have
Estonia <strong>and</strong> Lithuania <strong>and</strong>, to a made impressive progress in
lesser extent, Lania have dramac 'nestabltshing trade relations %eith
ically loscered m4lation <strong>and</strong> are "f : Fml<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Y1'estern European
experiencing impressive, real eco- nat :ons . Soon this once paupernomtc
gro«th. These vuall srates ized nation «ill likeh exceed
avoided the shock therape ihat - Portugal in its st<strong>and</strong>ard of licing% has so hobbled Pol<strong>and</strong>, Russia "_ The esperience of Estonia <strong>and</strong>
<strong>and</strong> other parts of the former the other Baltic states underscores
Soviet Empire .
:hc xcritv of the basic principles of
Both Estonia <strong>and</strong> Lithuania ha~ ; economic progress : sound money,
instituted currency bo~ards. L'nder Io%~ taxes, propertv rights <strong>and</strong>
this mechanism domestic monee is _~ minimal political interference in
not issued unless backed ba hard rhe u-eration <strong>and</strong> conduct of busiforeign
currency such as the dollar Increasingy affluent shoppers in Estonian de- nesses . Yet our Treasurc Departor
the deutsche mark or by an asser partment stare : Free markets when tried, work . ment <strong>and</strong> international agencies
like gold. CVhiie inflation remains such as the IMF continue to prehigh
by our ste.ndards-around 25%these rates foo :k de saibe such toxic poiicies as higher taxes <strong>and</strong> devaluarninimis
compared to Russia's <strong>and</strong> Ulcrainc's . tions to Mesico <strong>and</strong> scores of other countries,
Estonia is particularly impressive . It has institttted a When «ill %ce learn?
ZONING FOR GROWTH
T4tCH :GAN Gos'_a .uos John Engler recent1v unveiled an would hacc no restrictions on usage, be it residential,
exciting proposal that should be emulated bv his guber- industrial or commercial . As Engler put it, "This connatorial
peers <strong>and</strong> by Congress . His tax-`ree zones are cept recognizes that jobs, housing <strong>and</strong> neighborhood
designed to rejuvenate economicalk - distressed urban commercial sen'ices make Por a vital communit ." The
<strong>and</strong> rural areas in his state, For cears Congress has con- big lure, of course, is the %vaiving of local propern°
sidered Jack ICemp's national version but has never taxes . The state u•ould make up lost re\enues for local
passed an effective variant of it. school eistricts .
Under Engler's plan, a tax-free zone k~ould be re- Republicans should embrace the idea of Engler-like
lieved of all state <strong>and</strong> local le~ies (except for the state enterprise zones to counter criticism from adhocates of
sales tax, so as not to penalize <strong>business</strong>es bordering the affirmatice action that the Party isn't interested in
zone) . Unlike other zone proposals, the goaernor's enhancing opportunities for all Atnericans .
GOOD, BUT ULTMATELY A DANGEROUSLY INEFFECTUAL MAN
Baldvvin-bk Ro}° Jenkins (Papermac, a blacmiiian vcould hav e happe :ied had Britain had a Nazi sympathiz-
General Books imprint, Ca%-ave Place, London, SW10 er on the throne when the suoreme crisis came in 1940 .
9PG, Engl<strong>and</strong>, _M .99) . R'eh-tcrittcn biographp of the The author obsiousVa likes his subject <strong>and</strong> is not neardominant
political figure in Britain be[~\een the rno Iy stern enough in his final conclusions about Bald«°in's
World Wars . The author, himself a prominent culpabilin' in learing Britain so unprepared .
socialist politician in the 1960s <strong>and</strong> 1970s, - Fe%o men lett office as popular as Baldvcin ; fem
skillfullY adds insights gained from his oo~n ' suffered such a rapid, ab~~smal fall .
experience in [he public arena. Stanlet, Excerpt : At the Accession Council Baldwin
Bald«in's emphasis on domestic issues <strong>and</strong> his ~ tolri Clement Attle•e that be rlonbted n,hether
calming, good-natured srillingatess to assume ~~ the King (Edwmrd V17I!
;:,oudd `star the
the best in others was perfect tim Britain in the ~ cottrse' . It was nat rrzerelv 32rs . FlaUis Simpson,
1920s but a disaster as the i tternational clouds althontgh minrsters were al eadr enforrned meld
darkened in the 1930s . His easgoi,tg pato- t ;abont his relatzonshiB w+th h r, if not his rnarchialism <strong>and</strong> his focus on short-term 2oh
:ical ital irueruions. It was hes pcnernl attitude of
advantage made him singularlyill-equpped ~~ irraponsct iiitv, relfisbuess, <strong>and</strong> disiike for an,),
to deal widh the groveing menace of Nazism . ofthe fiucctions of7^ingship other than eso',pop-
Baldsvin's best hour :cas his adroit h<strong>and</strong>ling of the ttiarirn <strong>and</strong> pet_conal Qrlrilerle . Nor iret'e these feeLinQs of
1936 abdication crisis . One shudders to think %xhat tencasc contined to Baldiain. M
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