Classification Table

[John Gelles <jjgelles@xxxxxxxx>]

	It seems I forgot to confess my own confusion before
	asking for yours.

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                          PKT SUBSCRIBERS
                    BINARY CLASSIFICATION TABLE

           A.  Are you Liberal    or   Conservative (mainly) ? Liberal
           B.  Are you Activist   or   Analyst      (mainly) ? Activist
           C.  Are you Scientist  or   Moralist     (mainly) ? Moralist
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  A. |          LIBERAL          |  |        CONSERVATIVE       |
     |___________________________|  |___________________________|
     |             |             |  |             |             |
  B. |  ACTIVIST   |   ANALYST   |  |   ANALYST   |   ACTIVIST  |
     |_____________|_____________|  |_____________|______|______|
     |      |      |      |      |  |      |      |      |      |
  C. |SCIEN-|MORAL-|SCIEN-|MORAL-|  |SCIEN-|MORAL-|SCIEN-|MORAL-|
     | TIST |  IST | TIST |  IST |  |TIST  | IST  | TIST |  IST |
     |------|------|------|------|  |------|------|------|------|
     |   1  |   2  |   3  |   4  |  |   5  |   6  |   7  |   8  |
     |______|______|______|______|  |______|______|______|______|

  A. LIBERAL = pro-egalitarian, pro-union, pro-civil rights, pro-
     environment, pro-reform, pro-change to kinder gentler world

     CONSERVATIVE = pro-hierarchy, pro-management, pro-property,
     pro-status quo, pro-meritocracy, pro-social Darwinian outcomes

  B. ACTIVIST = pro-change, pro-reform, pro-clean slate
     ANALYST  = pro-scholarship, pro-logic, pro-math statistics

  C. SCIENTIST = Objective truth is the limit we seek.
     MORALIST  = Subjective morality guides what we seek.
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  HOW TO FILL IN YOUR NUMBER:

     You may change any of the above criteria, (by re-writing any
     or all of them); but you must fit your political will into only
     one side of each binary category -- based on your MAIN intended
     future record. If you INSIST you fit into BOTH categories in
     questions B or C, you may claim more than one bottom line column
     number. If answer to question A is ambiguous, please rewrite
     survey from scratch.

               What is your bottom line column No. ?   __2____

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  YOUR VOTE on specific issues: (Y/N)

     In favor of a balanced budget amendment?  ( N  )
     In favor of      social security COLA's?  ( Y  )
     In favor of         minimum wage COLA's?  ( Y  )
     In favor of        term limit amendment?  ( N  )
     In favor of                       NAFTA?  ( N  )
     In favor of                        GATT?  ( N  )
     In favor of          affirmative action?  ( N  )
     In favor of     progressive income tax ?  ( N  )/may not ans
     In favor of        flat rate income tax?  ( N  )\ Y  to both.
     In favor of progressive consumption tax?  ( Y  )
     In favor of             value added tax?  ( Y  )
     In favor of        property tax on home?  ( N  )
     In favor of other personal property tax?  ( N  )
     In favor of   tax on personal net worth?  ( N  )
     In favor of      agricultural subsidies?  ( Y  )
     In favor of               R&D subsidies?  ( Y  )
     In favor of                    medicare?  ( Y  )
     In favor of welfare to one who can work?  ( N  )
     In favor of           guaranteed income?  ( N  )
     In favor of  guaranteed work and income?  ( Y  )
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     What should be the long term rate of Inflation? __4___%
                                       Unemployment? _<1___%
     What should be US Growth rate from now to 2000? _12___% annually

     What changes would you make to the Federal Reserve?

	Structural changes in composition of board and
	open market committee -- to include labor leaders,
	manufacturers, teachers, merchants, accountants
	and other career fields and not more than one in
	five from finance, i.e. (banking+insurance+(pension
        or investmet funds of any description))

	Structural changes to represent geographical areas
	where banking is today.

	Open to the public scrutiny of all decisions during
	all meetings where interest rates or reserve requirements,
	are discussed with a view toward setting rates,
	requirements, aims, targets or goals.

	No opinion at this point on open market operations
	or any changes that may be appropriate.