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Ferraro, Geraldine

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Fordham Law SchoolFLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and HistorySpeeches 1984 Vice-Presidential Campaign8-15-1984Remarks of Geraldine Ferraro at Sheet MetalWorkers International AssociationGeraldine FerraroFollow this and additional works at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_speeches_1984Part of the Law CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the 1984 Vice-Presidential Campaign at FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship andHistory. It has been accepted for inclusion in Speeches by an authorized administrator of FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship andHistory. For more information, please contact tmelnick@law.fordham.edu.Recommended CitationFerraro, Geraldine, "Remarks of Geraldine Ferraro at Sheet Metal Workers International Association" (1984). Speeches. 8.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_speeches_1984/8v<~ ;EMARKS OF GERALDINE FERRARO AT SHEET METAL WORKERS INTERllATIO~  ASSOCIATION =-/~ ~ / ~-~ ~ - ~ Cw·~ ""~ \~--~ ~··~t.-!/ I'M :PSlOlm- TO BE HERE WITH ED CARLOUGH (PROaOUNCED / CAR-LOW) AND THE HARD WORKING PEOPLE OF THE SHEET METAL WORKERS A@ INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION. }. FRITZ MONDALE AND I ARE PROUD TO HAVE YOUR ENDORSEMENT. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION: ARE WE GOING TO ELECT THE MONDALE-FERRARO TICKET IN NOVEMBER? fl.RE WE GOING TO PlIT THE WHITE HOUSE BACK IN THE HAtms OF THE AMERICA.i.'l' PEOPLE BY BEATING RONALD REAGAN? ARE THE SHEET METAL WORKERS READY FOR A GOOD FIGHT'? * * * I kwow- 'lov A~E, BECAUSE THIS UNION KNOWS YOU CAN'T LIVE LIKE A REPUBLICAN IN AMERICA UNLESS YOU VOTE LIKE A DEMOCRAT. - --- - --- - ---- 2 THIS UNION KNOWS THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS ~ -HANDLED OUR ECONOMIC PROBLEMS THE OLD-FASHIONED REPUBLICAN WAY -- BY THROWING PEOPLE OUT OF WORK. - -·---·-----. THIS UNION KNOWS THAT THERE IS NO RECOVERY mnIL AMERICAN WORKERS HAVE RECOVERED THEIR JOBS. THIS UNION KNOWS THAT AN ADMINISTRATIOJ.~ DETERMINED TO UNDERCUT HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTECTIOt\S,UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AND FAIR LABOR STANDARDS IS NO FRIEND OF THE WORKING MEN AND -WOMEN OF THIS COUNTRY. AND MOST OF ALL THIS·-~/ON K~ THAT WE MUST SEND RONALD REAGAN BACK TO CALIFORl/ AND PUT FRITZ MONDALE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.;')' FRITZ AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THIS GREAT UNION./Al~D I KNOW YOU GIVE THAT SUPPORT BECAUSE YOU CARE NOT ONLY ABOUT YOUR FUTUiB UT ABOUT _'.".'ER~~ FUTURE./ UNDER ED CARLOUGH'S PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP, THE SHEET METAL WORKERS HAVE LE~THE WAY ON ISSUES THAT ARE ONLY TO ~MEMBE/ BUT TO~ AMERICANS.I IMPORTANT NOT 3 -YOU'VE LED THE WAY ON ENERGY CONSERVATION. 404,,.,_.,.. YOU'VE LED THE WAY ON SOLAR ENERGY. ~YOU'VE LED THE WAY IN ADAPTING TO NEW TECHNOLOGY. Yoo•"'° YOU'VE WORKED HARD ANDAPLAYED BY THE RULES. THERE'S ONLY ONE PROBLEM. WE NOW HAVE A GOVERNMENT I IN WASHINGTON THAT HAS TWO SETS OF RULES-:210NE FOR MOST AMERICANS ;- T' __. WHO AREN'T RISH AND ONE FOR THE PP.IVTLEGED FEW-!' --THEY'RE NOT PLAYING FAIR. -WHEN AN ECONOMIC PROGRAM IS BUILT ON THROWING PEOPLE OUT OF WORK FIRST~D THEN FINANCING A RECOVERY WITH HUGE DEFICITS NEi~ T~T-;zYING F~ /! . \~ .-/ WHEN SOMEONE WHO MAKES $200,000 ~A _!AX CUT 0Ff60,000~ · nl &o'f"' BUT PEOPLE WHO MAKE $30,000 OiTESS EITHER CilrNOTHING BACK OR THEIR OVERALL TAX BURDEN W~ f:. T~ F~"!_-f - 4 -WHEN SIX MILLION MORE PEOPLE SLIDE INTO POVERTY SINCE THIS ADMINISTRATION TOOK OFFICE, BUT THEY CALL THE RECOVERY A SUCCESS, IS THAT FAIR? WHEN SOCIAL SECURITY FOR OUR OLDER AMERICANS IS SEEN AS RIPE FOR PICKING, BUT $9600 AIR FORCE WRENCHES COME AS A BIG SURPRISE, IS THAT FAIR? WELL, I DON'T THINK SO EITHER. -- -----~ I BELIEVE AMERICANS WANT THEIR GOV ERNMENT TO PLAY BY ONE SET OF RULES FOR EVERYBODY. AMERICANS WANT PROSPERIT~ur NOT JUST FOR s~ ,,!" THEY WANT A P.ROSPERITY THAT IS SHARED BY t!::: I FROM T;;ITE COLLAR"WORKERS I MET YESTERDAY IN THE SILICO!I VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA I TO THE SHEET METAL WORKERS REPRESENTED BY THIS GllEAT U!HON ·/ AMEkICANS WANf THE STRONGEST DEFENSE IN THE WORLD/sUT - - ~ -THEY ALSO KNOW THAT IT MUST BE BUILT ON THE BOST COMPETITIV E ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. /'~ :a - I( -~ -AND AMERICANS WANT THEIR LF.ADERS TO STOP TALKING Glllt!•.'RISH AND START TALKING SENsdBOuT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO BRING THESE RUNAWAY DEF;;;;-~U!IDER COtrrROL.~ - 5 -- YOU .~mw/MR. REAGAN HAS STARTIHG QUOTING HARRY TRUMAN LATELY i'/ DO YOU THINK MIL TRUMAN IS CRillGING OR Sl<ILING1 I PROBABLY SMILIN~ BECAUSE MR. TRUMAN TALKED STRAIGHT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.~ WE'VE HAD EVERYTHING BUT STRAIGHT TALK FROM THIS "·~ -ADMINISTRATION ABOUTr"r~EY'RE GOING TO DO TO BRING TieSE $200 BILLION DOLLAR DEFICITS UNDER CONTROL. INSTEAD, WHAT WE'VE HAD IS THE FIRST TWO DEBATES OF THE 1984 . CAMPAIGN. FIRST, MR. REAGAN DEBATED MR. BUSH. MR. REAGAN SAID THEY P"'-TLDN'T RAISE TAXES. MR. BUSH SAID THEY MAY. NOW IN THAT DEBATE, I BELIEVE MR. BUSH, AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE I'M PARTIAL TO VICE-PRESIDENTS. AFTER ALL, MR. BUSH NEVER fBOUGllT "VOODOO ECONOMICS" IH THE FIRST PLACE. THEN MR. REAGAN DEBATED MR. REAGAN/u SAID THAT WHILE HE HAS NO ~S TO RAISE TAY.{!!;!:_ MI~ ANYWAY. NOW IN THAT DEBAT0I DON'T KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE, - ----~ - 6 -WHY ALL THE CONFUSION? IVERY Siil8Be AMERICAi~ KNOWS THAT THIS I-; NO:; A ~MPLICATED SUBJECT I IF DEFICITS ARE ~ FOR INTEREST RATES AND TRADE, THEN LET'S REDUCE~ TH&"i/ IF REDUCING DEFICITS TAKES MORE TAXES/THEN LET'S RAI;;·-T~ AND IF OUR - ---LEADERS WON'T LEV~ WITH US, THEN LET'S REPLACE THEM. f FOR THE MAKE THOSE ftlllt DECISIONS ABO UT TAXES Al~D SPENDING WITH GREATER 1 CONCERN FOR THE INTERESTS OF WORKING AMERICANS~9 MIDDLE C~ ------ ·- -PkMILUS Aiq u IHOS~ wno DON ' I HAV e 368~ --YOU TELL ME WHO'S GOING TO MAK£:: 'fliOSE DECISIONS ---WITH YOUR INTERESTS FIRST -- RONALD REAGAN OR FRITZ MONDALE? -YOU TELL ME~O'S /PING ~O STOP BLAMING EVERYBODY ELSE FOR AMERICA'S i::~ AND START ~IN: RESP:NSJB ILin FOR S~G AMERICA'S PROBLEMS -- RONALD REAGAN OR FRITZ MONDALE? ------YOU TELL ME WHO'S GOING TO STOP MORTGAGIUG OUR C..*U-'D(.£N'~ FUTUrut1&~D START B~ING FOR A FUTURE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AMERICANS -;ONALD REAGAN OR FRITZ MONDALE1 - 7 -f''1 ~ ~ AND WHO'S GOING TO BE A BETTER VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE b-l:~~y . UNITED STATES -- GEORGE BUSH OR ORR~ FERRARO? EVERYWHERE I 'VE GONE THIS WEEK I 'VE HEARD A MESSAGE· OF ENTHUSIASM, OF ENERGY, OF HOPE THAT A.MERICA IS OPENING THE -... DOOR TO A NEW DAY. I'VE HEARD IT FROM PEOPLE WHO'VEr ,TOPPED ME ON THE STREETS OF SACRAMENTO AND PORTLAND. THEY TELL ME THEY HAVEN'T VOTED IN YEARS, BUT THIS YEAR THEY CAN'T WAIT TO VOTE. -I'VE HEARD IT IN MISSISSIPPI AND TEXAS AND NEW YORK. .. =-THE MESSAGE I HEAR7ZS T AT AMERICANS WANT. TO PULL . ~OG~HER FOR .. !HE .NATIONAL: GOOD NOT ~L APART. FOR OUR Sf-!,ARA'fE ADVA..""iTAGE. THE >IBSSAGE J_H7xS THAT IT'S TIME TO Cllru~GE AMERICA'S DIRECTION ~O STOP i:;;;,KING ~D START LOOKING~· TO STOP BORROWING FROM OUR FUTURE AND START BUILD!!i.G OUR FUTURE /. ---- ,,. TO STOP CHEATING Oi.~ THE LEGACY OF OUR PARENTS BY BREAKING THE -PRO~E TO :.;;; CHILDRFJI~ - 8 -THE MESSAGE I HEAR IS THAT THE EXPERTS WHO SAY THIS ELECTION IS OVER BEFORE IT STARTS ARE WRONG. THE MESSAGE I HEAR IS THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT NEW LEADERSHIP -- THE LEADERSHIP OF FRITZ MONDALE AS PRESIDE"rlT AND GERRY FERRARO AS VICE-PRESIDENT. -* * * I LOVE YOU FOR YOUR ·· ENDORSEMENT I LOVE YOU FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM. NOW LET'S GO OUT AND WIN ON NOVEMBER 6TH. * THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH • 

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