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aid to Israel without a thought still
do so when it is politically costly?
Will they remain loyal if other
groups — Arab-Americans and
Muslims, for example, who are show-
ing signs of a growing political
sophistication and aggressiveness —
outbid the Jews?
The United States supports Israel
because it's in our interests to do so,
and it's right, not because Jews throw
more money at Congress than other
groups. But that fact is increasingly
hard to see in a political system in
which raising money overwhelms all
other concerns.
• The big-money system hurts
Jewish groups involved in domestic
issues.
The groups that oppose most
Jewish organizations on pivotal issues
such as gun control, abortion and
immigration and refugee policy have
effectively used the gaping loopholes
in current law to great advantage.
Need proof? Check out Congress's
persistent refusal to cross the
National Rifle Association. Jewish
groups active on the domestic front
can't use campaign finance in the
same way. There are too many issues,
and too many venues — statehouses
and city halls, as well as Capitol Hill.
Many Jews care deeply about bet-
ter health care, safe banks, consumer
protection laws and economic jus-
tice. But it's much harder to galva-
nize givers around these issues, and
to produce consensus positions that
can be leveraged into decisions about
where to give the community's col-
lective money.
On health care, for example, Jews
are involved as frustrated consumers,
but also as doctors and stockholders
in big health service corporations.
• Good government. It's axiomatic
that Jews do best when democratic
institutions are strong. The current
.big-money system has bred a perva-
sive cynicism that has reduced elec-
tion-day turnout to abysmal levels
and boosted "populists" such as Pat
Buchanan and Ross Perot who have
little to offer beyond their bitter
denunciations of the current system.
There is cynicism within the
Jewish community, as well: many
Jews are turned off by a narrow, sin-
gle-interest system in which politi-
cians who are hostile to Jewish
domestic interests are still rewarded
by the pro-Israel groups for their
votes on Mideast issues.
All of this undercuts the pillars of
American democracy. And that, as
they say, is not good for the Jews. Li

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SOUTHFIELD CITY CLER K TUESDAY
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"Southfield needs a leader like NANCY BANKS who will guide us into
the new millennium ... and empower the city as it meets uncharted
challenges and opportunities. Nancy knows the process, the people
and the technology. Keep her working for us in the City Clerk's office."

PAT FLANNERY

SOUTHFIELD CITY CLERK (33 Years, retired)

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MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL CLERK'S ASSOCIATION
MEMBER, MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
MEMBER, MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL CLERK'S ASSOCIATION
MEMBER, WOMEN'S ECONOMIC CLUB
MEMBER, SOUTHFIELD BURGH ASSOCIATION
MEMBER, PTA, BIRNEY & STEVENSON SCHOOLS
CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL CLERK,
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (2000)
• GRADUATE, OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

• BORN, RAISED AND EDUCATED IN SOUTHFIELD
• HOMEOWNER, TAXPAYER AND PATRON OF
SOUTHFIELD BUSINESSES
• THOMAS BANKS' WIFE
• AMANDA AND JONATHAN'S MOTHER

VOTE TUESDAY, NOV. 2 FOR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE!
VOTE FOR NANCY BANKS

• MARK SCHLUSSEL
• ROSIE SCHLUSSEL
• ELI ROBINSON
• ZELDA ROBINSON
• JERRY EFROS
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• COUNCILMAN MYRON FRASIER
• MAYOR DONALD F FRACASSI
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• PAT WILEY
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• KAREN FRACASSI
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• PHILIP FRACASSI
• JUDGE INGRAM
• WILL HURST
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ACTION COMMITTEE (OCPAC)
• ERNIE TABER
• LOUIS POOLE
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• ROBERT KATO
• WALLY JADAN
• GEORGE ATCHU
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