The MichiganDaily-Thursday, February 2, 1978-Page 7
URGED:
CUT IN CORPORATE POWER
Buffa
(Continued from Page 1)
with the United States Senate."
THE LANSING Democrat is cur
rently the Midwestern Director o
the National Rural Center, but mos
of his time is devoted to his
campaign.
Buffa carries his politics of limita
tions all the way to his own home
base, and has set a self-impose
spending ceiling of $300,000 for his
campaign. He tried to get all the
potential Democratic contenders to
set the same limit, and suggested se
in a mailgram to them all. According
to Buffa, only former Detroit City
Council President Carl Levin re
sponded.
"I just don't think politics ought t
be the plaything of the rich," he said
"If I'm elected, the first bill I'll pu
my name on is a bill to provide publi
funding for election campaigns."
BUFFA SAID he favors tota
public funding for general election
and a matching fund system for th
primaries. "In the primary, som
initial matching requirement is need
ed, some initial stepping stone, so no
everybody can claim they're runnin
for the Senate and expect a chec
from the government," he explained
"There are about 400,000 corpora
tions in this country, and two-third
of the assets are controlled by 200 o
them. What happens when you
grandchildren become grandpa
ents,,and you have a couple of doze
conglomerates or multinationals con
trolling two-thirds of the assets?" h4
said.
campaigns
UNLIKE OTHER liberal trust- BUFFA
busters, however, Buffa sees no paign is
solution in further regulation from banner o
f Washington, and tes the federal Hart, wli
s government as jus another on the Senate ca
list of power centers to be dis- corporate
mantled. ,admirnstn
- "The reason you have as much of the b
d government intervention as you do is Buffa co
that there's been a concentration of likely h
s the centers of power," he said. Hart's un
e "What I'm talking about is the need Alread
° to place limits on power, both in the ment of t
° public and the private sectors. Only Hart, wh
g by placing limits on power can you advantag
y maintain freedom." tions he h
Buffa was asked how he would already c
reconcile limited government with Buffa's
O breaking up the conglomerates, but his name
. he calls the choice "a false opposi- funding f
tion." morality
C "IT'S NOT AS if the choice is raised.
between government regulation or a "On m
free market system," he said. "You you're pr
1 don't have a free market system omic di
s now. The question is how do you poor, you
e restore a free market in this country. funding.'
e Unless you restore a free marked,
- you're going to have more and more
)t government regulation."
g Instead, Buffa sees the solution as
k opening up the market to competi-
- tion, an initiative he admits must be
- preceded by a drastic overhaul of the
s current, ineffective anti-trust laws.
of "The problem with the anti-trust
ir laws now is that it's not enough to
r- prove that a company has a mon-
n opoly in the arket. You also have to
r- prove that they got that monopoly
e through some illegal means, and
that's difficult as hell to prove."
in A2
, with his trustbusting cam-
attempting to pick up the
f the late Senator Philip
o dedicated much of his
areer to breaking up. the
giants. As the former Hart
rative assistant and protege
eloved Michigan Senator,
nsiders himself the most
eir apparent to complete
finished work.
y Buffa has the endorse-
:he late Senator's wife, Jane
ich he calls "a very great
e" in a campaign of limita-
opes will hurl him out of an
rowded field.
aid he also would have put
to the bill to provide public
or abortions, asserting that
is not the main problem
oral grounds alone, unless
repared to engage in econ-
scrimination against -the
have to provide for federal
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's The plan being pushed by the influ- for states that adopt statewide growth
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urban programs or President Carter's centives for states which coordinate I)UKan s SAID that although he
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failure." areas. The states could direct aid to all require states to participate in a Carter
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thusiasm for basketball this year. But
senior Mark Egly said he thinks the
'fervor is, nothing more than a carry-
over from the football season.
"BUT YOU HAVE to give some of the
credit to Earvin Johnson," he flippan-
tly remarked. "Now that he's here, 95
per cent of the people can't wait for the
polls to come out,"
Ann Cowan, a sophomore business.
student, said she has noticed the fans
like to watch Earvin when the tension
gets up because he really pulls the team
together.
Her outlook on the game is one of
near vindictiveness. "If we couild get
back at you by winning, it would be
great," she said.
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