College Democrats and Republicans face off
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers a debate between the College Democrats and College Republicans, moderated by SGA president Mark Dirzulaitis.
- The paper reported that at least 50 people attended the event, which had three rounds on health care, tax policy and environmental policy.
- The article says the health care discussion focused on whether the bill would save money, with the two sides citing conflicting estimates from the CBO and IHS Global Insight.
- The News-Letter reported that the tax round focused on extending or repealing the Bush tax cuts; Democrat Stuart Johnson asked, “Name one economist that said that the tax cuts will pay for themselves,” and audience member Thomas Wray said, “I don’t think the Republicans have much of a response.”
- According to the article, the environmental-policy round covered cap and trade, with Democrat Dan Hochman saying, “[Tomorrow] we’re going to be paying up the ass,” and Republican Merrill Anovick saying, “I want to improve the environment. You want to improve the environment. You just want to hurt American citizens along the way.”
- The reporter writes that organizers called the turnout successful, and Hochman said, “We might even do another debate next semester,” while Republican president Michael Reicken said he wanted more cross-club collaboration.