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Sarasota News Leader October 5, 2012 Therefore, three scenarios come to mind: 1. Romney wins the election: He drastically cuts all government agencies and services; makes large cuts to federal support for ed- ucation and student loans; abolishes the Affordable Health Care Act and replaces that with a limited-value voucher program; privatizes Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid; and takes other actions in accor- dance with fundamentalist religious beliefs. Yes, the deficit gets eliminated quickly. Some other changes take place in America that one can just imagine. 2. Second scenario: Obama wins and main- tains enough Democrats in the Senate for a majority, but Republicans continue to con- trol the House of Representatives. Republi- cans continue to vote down everything that Obama proposes, even programs that they once initiated. The economy continues to grow slowly and the deficit is also reduced slowly. 3. Obama wins: Pressure from large numbers of fed-up American voters brings about changes in the attitudes of significant num- bers of Republicans, resulting in a greater Page 68 level of cooperation in Congress. Obama's American Jobs Act is approved after some revisions, along with other constructive bi- partisan legislation. The economy improves more rapidly than in scenarios 1 or 2. The deficit is also eliminated over a period of a few years, just as most economists say it would be. Next month we get to vote for the kind of country that we want. Brad Hardin Venice LETTERS TO THE EDITOR more than 300 words in length, and include the name, street address and telephone number of the writer. Letters should be emailed to Letters@SarasotaNewsLeader.com, with "Letter to the Editor" in the subject line. Letters actually printed will be selected based on space available, subject matter and other factors. We reserve the right to edit any letters submitted for length, grammar, spelling, etc. All letters submitted become the property of The Sarasota News Leader. The Sarasota News Leader welcomes letters to the editor from its readers. Letters should be no Keep medical decisions between a woman, her family, and her doctor. Visit www.VoteNoOn6.com VoteNoOn6.com Join the campaign today! Paid political advertisement paid for by Vote No on 6, 736 Central Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236. Distributed in-kind by Sarasota News Leader, Post Office Box 5099, Sarasota, Florida 34277.