Rep. Rick Lazio for U.S. Senate.(Brief Article)

Crain's New York Business, October, 2000

Republican rick lazio deserves election to the U.S. Senate seat from New York because his positions on issues are right for the state, because he actually knows what New York is all about, and because Hillary Rodham Clinton simply doesn't adhere to the ethical standards one expects in a senator.

Consider two specific issues of the highest importance to New York-education and the economy. On education, Mrs. Clinton's solution is simply to pour more money into a system that is already one of the most well-financed in the nation. That's because she has formed a political alliance with teachers' unions, which often block educational reform. Mr. Lazio embraces measures that will inject standards and competition into the system. On the economy, New York's problem...

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