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Date Posted: 08:26:53 10/02/06 Mon
Author: Eldin Dzubur
Subject: Brazilian Elections

Dear editor,
We here in the United States, sadly, are very ignorant about elections outside of our country, and in this letter, I will attempt to form an opinion based on the short amount of time I’ve had to research the Brazilian elections, specifically, the presidential elections.
I believe the socialist movement of Brazil in the past few years has been the reason economic growth declined rapidly since the 1980’s. As much as uncontrolled business laws are bad for the state of a nation, an overabundance of business laws can stifle economy. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has promising plans for the future of Brazil, but voters should be careful about how his plans could hurt the economy if overdone. Countries need at least some degree of free business, or else businesses would see no motivation for coming into Brazil, when there are many other countries that could offer them greater income. Also, Silva’s tax reforms and distribution of income seem to be too liberal for their own good. It has been shown over history that there will always be a discrepancy between the rich and the poor, it’s only a matter of making it as small as possible, and trying too hard could end up reversing the effect.
Geraldo Alckmin is a step in a new direction for Brazil. Although his plans aren’t drastically different from those of Silva, Alckmin’s plans will bring back taxes to a more tolerable level, and although he is more open to foreign policies, his track record shows no corruption, unlike Silva’s history. I believe Alckmin would bring new and much need changes to Brazil, even though it’s sad to say that he probably won’t win this year’s election because of the massive support for Silva.

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