Note: NH-Primary received the following article from the Portsmouth Herald.
This article on Morry Taylor appeared in today's edition of the paper.
The article includes a photo of Mr. Morry in his r.v.
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THE MAN IN THE VAN HAS A PLAN
TAYLOR TOUTS BUSINESS EXPERIENCE IN RUN FOR REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION
By Steve Haberman
Portsmouth Herald
6/30/95 pg. A3
PORTSMOUTH - It looked a bit like a Good Sam Club outing as a
six-unit, Land Yacht motorhome convoy pulled up outside the Herald
building on Maplewood Avenue yesterday. Inside was Illinois
millionaire and Republican presidential candidate Morry Taylor and
his entourage.
Taylor was in town to open up what is the first presidential
campaign office on the Seacoast. It is located at 75 Congress
Street, and will be staffed by two Taylor campaign workers starting
immediately.
``What happened in my business is I began to see a collection of
failed businesses,'' Taylor said, when asked why he decided to
enter the race.
``It made me start looking at the working men and women of this
country and asking who is going to represent them?''
Like Ross Perot in the last presidential election, Taylor, 50,
president of Titan Wheel International, the country's leading
manufacturer of wheels and tires for construction and farm
equipment, stresses his business management experience. ``All the
candidates running have not spent any time in business,'' he said.
Taylor contends the reason the country is experiencing
difficulty is because of poor management, and that the private
sector is the only place to development good management skills.
``Business is tougher than government,'' he said.
Unlike Perot, however, Taylor has no intention of running as a
third-party candidate. ``I travel all over the world and I've seen
what happens to countries with four and five parties,'' he said.
Despite his wealth - he has three homes, for example - Taylor
said he is in tune with working people all over the country.
``I didn't inherit my money, I earned it,'' he said. ``I was
very fortunate and lucky. I may seem like the American Dream, but
that dream of making it by working hard is fast fading away.''
Taylor said he is using the political process to voice his
dissatisfaction with the direction in which the country heading.
``If you don't like it, you try to change it, and that's what I'm
doing,'' he said.
Aside from his business background, Taylor says his attitude
toward the campaign process also sets him apart from other
candidates. ``They are all politicians taking PAC (political action
committee) money. I'm not taking PAC money, nobody owns me,'' he
said.
Taylor believes that a woman's choice whether to have an
abortion should be a decision made by the woman, her doctor and her
clergyman. ``The federal government should stay out of it, but the
federal government should not pay for it,'' he said.
He would prevent U.S. troops from operating under United Nations
control, and believes that ``if the world wants the U.S. to be the
policeman, it should march to our tune.''
He favors eventually moving all welfare responsibilities to the
states, including the collection of taxes to pay for them. Taylor
supports workfare, and would place a two-year limit on receiving
welfare benefits.
The Illinois businessman would also move to simplify the
nation's tax system, dividing taxpayers into three groups, paying
2 percent, 10 percent and 17 percent, respectively, based on income
levels. Those earning the most would pay the highest percentage, he
said.
Taylor said he is in the race to give voters a choice. ``I
believe that through this primary process, this is the one time
they do have a choice,'' he said.
He questioned what business would hire any of the current
potential candidates as managers. ``Like Clinton said; it's still
the economy, stupid. We are the economic engine of the world and
our greatest problem is the politicians,'' he said.