FROM THE COAST

What would an election be without its gimmicks? Democrats hope their ’Broke Ameri-Card,” mailed to millions of homes, will stir sour feelings about Reaganomics and the escalating national debt while raising money for the 1988 presidential election Mailed in the familiar windowed envelope, the Broke AmeriCard application invites new cardmembers to fill out a reply form and “cancel Ronald Reagan’s credit card today!”