the america now party wanted bad trouble for big-time dopers , they wanted the cities to have to sink or swim on their own ( 'there is no need for a struggling dairy farmer to have to subsidize new york city 's methadone programs with his taxes , ' greg proclaimed ) , they wanted a crackdown on welfare benefits to whores , pimps , bums , and people with a felony bust on their records , they wanted sweeping tax reforms to be paid for by sweeping social services cutbacks .