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...head on. Too often, Jackson says, we fail to see America's children as "our children," choosing to ignore them as "someone else's problem." But, as Jackson says, the children in this country are here to stay. For years, Jackson has led a self-styled crusade against drug use, telling America's young and poor that they are somebody, that they need "hope in their brains, not dope in their veins." Just saying "No" is not enough, and Jackson knows this. His campaign is about teaching the locked out to say "Yes"--to themselves...
Jackson has long been criticized--to use too gentle a word--for his stands against Israeli policy, and his embracing of the P.L.O. But can one look on the events of the past months in Israel, and not think that a Palestinian homeland is necessary, that our silence no longer serves Israel, and that a president who can bring the Palestinians into the peace process may be just the answer...
Dukakis has moved to develop a coherent foreign policy, one that recognizes that America can no longer dictate to the rest of the world. President Dukakis would use both negotiation and a newly-revamped and efficient military to live in a multipolar, not a bipolar, world. Perhaps what we need now is a president who can bring intelligence and good sense to foreign policy, not a strict ideology as a "hawk" or a "dove." Dukakis would...
ARMS CONTROL: Supports research and deployment of SDI and opposes he use of chemical weapons. CENTRAL AMERICA: Calls for military and economic aid for the contras, but will consider the Arias peace plan. DEFICIT: Will not raise taxes, but suggests a flexible freeze on spending for extraneous programs. Supports the balanced budget amendment. EDUCATION: Supports funding for Pell Grants and suggests developing programs to compensate people saving towards education payments. Taxes: Against raising taxes, and suggests cutting the tax rate on capital gains to stimulate investment and savings. TRADE: Against protectionist measures, primarily in agriculture, and suggests plans for eliminating...
ARMS CONTROL: Favors research and deployment of SDI. CENTRAL AMERICA: Favors sending military and economic aid to the contras, and supports the Arias peace plan. DEFICIT: Will reduce waste in the defense department and eliminate the Department of Education. Favors Gramm-Rudman balanced budget amendment. EDUCATION: Would implement the use of education vouchers, and calls for increases in programs to attack illiteracy. TAXES: Will not raise income taxes, but will raise taxes on alcohol and tobacco. TRADE: Favors free trade, opposes Gephardt amendment, but concedes that some action must be taken against unfair trade practices...