| Jackie on Healthcare
I'm here to discuss one of America's most urgent and continuing challenges.
All Americans should be free to purchase affordable, portable, private health
insurance for themselves and their families. The steps that I am proposing will
guarantee access to affordable health coverage for every child in America and
will provide more affordable health care options for millions more adults.
Let me be clear: we cannot rest until every single American has affordable
health coverage...
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| Jackie on Economy and Taxes
It's great to be with friends.
Working Americans need real tax relief now.
America's wealth is in our people-not in our possessions, not in our things, but
in our people...
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| Jackie on Social Security
Social security is going bankrupt. It will take bold, innovative leadership to
save social security and turn the often illusive dream of retirement security into
a reality for millions of Americans...
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| Jackie on Women
THE YEAR 2000 IS THE YEAR OF WOMEN'S LIBERATION.
It is a movement that some call "feminist" but should more accurately be called
humanist; a movement that is an integral part of rescuing this country from its old,
expensive patterns of elitism, racism and violence.
Women's Liberation is a bridge between black and white, between the construction
workers and the suburbanites, and between men and women. Women are sisters and men
are our bros. The women's movement is an important revolutionary bridge, and we are
building it.
Women's Liberation is Men's Liberation...
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| Jackie on Drugs
The best way to treat the drug problem is to bring it out of the shadows into the
light of day...
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| Jackie on the Right to bear Arms
The right to bear arms is guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the
Constitution. It was meant to ensure our self defense, defense of the
family, and defense against tyranny,
conferred on the individual and the community by the Creator to
safeguard life, liberty and property and that of his family, as well as
to help preserve the independence of the nation.
Though this right may not properly be infringed upon nor denied, as
responsible and conscientious American citizens, it is our duty to
question to what extent are valid today the contemporarily noble
principles upon which our forefathers founded this great country...
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| Jackie on Defense
My vision is an American military which is not driven by imperialist impulses,
corporate interests, or national hegemony. At the same time, a foreign policy must
be implemented which does not take an isolationist standpoint.
As president, I will use military force only as a last resort solution, and
only under the conditions that: military force will in fact solve the situation at
hand, and the situation at hand puts our national security interests at risk. There
will be no undeclared wars, no secret bombings - the only wars, if any, will be for
the purpose of defending our own country. And there will be no commitment of forces
without the prior authorization of the Congress of the United States. ...
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| Jackie on the Power of New Media
I believe that the open, decentralized, user-controlled, and shared resource nature
of the Internet creates unprecedented opportunities for enhancing democracy and civil
liberties. As President, I will co-operate with institutions and companies that are
seeking public policy solutions that preserve these unique qualities and thereby
maximize the democratizing potential of the Internet...
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| Jackie on Environment
It is the responsibility of man to be prudent productive and efficient steward our
planet's natural resources. Man is challenged to be fruitful, to multiply, to
replenish the earth, to turn deserts into farms and wastelands into groves. This
requires a proper and continuing dynamic balance between development and conservation,
between use and preservation.
The proper exercise of stewardship demands that we avoid the extremes; that we
escape the deadly hand of government confiscation; that we recognize and preserve
the right of the individual to acquire, own and use his property so long as he does
not infringe upon the rights of other individuals to do the same...
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| Jackie on Education
What can we do to improve education in the United States?
I am an optimist. I believe that the next century will be a time of incredible
prosperity-if we can create an environment where entrepreneurs like you can dream
and flourish. A prosperity sustained by low taxes, unleashed by lighter regulation,
energized by new technologies, expanded by free trade. A prosperity beyond all our
expectations, but within our grasp...
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