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George Bush
-George Bush ’ s campaign theme is “trust.” He
says his first term as president has proven he
can do the job.
-Bush believes the less government, the better.
-He wants to cut taxes and federal spending,
reasoning that if people and companies have
more to spend, the economy will get better.
-He signed a far-reaching law to improve air
quality, but loosened many environmental
regulations; he thinks making cars get better
gas mileage would cost jobs.
-Like Clinton and Perot, Bush thinks there
should be national standards for students. He
would offer “vouchers”-a sort of shoppers’
coupon-to help families send kids to private
schools.
-Bush managed the Gulf War . Now that the
Soviet Union is gone, he’s scaling back the
military, but slowly.
-He is opposed to abortion in almost all cir
cumstances.
-Bush supports the death penalty.
-He opposes handgun control.
-Bush wants law-and-order solutions to crime.
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Bill Clinton
-Bill Clinton stands for “change.” America is in
a slump, and it needs a younger man with new
ideas.
-Clinton thinks government should be active.
His plan calls for spending more money -$220
billion- on education, roads and job training, he
says, will help everyone. He would cut taxes for
working families, but raise them for the rich.
-In Arkansas, he was eager to trade jobs for
environmental protection, but A1 Gore is a fierce
environmentalist who says energy effiency and
recycling programs would save money and cre
ate new jobs.
-In Arkansas, high-school dropouts lose drivers
liscenses; parents of chronic truants are fined.
Clinton would let parents choose public, not
private, schools. He would let students pay off
college loans with community service.
-He says he’ll help emerging democracies, not
prop up friendly dictators.Clinton promises to
keep defense srtong, but would trim spending
more than Bush.
-Clinton favors abortion rights.
-He supports the death penalty.
-Clinton says he wants to keep the guns out of
the hands of the criminals, and ban assault rifles
which have no hunting purpose.
-Clinton says that he will fight crime by putting
more policepersons on the streets.
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Ross Perot
-Perot says that he will cut out all of the
“political garbage.” He heavily stresses de
creasing the deficit.
-He plans to increase taxes and decrease
government spending, which experts say,
will cause an economic slowdown in the
mid-1990’s, but economic expansion in the
long run.
-Perot supports incentives instead of regula
tions to make businesses meet environmen
tal goals.
-He supports school choice, but not vouch
ers. Perot plans to increase teacher salaries,
expand preschool programs, and move edu
cation funding from research to programs.
-He plans to cut defense spending, but says
that communism is not dead.
-He says that a woman can do whatever she
wants with her body.
-Perot hasn’t taken a stand on the death
penalty.
-Perot does not support gun control. He says
that the criminals and gangs will get them
anyway and Americans need to be able to
protect themselves.
-Perot says he is tough on crime.
Compiled by: Ryan Robinson
For America: This is theYear of the Woman
By Elisabeth Poplin
This election year more women than ever are voting, campaigning, and running for office. Over 117 women are running for Congress.
Women aren’t just getting involved in Congress, either. Ellen Emerson, the Democratic chairperson of Guilford County, says, “Women have always
been the backbone (of our party).” Joe Lamb, the Republican Chairman of Guilfcffd County,said that most of the volunteers of his office are women.
Margaret Hunt, the President of The League of Women Voters, said that p-esently in the country there are “more adult women than men.” As a result
these women are now taking the initiative to get involved in the government, stated Hunt.
What do various parties think of women’s involvement? ‘The morethemerrier,”saysHarry Seaman, the coordinator for Perot in Raleigh. Emerson
believes the women are necessary to politics. Susan McClean, Perot’s Guilford County Coordinator, says, “Women are tax payers too. The more women
in Washington the better, as long as they don’t abandon their families.”
Each candidate has a different approach to women’s issues. The Repub
lican Platform states, “We will work to revive maternity homes to ensure
care for both mothers and babies.” It further states, “Republicans recognize
the importance of having fathers and mothers in the home.” The Democratic
chairperson, Emerson, listed daycare, the family leave bill, equality in the
workplace, health insurance, the right to choose for abortion or against it,
and the need for fathers who have abandoned their children to be held
accountable as issues being approached for women’s sake. Mcclean says
Perot promotes afterschool programs for mothers who work, but most of the
issues he supports affect, not just the women, but the whole family.
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