From: bam@bnlux1.bnl.gov (Bruce A. Martin)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
Subject: Platforms compared:  Rep., Dem., Libert.
Date: 27 Aug 92 18:01:08 GMT
Organization: (none)

This was posted in other newsgroups but not here.

Even tho Mr. Perot has published no platform and has announced that he 
not running, I though that people in this group might still be interested.

Following is a comparison of the platforms of the candidates who are running 
for President & Vice President in all 50 states (plus DC), namely:

	Pres. George H. W. Bush		(with V.P. J. Danforth QuaylE)
	Gov. William Clinton		(with Senator Albert Goreka)
	Rep. Andre V. Marrou		(with Dr. Nancy Lord)

The complete text of the posting follows (except for some email headings).

>Newsgroups: alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.bush,alt.politics.elections
>From: tom@genie.slhs.udel.edu (tom)
>Subject: DEMOCRATIC, REPUBLICAN AND LIBERTARIAN PLATFORMS COMPARED
>Message-ID: <1992Aug24.230215.27763@genie.slhs.udel.edu>
>Organization: The Lab Rats
>Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 23:02:15 GMT
>
>In article <92233.193505U45301@uicvm.uic.edu> U45301@uicvm.uic.edu (Mary Jacobs) writes:
>
>} The Gannet News Service prepared and the Seattle Times printed
>} the following comparison of the Republican and Democratic Party
>} Platforms on various issues. Thanks to a Microsoft employee
>} for scanning it and making available.
>
>quoted Libertarian positions are from the 1992 LP Platform or the 1992 LP
>Program. both of these documents are available by ftp from think.com in
>the directory pub/libernet.
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------
>Comparing Republican, Democratic and Libertarian Party Platforms
>
>ABORTION
>
>Republicans - "We believe the unborn child has a fundamental individual
>right to life which cannot be infringed. We therefore reaffirm our support
>or a human life amendment to the Constitution, and . . . we reaffirm our
>support for appointment of judges who respect traditional family values
>and the sanctity of innocent human life."
>
>Democrats - We "stand behind the right of every woman to choose.
>consistent with Roe vs. Wade. regardless of ability to pay.... The goal
>must be to make abortion less necessary.  not more difficult or more
>dangerous."
>
>Libertarians - "Recognizing that each person must be the sole and absolute
>owner of his or her own body, we support the right of women to make a
>personal choice regarding the termination of pregnancy. We oppose the
>undermining of the right via laws requiring consent of the pregnant
>woman's parents, consent of the prospective father, waiting periods ...
>However, we also oppose all tax funding for abortions. It is particularly
>harsh to force someone who believes that abortion is murder to pay for
>another's abortion. We also condemn state-mandated abortions.
>
>CIVIL RIGHTS
>
>Republicans - Support "vigorous enforcement of statutes to prevent illegal
>discrimination on account of sex race creed or national origin. . . We
>reject efforts to replace equal rights with quotas or other preferential
>treatment."
>
>Democrats - Say they'll lead the fight against "discrimination or
>deprivation of rights on the basis of race. gender. language, national
>origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation or other
>characteristics irrelevant to ability."
>
>Libertarians - "Individual rights should not be denied, abridged, or
>enhanced at the expense of other people's rights, on the basis of sex,
>wealth, race, color, creed, age, national origin, personal habits,
>political preference, or sexual orientation by the laws at any level of
>government. Protective labor laws, Selective Service laws, and other laws
>that violate rights selectively should be repealed entirely rather than
>being extended to all groups."
>
>CRIME
>
>Republicans - "Republicans defend the constitutional right to keep and
>bear arms. We call for stiff mandatory sentences for those who use
>firearms in a crime." Party is committed to a drug-free America.... As a
>result (of Republican efforts). overall drug abuse is falling.... Dope is
>no longer trendy."
>
>Democrats - Call for "reasonable waiting period" for handgun buyers, "as
>well as assault weapons controls to ban the possession.  sale. importation
>and manufacture of the most deadly assault weapons." Back community
>service and boot camps for first-time offenders: attack Republican
>"leniency" on white-collar crime.
>
>Libertarians - "The appropriate way to suppress crime is through
>consistent and impartial enforcement of laws that protect individual
>rights. Laws pertaining to "victimless crimes" should be repealed since
>such laws themselves violate individual rights and also breed other types
>of crime. We applaud the trend toward private protection services and
>voluntary community crime control groups. We support institutional
>changes, consistent with full respect for the rights of the accused, that
>would permit victims to direct the prosecution in criminal cases."
>
>DEFICIT
>
>Republicans - "At the heart of the Democrats' corruption of Congress is a
>fraudulent budget process.... The lords of the Capitol still play the old
>shell game. Republicans vigorously support a balanced budget, a balanced
>budget constitutional amendment and a line-item veto for the president."
>
>Democrats - Call for "fair and shared sacrifice of all Americans for the
>common good," but offer few specifics.  Would "control soaring health-care
>costs, cut federal administrative costs by 3% annually, and limit budget
>increases to growth rate of the average paycheck."
>
>Libertarians - Call for "an end to deficit budgets", and "a constitutional
>amendment requiring the national government to balance its budget, ... and
>similar amendments to require balanced state budgets. To be effective, a
>balanced budget amendment should provide: that neither Congress nor the
>President be permitted to override this requirement; that all off-budget
>items are included in the budget; that the budget is balanced exclusively
>by cutting expenditures, and not by raising taxes"
>
>EDUCATION
>
>Republicans - "The Republican strategy is based on sound principle - that
>parents have the right to choose the best schools for their children; that
>schools should teach right from wrong. that schools should reinforce
>parental authority, not replace it.... We support the right of students to
>engage in voluntary prayer in schools." Back parents right to educate
>children at home.
>
>Democrats - "We oppose the Bush administration's efforts to bankrupt the
>public school system...through private school vouchers. Vow to make
>college "affordable to all students...regardless of family incomes....
>Governments must ensure that teachers pay measures up to their decisive
>role in children's lives."
>
>Libertarians - "The libertarian approach to education is to let parents
>choose the education that is best for their child. ...  Allow parents to
>send their children to the teacher and the school of their choice by
>implementing a voucher system. Eliminate the U. S. Department of
>Education which spends billions on administration and educates no one.
>Institute tax credits for any person or company which pays for the
>education of any student, or any number of students, at any school, public
>or private. Remove restrictions which limit such private educational
>choices as home schooling.
>
>ENVIRONMENT
>
>Republicans - "Environmental progress must continue in tandem with
>economic growth. Crippling an industry is no solution at all.  Bankrupt
>facilities only worsen environmental situations."
>
>Democrats - "We reject the Republican myth that energy efficiency and
>environmental protection are enemies of economic growth." Vow to protect
>old-growth forests and wetlands and oppose new offshore drilling. Promise
>a civilian conservation corps.
>
>Libertarians - say that "By setting acceptable levels of pollution, the
>government is actually approving those levels of pollution.  Libertarians
>do not believe that government should determine how much poison we are
>forced to eat, drink, and breathe." Want to hold responsible property
>owners or managers strictly liable for damages and/or cleanup costs,
>rather than taxpayers.
>
>FAMILIES
>
>Republicans - "For more than three decades. the liberal philosophy has
>assaulted the family or every side....  Republicans trust parents and
>believe they, not courts and lawyers. know what is best for their
>children." Opposes legislation which legally recognizes same-sex marriages
>and allows such couples to adopt children and provide foster care."
>
>Democrats - "Governments don't raise children, people do....  Children
>should not have children. We need a national crackdown on deadbeat
>parents. an effective system of child-support I enforcement."
>
>Libertarians - "We support protection of the integrity of families and
>households against government intrusion and interference. Such
>governmental interference has undermined the value of families and
>households as cultural institutions of love, nurture, companionship,
>kinship, and personal development by forcing them to conform to a rigid,
>inflexible design."
>
>FOREIGN POLICY
>
>Republicans - "Never in this century has the United States enjoyed such
>security from foreign enemies. With President Bush leading the free world,
>the Soviet empire has collapsed." Defend Bush's decision to grant
>most-favored-nation trade status to China as "based on support for
>democratic reform. We need to maintain the relationship with China so that
>we can effectively encourage such reform."
>
>Democrats - "Under President Bush, crises have been managed rather than
>prevented." Call for foreign aid to be targeted at democracies, not
>tyrants. Call for swifter action to help former communist nations; want to
>maintain sanctions on South Africa until "full accommodation" with black
>majority. Would condition "favorable trade terms for China on respect for
>human rights in China and Tibet, greater market access for U.S. goods, and
>responsible conduct on weapons proliferation."
>
>Libertarians - "support a foreign policy designed to promote peace and
>honest trade between Americans and all other people.  Thomas Jefferson
>stated it: "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations,
>entangling alliances with none." Libertarians would say: free trade and
>neutrality. ... Both Democratic and Republican administrations have, for
>many decades, employed a foreign policy of intervention which disrupts
>free trade. Since Americans would never tolerate other nations interfering
>with our internal affairs, we should not interfere in theirs. We should
>stop using military and covert operations to prop up or topple any other
>government.
>
>HEALTH CARE
>
>Republicans - "Believe government control of health care is irresponsible
>and ineffective. We believe healthcare choices should remain in the hands
>of the people. not government bureaucrats....  AIDS should be treated like
>any other communicable or sexually transmitted disease, while at the same
>time preserving patient confidentiality.... We reject the notion that the
>distribution of clean needles and condoms are the solution to stopping the
>spread of AIDS."
>
>Democrats - "All Americans should have universal access to quality.
>affordable healthcare - not as a privilege, but as a right." Promise,
>without specifics "tough controls on health costs" and to "cover all
>Americans, regardless of pre-existing conditions." Will implement
>recommendations of the National Commission on AIDS.
>
>Libertarians - "Our health is far too important to entrust to politicians
>and bureaucrats. Government's ever-expanding role in our nation's health
>care system interferes with the ability of patients and doctors to freely
>select treatments, denies potentially life-saving medicines to the
>terminally ill, encourages fraud in government- funded care and research,
>and causes skyrocketing costs for everyone. ...  Increased subsidies for
>health care, including Medicare and Medicaid, have inflated costs,
>promoted fraud, and reduced the standard of care provided.  Government
>"cost containment" regulations have failed to contain costs while
>inflating private hospital bills and insurance premiums.
>
>TAXES
>
>Republicans - "The only safeguard" between taxpayers and "Democrat tax
>increases is the use of the veto by George Bush and enough Republican
>votes in Congress to sustain it.... We believe the tax increases of 1990
>should ultimately be repealed.... The proper path to create jobs and
>growth is tax rate reductions."
>
>Democrats - "We will relieve the tax burden on middle-class Americans by
>forcing the rich to pay their fair share. We will provide tax relief to
>Families with children."
>
>Libertarians - "When taxation takes money or property from private
>citizens and transfers it to government, economic productivity declines.
>Employers cannot expand, businesses fail, and jobs are lost ... Even
>successful businesses must pass on the cost of taxes to consumers.
>Everyone loses except the government. ... we propose the following: Neither
>Congress nor any state legislature should create any new tax or increase
>any tax rate from this day forward; A "sunset" provision should be added
>to every tax statute. Such a provision would end the particular tax after
>two years unless it is re-enacted; provide for a binding initiative
>process where the voters can repeal any tax by majority vote; Tax money
>should no longer subsidize any government service which can possibly be
>provided in the private sector.
>
>-- 
>tom@udel.edu                                        ...!{gateway}!udel!tom
>tom@genie.slhs.udel.edu           UDel: School of Life and Health Sciences
>
>"Themes were useless; Destiny was here, and the foot pedals were bleeding."

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