The Agenda for America
A Republican Direction for the Future
by Gov. Haley Barbour (R, MS)
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Abortion
Haley Barbour: States should have the right to regulate & limit abortions.
Hillary Clinton: No abortion for sex selection in China.
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Budget & Economy
Haley Barbour: Reduce government programs for more economic growth.
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Civil Rights
Bill Clinton: OpEd: Clinton administration has a love affair with quotas.
Haley Barbour: ADA should allow flexible state & local compliance.
Haley Barbour: When did affirmative action turn into special preferences?
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Corporations
Haley Barbour: Cut regulations that increase the cost of doing business.
Haley Barbour: Women-owned businesses doubled after Reagan tax cuts.
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Crime
Bill Clinton: 1994 crime bill funded basketball instead of real problem.
George Allen: 1994: led "truth-in-sentencing" reform among states.
Haley Barbour: Three Strikes gets chronic predators off the street for good.
Haley Barbour: Victim's Bill of Rights, including restitution for victims.
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Drugs
Bill Clinton: OpEd: "War on Drugs" included gum package labeling.
Haley Barbour: Justice Dept.'s duty is narcotics trafficking.
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Education
Bill Clinton: OpEd: "Goals 2000" came close to nationalizing education.
Haley Barbour: Give parents vouchers so they can choose kids' schools.
Haley Barbour: Supports charter schools as a means to local control.
Haley Barbour: Vouchers apply unlimited market forces to education.
Haley Barbour: School prayer restores moral awareness to our schools.
Newt Gingrich: Constitutional amendment to protect right to school prayer.
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Environment
Bill Clinton: Signed 1982 Law of the Sea treaty ; awaiting ratification.
Haley Barbour: Rely on voluntary incentives to solve environmental problems.
Haley Barbour: Kangaroo rats are not more important than people's homes.
Haley Barbour: Allow drilling in ANWR.
Haley Barbour: "Sustainable development" represents a scarcity mentality.
Haley Barbour: 1982 Law of the Sea treaty is socialistic and ill-considered.
Newt Gingrich: 1995: Entrepreneurial scientific approach to environment.
Ronald Reagan: 1983: Extended sovereign control 200 miles off US coast.
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Families & Children
Newt Gingrich: No society can survive with 12-year-olds having babies.
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Foreign Policy
Bill Clinton: During Russian crisis, stood arm-in-arm with Boris Yeltsin.
Bill Clinton: Routinely provide intelligence info to the UN.
Haley Barbour: Political leadership; economic strength; military power.
Haley Barbour: Fund defense budget & support NATO.
Haley Barbour: Fund defense budget & support NATO.
Haley Barbour: Russian return to imperial activity would be tragic mistake.
Haley Barbour: Move US embassy to Jerusalem & recognize Israeli sovereignty.
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Free Trade
Bill Clinton: Completed the Reagan-Bush achievements on NAFTA.
Haley Barbour: Use the WTO and NAFTA to insist on domestic interests.
Haley Barbour: Focus on making the WTO work for American interests.
Ronald Reagan: 1985: Articulated goal of Western Hemisphere free trade.
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Government Reform
Haley Barbour: Remove barriers; enhance individual opportunity.
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Gun Control
Haley Barbour: Gun control doesn't work; moral choices do.
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Health Care
Haley Barbour: Opposed Clinton's plan for government-run healthcare.
Haley Barbour: States should mandate that insurers do not cancel policies.
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Homeland Security
Bill Clinton: OpEd: Counterproliferation failed; Iran got nuke from Russia.
Haley Barbour: The US must secure peace through strength and dominance.
Haley Barbour: Adequate resources for readiness, as well as needed hardware.
Haley Barbour: Need missile defense against blackmail and terrorism.
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Immigration
Haley Barbour: Expedite removal of those who are in the US unlawfully.
Haley Barbour: Official English unites Americans.
Haley Barbour: Humanitarian & political admissions OK; but not economic.
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Principles & Values
Haley Barbour: Return to founders' idea of personal responsibility.
Newt Gingrich: Leaders of the American Revolution were committed to God.
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Tax Reform
Haley Barbour: Capital gains tax is a double tax.
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Technology
Haley Barbour: Remove limitations on privatizing airports.
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War & Peace
Haley Barbour: Don't place US forces under UN command.
Haley Barbour: Deny rogue countries access to WMD.
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Welfare & Poverty
Haley Barbour: Welfare is harmful in many, many ways.
Haley Barbour: Real welfare reformers seek to uphold the American family.
Haley Barbour: Enterprise zones let poor neighborhoods get honest jobs.
Ronald Reagan: Switch from project-based to tenant-based subsidy program.
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The above quotations are from The Agenda for America
A Republican Direction for the Future
by Gov. Haley Barbour (R, MS).
Autobiographies and Biographies of Governors:
- Chris Christie: The Inside Story of His Rise to Power, by by Bob Ingle and Michael Symons
- Can`t is Not an Option, by Gov. Nikki Haley, April 2012
- Governor`s Travels, by Gov. Angus King, Oct. 2010
- The Governator, by Ian Halperin (about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-CA), Aug. 2011
- The Agenda for America, by Gov. Haley Barbour (R, MS), April 1996
- Blue Man in a Red State, by Greg Lemon, (about Gov. Brian Schweitzer, D, MT), June 2008
- Scorpions for Breakfast, by Gov. Jan Brewer (R, AZ), Nov. 2011
- Crossroads: The Future of American Politics, by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D, NY), Oct. 2003
- A Reason to Believe, by Gov. Deval Patrick (D, MA), April 2011
- Against the Tide, by Gov. Lincoln Chafee (I, RI), April 2008
- Teachers Under Attack, by Mike Spina, about Gov. Chris Christie (R, NJ), Feb. 2011
Press Releases etc. from Governors, Mayors, and Justices:
- Gubernatorial State of the State speeches, 2013
- Gubernatorial State of the State speeches, 2012
- Gubernatorial Press Releases, 2011
- Gubernatorial Press Releases, 2010
- Gubernatorial Press Releases, 2001-2009
- Mayoral Press Releases, 2011
- Gubernatorial Campaign websites, 2010-2011
- Mayoral Campaign websites, 2011
- Gubernatorial State of the State speeches, 2011
- Gubernatorial State of the State speeches, 2010
- Mayorial State of the City speeches, 2007-2011
- Gubernatorial Campaign websites, 2010
- Gubernatorial Campaign websites, 2001-2009
- My Grandfather's Son, by Justice Clarence Thomas, Oct. 2008
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