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Civil Rights
Indian tribes all differed; we need to view them as equals.
In Senate, worked to safeguard rights of Native Americans.
Indian reservations are not for get-rich-quick schemes.
Urban problems based on white fear & black emboldenment.
Address racism via behavioral problems in blacks & whites.
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Crime
Urban future: transform; or we’ll abandon or encircle.
Answer to crime is local, not federal.
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Drugs
“Just Say No” is ignored by urban kids.
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Education
Urban schools have multiple problems.
Send urban kids to boarding school communities.
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Environment
Controlling Mississippi River is arrogance, not technology.
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Families & Children
Women in workplace require parental leave & day care.
Urban kids need connections & family to find meaning.
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Free Trade
Smarter workers needed to compete in global market.
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Government Reform
Politicians seeking press is OK if not flash over substance.
National gov’t needed to balance corruption of local gov’t.
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Jobs
Soil erosion causes more damage than floods.
Unionize new industries; focus on quality of life.
Export unionism abroad.
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Principles & Values
Small town upbringing made him prove himself by winning.
People at “town meetings” form context for policy.
Big reforms are as hard as little reforms, so do big ones.
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Tax Reform
Tax loopholes benefit few & distort market.
Bradley’s “Fair Tax” was basis for Reagan’s 1986 Tax Reform.
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Welfare & Poverty
Cut poverty to help cities; not welfare or aff. action.
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