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"10
Reasons
. why we must
work for,
fight for,·
vote for
Michael
kakis"
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1 I ItS HE\\' OF (jorER.��IE�T 0\'.
• ·1 ltikakis sees government as public
service. acting to pr teet rdinarv people.
�Ir. Bush sees go\'crnmenl as an instru­
ment to protect corporations. the rich.
and established private interests. .
2 lit' YIEW OF SECrRITY (Jov.
• Dukakis supports a strong military.
But to truly he secured. ur nati n must
also have strong values. a strong e onomy,
and strong health and education systems.
�lr. Bush would waste morc of our' arce
resources on weapons that \\'c do not need
and must never usc. while we he orne le:s
:ceure and m re dependent on foreign
ener y. forei n capital.
3 III.' CO�I�IIT�IE. 'T TO Jr. 'TICE
• j()\'. Dukakis will build hrid es he­
tween pe )pl . where the Reagan-Bu .h
administration ha driven wedge he-
twe n th m dividing u bv ra . s x
r ligi n and cia � .: v. Dukakis supports
civil rfght '. in ludingnffirmative action in
empl yrnent and education. and en­
forcem nt of conomi . or-asides. �lr.
Bush oppos d the ivil Right, Restoration
Acr, and said nothing through seven y ars
f an administrati n with the worst civil
rights rec rd in memory.
4 I IISSrpJ>ORT FOR WORKERS Gov.
• Dukakis supports increasing th
minimum wa . lie will end the merger
mania that purges workers and submerges
our economy. lie favors a 4 ational Labor
Relations Board that is a mediation and
·not.a strike-breaking hoard. Gov. Dukakis
. will enforce workplace health and sat'ety
laws. �Ir. Bush exults the record of an
administn tim]" that set out to punish
workiiu; people, causing a scandalous
increase in the number f working people
in poverty. I
5 IllS Sl'PJ>ORT FOR \\'o�n:. ' Gov.
• Dukakis understands that too many
oi the nations children 'live in a house
where there is ne, man. lie support' pay
equity for womcn. lie supports the goals
of the \Be Child ... are Bill. lie has been -
a strong and outspoken. upporter of the
Equal Rights Amendment. �Ir. Bush
opposes the ERA. lie has said nothing
about comparable worth for women. ( nly
after seven years of' inaction and' polls
showing women don't support him did
Bush finally make a rhet rical commit­
ment to child care.
6 illS CO�I�IIT�IE�T TO .\ RE.\(
• \\'.\R O� DRn;S Go\'. Dukakis will
wag' a comprehensive war on drugs­
from the countries where the dru arc
gr wn to the ureets where they arc sold to
the suite' where the money i ' laundered.
�Ir. Bush was head f the drug interdicti n
task force and did no�hing. lie was h ad of
the L\ while X riega wa . on the govern­
ment payroll and, aid nothing.Hiscurrent
po se to g t tough on drug dealer irn-
ilarly vorth nothing, I
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7 III' PLEDGE TO ED .J TIO
• v. Dukaki ha a pr gram to fund
ollege educati n frail tudent . II WIll
incr a' our inve ument in cducati n. II
under rands that our nati n will thriv
only if our childr n can learn. Ir. Bu h
aid n thing whil th admini trati n cut
scholarships and limited I an v n a a
coli ge educati n rew m r expcn ive.
illS J) lMIT U: T T PE E I
• CE TRAL AMF.lRI ov. Dukaki
oppos 'aid t th c ntra in icaragua
and iupports a neg tiated regional plan
for pea e ill entral Am rica. He under­
stands that our future Ii n m r ed
trade investment and grm th in Latin
America. lr, Bu 'h end ' a failed policy
of var and di srupti n in ntral merica,
and to thi ' day has n t wn d up to hi
knov Iledg f th trad dru for un
with th contra r hi upport for end­
ingbibl ' cakes andgun t theAyat lIah
in Iran.
9 illS COMMIT lEi T T J STICE
• I ' � '( 'Til FRI A v. Dukaki
agree' that South Africa i a terrori tate.
lie Is fully c mmltt d t c mprehen ive
.anctions again t South frica. If he i
el ct d, the full moral, political and eco-
nomic urength the. " will tand
behind the tru I for freedom I n
�Iandela. Mr. Bu h def nd the admini -
trations amoral embrace f apartheid in
�' uth Africa.
10 illS co IMIT it: T TO f� f­
• POWERME T G v. Dukaki
under tands that the people mu t h
empo vered f r jus ti e to pr vail. H up­
ports on-site same day, universal v ter
registration. He up r D Stat h
for �1r. Bu h empowerment i a threat n< t
a promi e.
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