Survey by the National Association of Children's Hospital, Jan. 9, 2000
[Title4]
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from NACHRI Survey (number of quotes indicated):
- Al Gore (10)
- Alan Keyes (8)
- George W. Bush (1)
- John Ashcroft (6)
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Education
John Ashcroft: Send “direct checks” to local school districts.
Al Gore: National Tuition Savings plan helps families save.
Al Gore: Attack education problems simultaneously.
Alan Keyes: School’s bureaucratic monopoly hurts teachers & students.
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Families & Children
John Ashcroft: Fight the assault on the American family.
John Ashcroft: Focus on kids: drug-free schools & good health care.
John Ashcroft: More parental involvement to reduce juvenile crime.
Al Gore: Top priorities for children: health care and education.
Al Gore: Tax credits for child care for working & at-home families.
Alan Keyes: Kids need love from a two-parent marriage.
Alan Keyes: Health insurance is family responsibility, not government’s.
George W. Bush: Leave no child behind, via improving schools & health care.
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Gun Control
Al Gore: Zero tolerance for guns at school; raise age to 21.
Alan Keyes: No federal role in gun safety-leave it to states & parents.
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Health Care
John Ashcroft: $150M for basic health care for uninsured.
Al Gore: Families to 250% of poverty level eligible for Fed insurance.
Al Gore: Patient rights: emergency coverage & performance disclosure.
Al Gore: FDA testing of medications for impact on children.
Al Gore: For kids: insurance; anti-tobacco; & patients’ rights.
Alan Keyes: Patient rights & HMO rights are not federal responsibility.
Alan Keyes: Allocation of research funds not a political decision.
Alan Keyes: Health priorities: research; cost control; moral effects.
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Welfare & Poverty
John Ashcroft: Charitable Choice helps break cycle of poverty.
Al Gore: Reduce child poverty via tax credits & minimum wage.
Alan Keyes: No socialism for poor children-invigorate families instead.
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The above quotations are from Survey by the National Association of Children's Hospital, Jan. 9, 2000.
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