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Click here for 25 full quotes from Bill Bradley in the book Time Present, Time Past.
OR click on an issue category below for a subset. |
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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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