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An Even Better Place: America in the 21st Century, by Richard Gephardt, Michael Wessel


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Click here for 35 full quotes from Dick Gephardt in the book An Even Better Place.
OR click on an issue category below for a subset.
Budget & Economy
   Top 1% have benefited much more than average worker.
   Code of conduct for US businesses empowers workers.
   Stakeholder economics: Balance for everyone’s benefit.
China
   No positive economic relations possible with totalitarians.
   Trade will not bring about change in China.
Civil Rights
   Christian Coalition’s intolerance has no place in politics.
Education
   More teachers, more classrooms, more federal funding.
   Longer school day and longer school year.
   More federal help for college; outraged at rising costs.
Environment
   Base trade on shared environmental values.
Families & Children
   Parental involvement with school & kids solves social woes.
Free Trade
   Gephardt Amendment: results-oriented trade penalties.
   Rejected NAFTA: needed more for labor & environment.
Government Reform
   Disturbed by cynical attitude that government is the problem.
   Limit campaign spending, by Const. amendment if needed.
   Voting reform: easier registration, weekend voting.
   Citizen participation solves crisis of faith in democracy.
Gun Control
   NRA opposes gun rules that vast majority support.
Health Care
   Federal tax breaks for small business health coverage.
Immigration
   Nothing wrong with immigrants, but Americans in jobs better.
Labor & Farming
   Workers need to be paid a living wage.
   Employees must “think like owners” to compete globally.
   Require companies to invest 1% of payroll in worker training.
Principles & Values
   No more demands for perfect morality.
   Politics is a substitute for violence.
   Foundation of liberalism is community activism.
   Citizen participation will get us to “an even better place”.
School Choice
   Opposes vouchers on equity & civic grounds.
Social Security
   Social Security stands between many retirees & poverty.
   Social Security is most successful peacetime program.
   Treat Social Security like insurance; no stock market.
Tax Reform
   10% Tax Plan: end loopholes, lower rates.
   Require national referendum to raise federal income tax.
Technology
   Supports R&D funding for medical and health research.
War & Peace
   Congressional authority united country for Kuwait invasion.


The above quotations are from An Even Better Place: America in the 21st Century, by Richard Gephardt, Michael Wessel.

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