1984 Democratic Presidential Primary

The candidate with new ideas.
     Most of the 1984 campaign centers on which set of old answers can best be jerry-rigged to run America the next four years.
     But old answers won't solve new problems.
     The world is changing too rapidly for ideas with their roots in the last century to be effective.
     We don't have to limit our choices to standard Democratic answers versus standard Republican answers.
     We have new choices.
     No candidate has articulated those new choices more imaginatively than Gary Hart. He represents a new generation of leadership—and when we say that we aren't talking about age. We're talking about outlook ... about inspiring new approaches that offer a breakthrough ... the kind of breakthroughs we got from JFK and FDR in their day and time.
     In 1984, Gary Hart is the only Presidential candidate to offer that kind of breakthrough.

Gary Hart.
A new generation of leadership.

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Old coalitions do not lead in new directions.

     Gary Hart refuses to accept one penny of PAC money or special interest money for his campaign. He was the first Democratic presidential candidate in history to do so.
     The reason is simple: no candidate bound to old coalitions can make dramatic change a reality.
     That is what makes Gary Hart's ideas so unique. For example:

Defense. Gary Hart believes that expensive. complicated new weapons systems do not do our national security much good because they often don't work—or can only be used for all-out nuclear war.
     Hart is the only candidate who favors top-to-bottom reform of America's defense. He favors simpler, workable, more reliable weapons that can be used with far more flexibility so that we can act effectively before international hot spots push us to the brink of nuclear confrontation.
     In addition to actually increasing our national security, Hart's detailed defense proposals would save taxpayers $100 billion.

Arms race. Gary Hart strongly supports a nuclear freeze but believes it does not go far enough. He advocates negotiations to reduce the risk of accidental nuclear war—for example, by establishing a jointly-staffed US/Soviet Crisis Command Center. Because nuclear weapons cannot be manufactured without plutonium, Hart advocates a worldwide halt in the production of plutonium. And he has introduced the most comprehensive legislation ever proposed for halting the spread of nuclear weapons to terrorists and Third World countries.

Central America. Gary Hart believes that American policy in Central America has failed because it fails to deal with the real problem of revolution—which is poverty rather than Marxism. Hart would avoid repeating the mistakes of Vietnam by making a strong U.S. commitment to human rights the centerpiece of Central American policy. For example, Hart would terminate U.S. aid to El Salvador until it abolishes the right wing death squads. And rather than allowing dictators to line their pockets by abusing military aid, Hart would emphasize the use of American experts and technology abroad to make sure that grass roots people get the benefit of our aid.

Women. Hart is the main Democratic sponsor of the Economic Equity Act, which would remove sex bias in insurance, pension, credit and tax laws. He has established a committee to identify women for top posts in the Hart Administration and has urged the Democratic Party to earmark special funds for candidates who are women.

Education. Gary Hart believes that today's students are the first generation that cannot expect simply to graduate. pursue a career and retire. They will continually have to return to school for further education to keep pace with our rapidly changing economy.
     Hart has developed a comprehensive federal education policy from pre-school to graduate school. Unlike other candidates, Hart would not simply throw billions of tax dollars at education. Rather, he would combine targeted federal aid with incentives for more state and local spending to improve and expand teaching of mathematics, science, foreign languages, communication skills and more. Hart also proposes to cut the tax deductions for three martini business lunches and use the savings to fund the school lunch program.

Environment. Gary Hart proposes to tax the generators of hazardous waste and use those revenues to increase ten-fold the so-called Superfund for cleaning up existing hazardous waste sites. He has sponsored legislation to eliminate federal subsidies for nuclear power and to sharply reduce acid rain. Hart chaired the National Commission on Air Quality, which recommended tough new restrictions in the Clean Air Act.

Economy. Gary Hart was the only Democratic Presidential candidate to vote against every element of Reaganomics. Hart has proposed the the most comprehensive program for re-industrializing America by rebuilding our basic industries and expanding into new technologies. Because present tax laws often shift investment into non-productive areas. Hart would close billions of dollars of non-productive tax shelters and require industries to re-invest their tax deductions to modernize factories and retrain workers. Hart would put hundreds of thousands of Americans back to work rebuilding our roads, bridges, water systems and other public works through a 15-year "Infrastructure Investment Program."

Agriculture. Gary Hart has the most thorough agricultural platform of any candidate. It includes an end to patchwork programs and the creation of a long-range farm policy that permits farmers to plan ahead with confidence. It includes a permanent system of tiered price supports targeted to small and moderate family size farms to allow them to earn parity on at least a portion of their production. It includes more farmer control of marketing, and dramatic new initiatives in farm exports.


Who Is Gary Hart?
   Gary Hart is a U.S. Senator from Colorado. He was born and raised in Ottawa. Kansas in 1936, where his father was in the ranching and farm implement business. He was graduated from high school in Kansas, and earned a law degree at Yale. Gary and Lee Hart have been married for 25 years, and have two children.

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