Alan Keyes on the Issues
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Abortion
If the Declaration of
Independence states our creed, there can be no right to abortion, since it means
denying the most fundamental right of all, to human offspring in the womb. But
if human beings can decide who is human and who is not, the doctrine of
God-given rights is utterly corrupted. Abortion is the unjust taking of a human
life and a breach of the fundamental principles of our public moral creed. -- www.keyes2000.org
We have sacrificed that moral self-confidence on the alter of abortion.. On the alter of The Agenda of Radical Sexual Irresponsibility. On the alter of those who wish to deny the fundamental truth stated at the beginning of this nation's life: That our rights come from the hands of the Creator God, and must be respected out of respect for the authority of God. -- Iowa Speech
Budget/Economy
We must take away the
government’s credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the
Federal government would finally be forced to get serious about spending cuts.
That’s why a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, with barriers to
both borrowing and spending, is the best way to secure budget discipline. -- www.keyes2000.org
Civil Rights
Preferential affirmative action
patronizes American blacks, women, and others by presuming that they cannot
succeed on their own. Preferential affirmative action does not advance civil
rights in this country. It is merely another government patronage program that
secures money and jobs for the few people who benefit from it, and breeds
resentment in the many who do not. It divides us as a people. -- www.keyes2000.org
Crime
Q: The Pope condemned capital
punishment. A: Having read the Encyclical, the Pope reasserted the Church’s
traditional doctrine on capital punishment and He cautioned against the abuse of
that position and said that it would be very rare. Q: You do agree it should be
rare? A: Oh certainly. I’ve never been somebody who thought that you should be
applying capital punishment indiscriminately. But I do believe that it is
necessary in certain instances in order for a society to show due respect for
life. -- Larry King Live 4/4/95
Defense
I would put in place the kind of
anti-missile defenses that can be extended as an umbrella to protect Taiwan when
they come under threats from China. Self-determination, allowing people to
decide their own destiny, has been fundamental to American foreign policy for
decades. We should certainly stand for it where the Taiwanese are concerned. We
should make it clear that any attack by the Communist Chinese would, in fact,
mean a military confrontation with the United States. -- New Hampshire GOP
debate 12/3/99
Drugs
Q: How do you plan to continue
with the war on drugs? A: The problem is very simple: You can’t sustain
self-government without self-discipline, and the drug problem is a symptom of
that. We proliferate laws; we even have started to invade property rights and do
other things that are tearing down our system of liberty. Why? Because we are
out of control, because we are a people who do not understand that if you
enslave yourself to chemicals, you cannot be free. -- Debate at Dartmouth
College 10/29/99
Education
As President, I would do
everything in my power, through public speeches and persuasion, by proposing
legislation, and by careful scrutiny of the candidates for judicial
appointments, to turn the tide against constitutional interpretations that
undermine religious freedom. -- www.keyes2000.org
Environment
Since the Republic was founded,
the family farm has been understood as one of the bedrock sources of the moral
character of this nation, of the sense of the combination of individuality and
commitment to community. We lose the family farm and we lose the nursery of
America’s moral character. We therefore have a stake that goes beyond money,
it goes beyond food. It’s a question of America’s moral decency. -- Iowa GOP
debate 12/13/99
Families/Children
We must end government programs
like the family-destroying welfare system and sex-education courses that
encourage promiscuity. These programs actually hasten the moral breakdown. Our
first priority should be restoring the moral and material support for the
marriage-based two-parent family. The disintegration of the family is the major
contributing factor in poverty, crime, violence, the decline in educational
performance, and a host of other expensive social problems. -- www.keyes2000.org
Foreign Policy
Q: Do you think our reasons for
withholding payment from the UN are valid? A: I do think they’re valid. To try
to get the United Nations to reform its wasteful practices, reform its
opposition to the free enterprise approaches that could actually help countries
around the world to develop, we withheld those dollars. And I’d continue to
withhold them today because the organization has not responded, it has not
reformed. And I think it until it does, we ought to stand firm in our position.
-- Debate at Dartmouth College 10/29/99
Free Trade
Everybody else is busy arguing
about whether China should be in the WTO. I look at an organization that is
unrepresentative, elected by no one, where dictators and tyrants have the same
right to send representatives to make substantive decisions that will affect our
jobs & livelihood in a fashion totally contrary to our constitution. The
question isn’t whether China should belong to the WTO. The question is whether
the US should belong to an organization that violates our constitutional
principles. -- Iowa GOP debate 12/13/99
Government Reform
Rich folks who want to give a lot
of money to candidates and causes they believe in, [should do so not from]
behind PACs and camouflage, but under their own names, right out into the
political arena. That will itself regulate participation of money in our
politics. But at the end of the day, publicity tied with our informed voting is
the best way to regulate this system. -- Arizona GOP debate 12/7/99
Gun Control
The 2nd Amendment was not put
into the Constitution by the Founders merely to allow us to intimidate burglars,
or hunt rabbits to our hearts’ content. The Founders added the 2nd Amendment
so that when, after a long train of abuses, a government evinces a methodical
design upon our natural rights, we will have the means to protect and recover
our rights. That is why the right to keep and bear arms was included in the Bill
of Rights. -- www.keyes2000.org
Health Care
Q: Should health care be provided
by more of a combination of government & churches & philanthropic
organizations? A: The best way to regulate these matters and the best way to
achieve results is not just to concentrate on how you pay for everything, but to
concentrate on how you keep the costs down. We need an approach that will put
the consumer of medical services in the driver’s seat and that will not just
help to pay for things. If the costs keep skyrocketing, what good is it to keep
throwing money after those higher costs? We need a system that will bring those
costs down. And the system that brings the costs down in every other area of our
lives is a consumer-policed system of competition where people have the right to
make their own choices and can then carry the dollars that they’re going to
use in a way that achieves the best results for them. Wherever we’re going to
spend this money, we ought to voucherize it and let people make their own
choices as to their medical care. -- Iowa GOP debate 12/13/99
Schools
I strongly favor letting the
parents take over the education process. With the parents in the lead, we will
know that the cooperation between home, school and faith has been restored. The
money we spend on education should follow the choice of the parents, not the
choice of educrats & politicians. Let parents decide where the per capita
spending is going to go. And that way every parent, rich or poor, will be able
to make the right decisions for their child. -- Arizona GOP debate 12/7/99
Social Security
No statements on the issue
Tax Reform
Q: Doesn’t a sales tax
disproportionately hit the poor over the wealthy? A: The present tax system,
which allows you to escape taxation if you’re wealthy enough to pay
accountants and lawyers, is what disproportionately hits the poor and the
working middle class people of this country. Under my system you don’t pay
taxes until you decide how to spend your own money. Yes, that’s going to mean
some sacrifices. But it puts the question of how you develop your wealth base
back under your control. -- Arizona GOP debate 12/7/99
Welfare/Labor
We must end government programs
like the family-destroying welfare system and sex-education courses that
encourage promiscuity. These programs actually hasten the moral breakdown. Our
first priority should be restoring the moral and material support for the
marriage-based two-parent family. The disintegration of the family is the major
contributing factor in poverty, crime, violence, the decline in educational
performance, and a host of other expensive social problems. -- www.keyes2000.org
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