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our government opposes abortion, and supports the death penalty--
They believe life begins at conception and ends at birth.
They intend to rearrange America to fit their sterile vision, to force conformity with their small minds and smaller dreams. Riding the crest of a wave of antagonism against those Americans who cannot do for themselves, they intend to impose awful austerity on us all.

We entered 1982 facing a recalcitrant congress whose new leadership has already announced its intention to alter and eradicate the landmark legislation which made it possible for black people to enter the political process as equals. This same conservative confederacy intends as well to take the Federal government entirely out of the business of enforcing equal opportunity in America.
They intend to eliminate affirmitive action for women and minorities. They intend to emasculate the food stamp rogram, to establish a two-tiered wage system that will force sons and daughters in cruel competition for scarce jobs with their mothers and fathers. They intend to erase the laws and programs written in blood and sweat in the 20 years since Martin Luther King was the premier figure in black America, and black America seemed single-minded in pursuit of its freedom.
In a dangerous proposal the president plans to give the several states responsibilities which are properly matters of national concern. His "new federalism" threatens to become the "new feudalism" New York governor Carey warns it will be.