Be a friend to my friends; be the voice of the unrepresented; and to work for change.
I resolve in 1992 to win the White House from George Bush. When I do, I will clear out the Situation Room in the White House basement and bring consumers, business and the health-care community together and by the end of my first year, I am going to sign a national health-insurance plan into law.
In 1992 the American people deserve something better than a president whose most courageous economic program is to buy $28 worth of socks. So for the new year, I offer the following resolutions: to control health-care costs and provide decent health care to every American through my “Health USA” program; to create jobs and long-term prosperity by investing in education, technology and our communications infrastructure; to streamline the federal government and connect it to the real needs of real people; to provide tax relief to middle-class families, who were robbed in the 1980s.
Washington simply isn’t working for real people any longer. We’re falling behind when we should be moving forward-and we’re coming apart when we should be coming together. In 1992 we must resolve together to take care of our own-to put government back on the side of the forgotten middle class. We must take our country back from the special interests and turn it over to the public interest. We must build an economy that creates jobs and rewards work. We need a national plan to provide quality health care to every single American. And we need a real education president who understands that our children’s tomorrow depends on what they learn today.
My resolution is to conduct my campaign in 1992 as I did in 1991. I will continue to talk sense and avoid the temptation to give in to polling data and espouse policies like $300 tax-cut gimmicks that I know are no better than the voodoo economics of the Republicans. Although temptation will become more powerful, my resolution is to make a commitment to economic truth.
Our nation needs to be rebuilt, both physically and spiritually. I pledge to do more than my fair share to assist in our recovery and national healing. I resolve to deliver a message of hope, not division. I resolve to keep my voice low but my positions sharp in the upcoming national campaign. On a personal level, I resolve in this coming year to remember from whence I came. Although I am engaged in a campaign for a lofty office, I realize that it is one dependent on the faith and good will of the people. I resolve to remember that I am but one of 250 million.
In the wake of America’s triumph in the cold war, we look about and see that our own country paid an immense price for victory. Like GM, the U.S.A. has been downsized by smirking competitors in Europe and Asia. My resolution: to put America first, to make America first and keep America first. We must put an end to the economic disarmament of our country. We must be as tough in trade talks with new rivals as we were in arms talks with old enemies. We need a new patriotism. The time when America could ship off $300 million a week in foreign aid to Third World regimes, and not miss it,. is over. Americans need work, not welfare. They want to be challenged; and they want to be led. And challenges and leadership are what we are all about at Buchanan for President. Finally, I resolve to be the main speaker at the 1994 dedication of the George Bush Presidential Library.
