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  1. Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!mont!pencil.cs.missouri.edu!daemon
  3. From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (misc.activism.progressive co-moderator)
  4. Subject: "STRONG FAMILY VALUES"
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug18.221110.18116@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
  6. Followup-To: alt.politics.elections
  7. Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
  8. Sender: news@mont.cs.missouri.edu
  9. Nntp-Posting-Host: pencil.cs.missouri.edu
  10. Organization: misc.activism.progressive on UseNet ; ACTIV-L@UMCVMB
  11. Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:11:10 GMT
  12. Approved: map@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
  13. Lines: 24
  14.  
  15. "The U.S. ratio of school age children per teacher (23 to 1) is worse
  16. than 18 other counties including Libya, East Germany, Lebanon, and
  17. Cuba
  18.  
  19. "Although the U.S. ranks 2nd in the world in per capita gross national
  20. product, the country ranks 19th in the world in infant mortality rate,
  21. and 29th in low birth-weight babies. Our child poverty rate is higher
  22. than Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, West Germany, Canada, the United
  23. Kingdom, and Australia.
  24.  
  25. "The U.S. in not among the 61 nations that provide health insurance or
  26. basic medical coverage to all parents and their dependents, nor is it
  27. among the 63 nations that provide a family allowance to working
  28. parents."
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  31. Send the 1-line message
  32. GET HEALTH INSURANC ACTIV-L
  33.             [sic]
  34. to: LISTSERV@UMCVMB.BITNET for a resource file on National Health Care
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  36.  
  37. [From: _Children of Crisis_, Sandy Carter, _Z Magazine_, January 1991]
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