WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1989-1990


                                  THE ENVIRONMENT
  The health of our generation and of future generations depends on an ecological
conscience
that emphasizes preservation of our land, water, air, and wilderness resources,
and fosters the
development and use of safe and renewable energy resources.
  Wisconsin is recognized throughout the world as a role model in environmental
protection.
The Democratic Party pledges to strengthen the efforts to protect our land,
air and water, and
our animal and human populations from the disastrous effects of pollution,
nuclear testing and
explosions and resource mismanagement.
  Communities and workers are entitled to know what hazardous substances
are manufactured,
stored and used at local facilities or transported through their communities.
We support ex-
panding research and public education on toxic waste substances and enforcing
proper disposal
of hazardous waste. We oppose the location of a national high level radioactive
waste repository
in Wisconsin.
  The health of our agricultural, recreational and industrial economy depends
upon stronger
soil and water conservation programs. Reducing, recycling and composting
must be high priori-
ties to preserve limited landfill space and raw materials. Non-polluting
and "total burn" inciner-
ation must be researched and implemented as a means of solid waste disposal.
National legisla-
tion must be enacted and enforced to control acid rain.
  Adequate environmental protection services must be available to everyone
in our state, funded
by national, state and local agencies or groups.
                          FOREIGN AFFAIRS, WAR & PEACE
  In the words of John F. Kennedy, "Mankind must put an end to war or
war will put an end to
mankind." As steps toward this goal, we must strengthen, appropriately
fund, use and cooper-
ate with international institutions such as the United Nations and the World
Court. We need to
develop new programs such as permanent multinational peacekeeping forces
and an interna-
tional court to try and to punish international terrorists and hijackers.
We should negotiate and
support treaties creating world order in specific areas such as Human Rights
Conventions and
the Law of the Sea.
  We recognize citizenship responsibilities to our planet, our nation, and
our state. We seek
peaceful relations with all countries and recognize that all people should
have the right to choose
freely their own governments and economic systems without overt or covert
outside interference.
We seek international cooperation for global solutions to such world problems
as hunger, dis-
ease, pollution, resource depletion, overpopulation, and Third World underdevelopment.
  The United States must lead the world in halting the spiraling arms race,
which impoverishes
the world's people and threatens their survival. We urge as a high national
priority negotiation
toward the eventual total nuclear disarmament of all nations. We recognize
that a vital step
towards this goal is a multilateral, verifiable, comprehensive nuclear test
ban treaty. We must
reject the costly, destabilizing and impractical SDI program; ban chemical,
biological and space
weapons; and create an international disarmament inspection agency. We should
negotiate a
reduction of forces in Europe and declare a policy of no first use of nuclear
weapons.
  We must reduce overkill military capacity, yet retain the strength to deter
aggression as long as
hostility exists among nations. We need to curb excessive and wasteful military
spending, reject
costly and destabilizing new weapon systems, and develop plans for conversion
of war industries
to civilian production. We should foster an attitude of peace by actually
reducing our arms
exports and our troop strength abroad, and by implementing a genuine national
academy of
peace. We support vigorous enforcement of the War Powers Act and an end to
military
adventurism.
  Our foreign policy should promote multilateral trade, produce serious mutual
arms reduction
with the Soviet Union, restore the "good neighbor policy" of non-intervention
in Latin America,
and seek a just Mideast settlement. Our economic aid should be allocated
on the basis of meet-
ing human needs rather than promoting our own economic and military interests.
We actively
oppose racism, including apartheid, and overt or covert military aid to regimes
that violate
human rights. Our government should work through the United Nations and other
appropriate
international organizations to campaign vigorously to guarantee equal rights
for all women of
all nations. We should offer refuge to victims of oppressive regimes, regardless
of political per-
suasion, and promote fair immigration policies.


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