Contract With the Planet
(Statements are taken from a Wand Flyer)
The Contract with the Planet program works to ensure that the United States government takes human welfare into account in its actions. Its mission is to increase the prosperity of the American people. After September 11th, the project advocated that the government not only spend money on defense, but also provide social services for its people.
1"We have entered the Third Millennium through a gate of fire. If today, after September 11th, we see better and we see farther, we will realize that humanity is indivisible." Kofi Annan’s beautiful words show us a better future. A more compassionate America will be a more secure America. These are not Utopian dreams. Every pledge . . . is within our power to fulfill. And they will cost no more than we spend now. We call on our governments to:"
2"Attack World Hunger and Poverty as if Our Life Depends on It: It Does.
Champion the Rights of Every Child, Woman and Man.
End our Obstructionism to the World’s Treaties
Reduce our Dependence on Oil and Lead the World to an Age of Renewable Energy.
Close the Book on the Cold War and End the Nuclear Nightmare Forever
Renounce Star Wars and the Militarization of Space
Make Globalization Work for, not against, Working People.
Ensure Equal Treatment Under Law for All.
Get Money out of Politics
Close the Gap between Rich and Poor Kids at Home."
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