Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1992 12:57:36 EDT
>From: Dave Banisar <
[email protected]>
Subject: File 2--Clinton Endorses Right to I
Clinton Endorses Right to Information Privacy
Excerpts from - Clinton/Gore Campaign Pledges Strong Consumer Protections;
Blasts Bush/Quayle Record - Oct. 26
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A Clinton/Gore Consumer Bill of Rights will include:
1. The Right to Safety - To be protected against the
marketing of goods which are hazardous to health or
life.
2. The Right to be Informed - To be protected against
fraudulent, deceitful, or grossly misleading
information, advertising, labeling or other practices,
and to be given the facts needed to make an informed
choice.
3. The Right to Choose - To be assured, whenever possible,
access to a variety of products and services at
competitive prices; and in those industries in which
competition is not workable and government regulation
substituted, an assurance of satisfactory quality and
services at fair prices.
4. The Right to be Heard - To be assured that consumer
interests will receive full and sympathetic
consideration in the formulation of government policy
and fair and expeditious treatment in its administrative
tribunals.
5. The Right to Consumer Education -- To help consumer
education become an integral part of regular school
instruction, community services and educational program
for people out of school; to ensure that consumers have
the assistance necessary to plan and use their resource
to their maximum potential and greatest personal
satisfaction.
6. The Right to Privacy - To not have information provided
by consumers for one purpose used for a separate purpose
without the consumer's knowledge and consent.
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