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.