Keep the hope alive : the measure of character / Jesse Jackson.

Speech by Reverend Jesse Jackson which points to a fundamental lack of national vision in the American political system. Most United States cities are in fiscal crisis. There are no public works or public investment. Yesterdays middle class are todays working poor. The misplacement of government spending is obvious when one compares the tuition at Yale, $18,000, to the cost of keeping a prisoner in Robinson Penitentiary, $36,000. Four out of five American corporations have failed to create jobs in the United States from 1988-1992, with the larger corporations exporting work to the Third World. He contrasts the United States disregard for education with the Japanese reverence for teachers. He concludes with an appeal for voters to go to the polls in November, 1992, and help change the system.|KEEP THE HOPE ALIVE : THE MEASURE OF CHARECTER / Jesse Jackson. – Speech by Reverend Jesse Jackson which points to a fundamental lack of national vision in the American political system. Most United States cities are in fiscal crisis. There are no public works or public investment. Yesterdays middle calss are todays working poor. The misplacement of government spending is obvious when one compares the tuition at Yale, $18,000, to the cost of keeping a prisoner in Robinson Penitentary, $36,000. Four out of five American corporations have failed to create jobs in the United States from 1988-1992, with the larger corporations exporting work to the Third World. He contrasts the United States disregard for education with the Japanese reverence for teachers. He concludes with an appeal for voters to go to the polls in November, 1992, and help change the system. – RECORDED: Joh F. Kennedy School, Harvard, 1992. BROADCAST: KPFA, Apr. 1992.