Jill Stein on VoteMatch

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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (+5 points on Social scale)	Family planning is 1st principle of reproductive healthcare: Strongly Favors topic 1 Give women easy access to “morning after” pill: Strongly Favors topic 1 Protect a woman’s right to choose: Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (-5 points on Economic scale)	Incarcerating poor & minorities has become big business: Strongly Favors topic 2 Economy that is not fully inclusive is inherently unstable: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (+5 points on Social scale)	First pro-gay-marriage candidate in first gay marriage state: Strongly Favors topic 3 Legalize gay marriage: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+5 points on Social scale)	Opposes teacher-led prayer in public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (+5 points on Social scale)	Death penalty is ineffective, and also barbaric: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+5 points on Social scale)	Mandatory sentencing: ineffective & racially discriminatory: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Opposes topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (-5 points on Economic scale)	Gun at home more likely to cause injury than to defend home: Strongly Opposes topic 10
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (-5 points on Economic scale)	Medical doctor & advocate for community health provider: Strongly Favors topic 5 ObamaCare was step backward for goal of single payer: Strongly Favors topic 5 Right to quality health care: Medicare for All: Strongly Favors topic 5 Streamline bureaucracy: $400B yearly for comprehensive care: Strongly Favors topic 5 30% of healthcare costs squandered on ads & CEO salaries: Favors topic 5 Save money & increase access with single-payer system: Strongly Favors topic 5 Implement universal health care: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale)	Social Security is not in crisis; and it's not a handout: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-3 points on Economic scale)	Right to a tuition-free public education, pre-K thru college: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Focus on student needs, not corporate needs: Neutral on topic 7 Move school decisions from national to grassroots level: Favors topic 7 Charter school siphon resources from public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Vital public system under attack from privatization: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Boost public schools, and hold them accountable: Opposes topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (-5 points on Economic scale)	We can't wait 4 more years to address climate change: Strongly Favors topic 18 World War II-scale mobilization to reduce carbon burden: Strongly Favors topic 18 Renewable energy is win-win for economy & national security: Strongly Favors topic 18 Nuclear energy is dirty, dangerous and expensive: Strongly Favors topic 18 Sustainable transportation plus sustainable food supply: Strongly Favors topic 18 Sustainable development; and ban genetically modified food: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale)	I support legalization of marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Marijuana is dangerous because it's illegal, not vice-versa: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Bring marijuana sales under a legal regulatory framework: Strongly Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	Don't prevent church-based welfare, but not as substitute: Neutral on topic 20
Strongly Favors topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (-5 points on Economic scale)	Make all corporate tax subsidies transparent: Strongly Favors topic 11 End the Bush-Obama recession; ask wealthy to pay share: Strongly Favors topic 11 Incomes rise for wealthiest 1% but their taxes have fallen: Strongly Favors topic 11 Fees and sales taxes hit lower and middle income hardest: Strongly Favors topic 11 Close tax loopholes & stop corporate welfare: Favors topic 11 Replace “trickle down” with 50% tax cuts on lower incomes: Strongly Favors topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (+5 points on Social scale)	Provide a legal path to citizenship for immigrant residents: Strongly Favors topic 12 End the war on immigrants; end "secure communities" cruelty: Strongly Favors topic 12 Undocumented immigrants are critical component of economy: Strongly Favors topic 12 No pathway to citizenship for criminals; open to all others: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	NAFTA caused the wave of undocumented immigrants: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+5 points on Social scale)	Reduce spending via military cuts & preventive health: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Cut military 50%; spend that $500B on economy: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-5 points on Economic scale)	2002 Clean Elections repeal meant "throw the bums out": Strongly Favors topic 16 Voter Bill of Rights: full public financing; paper ballots: Strongly Favors topic 16 PACs connect campaigns with rich donors, & disconnect public: Strongly Favors topic 16 Re-establish Clean Elections Law: end "pay-to-play": Strongly Favors topic 16 New voices heard with Clean Elections law: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+5 points on Social scale)	Patriot Act ends the right to judicial review: Strongly Favors topic 14 End Patriot Act; it surrenders freedoms in name of security: Strongly Favors topic 14 PATRIOT Act is a flagrant violation of 4th Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 14 Repeal National Defense Authorization; keep right to trial: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (+5 points on Social scale)	Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were illegal: Strongly Favors topic 17 US should behave as member of world community, no world cop: Opposes topic 17 We never should have been in Iraq; we're still not out: Strongly Favors topic 17 We should not be in Afghanistan; no military solution: Strongly Favors topic 17 Humanitarian aims in Libya ok; but not regime change: Strongly Favors topic 17 End our military misadventures in Iraq and Afghanistan: Strongly Favors topic 17