| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Budget & Economy
Prosperity is a means to an end; goal is solving problems.
Define national interest in human terms, not economic terms.
Fiscal restraint, open markets, invest in future.
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Civil Rights
Quest for racial unity is a defining moral issue.
Whites should recognize “white skin privilege”.
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Education
University partnerships: get teachers into high-need schools.
More info on schools so parents can choose what is best.
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Energy & Oil
Prefers filling oil reserves to developing synfuels.
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Environment
Protecting environment is ultimate enlightened self-interest.
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Families & Children
Government partnership creates family infrastructure.
Enforce child support more.
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Foreign Policy
Increase foreign aid; US is last per capita.
Freedom Exchange Act: Funding for people-to-people contact.
Don’t provoke Russia; no more NATO expansion.
No reason to think of China as an enemy.
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Free Trade
Open trade raises prosperity and increases freedom.
WTO is first step in worldwide economic system.
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Government Reform
Political money eats away at fabric of democracy.
Replace soft money with public campaign finance.
Make voter registration easier.
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Gun Control
Money determines gun laws instead of child safety.
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Health Care
Health care should assure Americans that they are cared for.
Mandatory insurance for children, at birth, federally paid.
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Homeland Security
Make post-Cold War choices: pay personnel, not for bases.
Strengthen Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
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Jobs
Raise minimum wage now; index it for later.
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Principles & Values
Presidential campaign was about telling the truth.
The journey from here is to change the world.
The journey from here to change the world.
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Technology
We gave away spectrum; give back free campaign air time.
Internet gives people control over political information.
Internet gives people control over political information.
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War & Peace
Rely on UN peacekeepers when no vital US interest.
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Welfare & Poverty
Reducing teen pregnancy will reduce poverty.
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