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Budget & Economy
David Walker: 3 parts spending cuts to 1 part tax increase via reforms.
David Walker: Comprehensive tax reforms, capping tax at 20.5% of GDP.
Rocky Anderson: More spending cuts than tax increases.
Condoleezza Rice: More spending cuts than tax increases.
JL Mealer: Federal Budget is beyond bloated and full of waste.
Jill Stein: End the Bush-Obama recession; ask wealthy to pay share.
Jill Stein: Reduce spending via military cuts & preventive health.
Scott Brown: Cut spending & keep the tax burden low.
Scott Brown: Spending cuts preferred, but eliminating tax loopholes ok.
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Civil Rights
David Walker: Civil unions with all the benefits; but no same-sex marriage.
Rocky Anderson: Same-sex couples should be allowed to marry legally.
Condoleezza Rice: Same-sex civil unions, but not marriage.
JL Mealer: No religious same-sex marriage; civil unions instead.
Jill Stein: First pro-gay-marriage candidate in first gay marriage state.
Scott Brown: Civil unions ok; federal same-sex marriage not ok.
Scott Brown: Gay marriage is a resolved issue in Massachusetts.
JL Mealer: Don't treat gay-Americans as hyphenated-Americans.
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Corporations
Jill Stein: 1776 Revolution threw off corporate rule; it's creeping back.
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Education
David Walker: Basic national standards; local control for curriculum.
Rocky Anderson: Curriculums by national standards; with local flexibility.
Condoleezza Rice: National standards rather than local school curriculum.
JL Mealer: All curriculum via local mandates.
Jill Stein: Focus on student needs, not corporate needs.
Jill Stein: Move school decisions from national to grassroots level.
Jill Stein: Charter school siphon resources from public schools.
Scott Brown: Transparency on teacher effectiveness and school funding.
Scott Brown: Curriculum set by local school boards more than nationally.
JL Mealer: Supports choosing schools via vouchers.
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Energy & Oil
David Walker: More drilling now; invest in renewables now & over time.
Rocky Anderson: Strong investment in renewable energy like wind and solar.
Condoleezza Rice: Strong investment in renewable energy like wind and solar.
JL Mealer: Feds make too much money taxing fuels to cut fuel usage.
Jill Stein: Renewable energy is win-win for economy & national security.
Scott Brown: Energy efficiency yes; energy tax no.
Scott Brown: "All of the above" approach to energy independence.
JL Mealer: Drill here; drill now; end dependency.
JL Mealer: Replace most coal & oil; design non-EV autos.
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Environment
David Walker: Protect natural resources balanced with human use.
Rocky Anderson: Natural resources should be mostly protected.
Condoleezza Rice: Protect natural resources, but also for benefit of humanity.
JL Mealer: Protect natural resources, but human benefit too.
Jill Stein: Environment & economy are interdependent; not at odds.
Jill Stein: Sustainable transportation plus sustainable food supply.
Scott Brown: Strong advocate for conservation; protect natural resources.
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Foreign Policy
David Walker: Listen to other countries, but act in US self-interest.
Rocky Anderson: The US should always listen to other countries.
Condoleezza Rice: Listen to other countries before pursuing US interests.
JL Mealer: Other countries are rarely interested in US well-being.
Jill Stein: US should behave as member of world community, no world cop.
Scott Brown: Act in US interest without UN, but that includes foreign aid.
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Free Trade
Jill Stein: NAFTA caused the wave of undocumented immigrants.
JL Mealer: No free trade; no UN membership.
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Government Reform
Jill Stein: Building for the future makes America great.
Scott Brown: Leader on addressing waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Health Care
David Walker: Demographics will require more federal healthcare funding.
David Walker: Repeal and replace ObamaCare if Supreme Court doesn't.
David Walker: Annual budget limit on all federal health care spending .
David Walker: Universal care that is appropriate, affordable & sustainable.
Rocky Anderson: Government should be sole payer, but not sole provider.
Condoleezza Rice: Limited role for government providing healthcare insurance.
JL Mealer: No-profit healthcare: push Federal Health Insurance Bank.
Jill Stein: Streamline bureaucracy: $400B yearly for comprehensive care.
Jill Stein: 30% of healthcare costs squandered on ads & CEO salaries.
Scott Brown: Massachusetts system good; ObamaCare no good.
Scott Brown: Massachusetts system good; ObamaCare no good.
JL Mealer: Treat those who are incapable of caring for themselves.
JL Mealer: Replace ObamaCare with Mealer Economic Initiative.
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Immigration
David Walker: Path to legal status but not to citizenship.
Rocky Anderson: Most illegal immigrants should be able to stay in the US.
Condoleezza Rice: Most illegal immigrants should be able to stay in the US.
Jill Stein: Undocumented immigrants are critical component of economy.
Jill Stein: No pathway to citizenship for criminals; open to all others.
Scott Brown: Tighten our borders; no blanket amnesty.
JL Mealer: Earn citizenship via the Mealer Immigration Policy.
JL Mealer: End Mexican drug trade by path to citizenship.
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Jobs
Jill Stein: Green New Deal: emergency program for 25M jobs.
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Principles & Values
David Walker: Many founding principles are timeless, & have been violated.
David Walker: Priorities on economy over foreign & social issues.
Rocky Anderson: US should keep building and adapting for the future.
Condoleezza Rice: American greatness from values of our forefathers.
JL Mealer: Return to the examples and values of our forefathers.
Jill Stein: Join with Occupy movement to throw off rule by the 1%.
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Tax Reform
JL Mealer: Replace tax system with the FairTax.
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