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Corporations     Andrew Yang: 0.1% tax on the sale of stocks, bonds and derivatives.     Joe Sestak: Roll back corporate tax cuts by at least half.     John Delaney: Raise corporate taxes, but lower rates than 2017.     Kamala Harris: Reverse the 2017 corporate income tax cut.     Kamala Harris: New tax on banks with over $50 billion in assets.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Reverse the 2017 corporate income tax cut.     Marianne Williamson: Reverse the 2017 corporate income tax cut.     Seth Moulton: Raise corporate taxes, but lower rates than 2017.

Crime     Amy Klobuchar: Abolish capital punishment.     Amy Klobuchar: Reduce mandatory minimum sentences.     Andrew Yang: Felons should be allowed after release from prison.     Andrew Yang: Reform or reduce cash bail.     Andrew Yang: Eliminate private prisons.     Bernie Sanders: Felons should be allowed to vote while incarcerated.     Bernie Sanders: Eliminate private prisons.     Beto O`Rourke: Felons should be allowed to vote while incarcerated.     Beto O`Rourke: Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences.     Bill de Blasio: Abolish capital punishment.     Eric Swalwell: Abolish capital punishment.     John Delaney: Eliminate private prisons.     Julian Castro: Eliminate private prisons.     Julian Castro: Abolish capital punishment.     Kirsten Gillibrand: End cash bail; it hits low-income Americans.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Abolish capital punishment.     Marianne Williamson: Eliminate private prisons.     Pete Buttigieg: Felons should be allowed after release from prison.     Pete Buttigieg: End cash bail; it hits low-income Americans.     Pete Buttigieg: Eliminate private prisons.     Pete Buttigieg: Abolish capital punishment.     Tim Ryan: Moratorium on the death penalty--for now.     Tulsi Gabbard: End cash bail; it hits low-income Americans.     Tulsi Gabbard: Eliminate private prisons.     Tulsi Gabbard: Abolish capital punishment.     Tulsi Gabbard: Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences.

Drugs     Amy Klobuchar: Legalize marijuana, but no expungement.     Bernie Sanders: Remove cocaine sentencing disparities.     Cory Booker: Remove cocaine sentencing disparities.     Marianne Williamson: Legalize marijuana, but no expungement.     Seth Moulton: Legalize marijuana, but no expungement.     Steve Bullock: Let the states decide on legalizing marijuana.     Tim Ryan: Legalize marijuana, but no expungement.     Wayne Messam: Let the states decide on legalizing marijuana.

Education     Amy Klobuchar: Boost teacher pay.     Andrew Yang: College shouldn't be free.     Bernie Sanders: Universal free meals in schools.     Julian Castro: Universal free meals in schools.     Julian Castro: Give teachers tax credits of $2,000 to $10,000.

Energy & Oil     Jay Inslee: Ban fracking.     Marianne Williamson: Ban fracking.     Pete Buttigieg: Ban fracking.     Tom Steyer: Ban fracking.     Tulsi Gabbard: Ban fracking.     Wayne Messam: Ban fracking.

Environment     Amy Klobuchar: Support nuclear power.     Jay Inslee: Develop new nuclear technologies.     Joe Biden: Develop new nuclear technologies.     John Delaney: Support nuclear power.     John Hickenlooper: Support nuclear power.     Kamala Harris: Develop new nuclear technologies.     Marianne Williamson: Close down existing nuclear power reactors.     Pete Buttigieg: Support nuclear power.     Tulsi Gabbard: Close down existing nuclear power reactors.

Families & Children     Amy Klobuchar: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.     Andrew Yang: 6 to 9 months paid parental leave.     Beto O`Rourke: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.     John Hickenlooper: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.     Julian Castro: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.     Kamala Harris: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Expand the Child Tax Credit.     Michael Bennet: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.     Michael Bennet: Expand the Child Tax Credit.     Pete Buttigieg: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.     Seth Moulton: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.     Tim Ryan: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.     Tulsi Gabbard: Supports broad paid family and medical leave plans.

Free Trade     Amy Klobuchar: Demand changes to NAFTA; use tariffs to crack down.     Amy Klobuchar: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.     Amy Klobuchar: Use tariffs to crack down on certain countries.     Beto O`Rourke: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.     Beto O`Rourke: Don't use tariffs to pressure countries.     Bill de Blasio: USMCA is worse than NAFTA.     Eric Swalwell: Demand changes to NAFTA; use tariffs to crack down.     Jay Inslee: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.     John Delaney: We missed opportunity; rejoin CPTPP (Pacific Trade 2.0).     Julian Castro: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.     Kamala Harris: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.     Kamala Harris: Don't use tariffs to pressure countries.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Don't use tariffs to pressure countries.     Marianne Williamson: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.     Pete Buttigieg: Demand changes to post-NAFTA agreement USMCA.     Pete Buttigieg: Don't use tariffs to pressure countries.     Seth Moulton: Use tariffs to crack down on certain countries.     Steve Bullock: Don't use tariffs to pressure countries.     Tim Ryan: Use tariffs to crack down on certain countries.     Wayne Messam: Use tariffs to crack down on certain countries.

Government Reform     Amy Klobuchar: Election Security Act: mandate paper ballots.     Andrew Yang: Electoral College should not be eliminated.     Bernie Sanders: Hard to defend the Electoral College.     Bernie Sanders: Mandate paper ballots.     Beto O`Rourke: Eliminate the Electoral College.     Beto O`Rourke: Mandate paper ballots.     Eric Swalwell: Mandate paper ballots.     Jay Inslee: Supports National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.     John Delaney: Electoral College should not be eliminated.     John Hickenlooper: Electoral College should not be eliminated.     Julian Castro: Eliminate the Electoral College.     Julian Castro: Mandate paper ballots.     Kamala Harris: Discuss eliminating the Electoral College.     Kamala Harris: Mandate paper ballots.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Eliminate the Electoral College.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Mandate paper ballots.     Michael Bennet: Mandate paper ballots.     Seth Moulton: Eliminate the Electoral College.     Tim Ryan: Eliminate the Electoral College.     Tim Ryan: Mandate paper ballots.     Tulsi Gabbard: Eliminate the Electoral College.     Tulsi Gabbard: Mandate paper ballots.     Wayne Messam: Eliminate the Electoral College.

Gun Control     Andrew Yang: Voluntary buyback, plus high-capacity magazine ban.     Beto O`Rourke: Voluntary buyback for assault weapons, plus a ban.     John Delaney: Ban assault weapons & all high-capacity accessories.     Julian Castro: Voluntary buyback, despite their mixed success.     Marianne Williamson: In favor of a gun licensing program.     Michael Bennet: Support a ban on assault weapons.     Pete Buttigieg: Voluntary buyback, plus ban assault weapons.     Steve Bullock: Voluntary buyback, but locally, not federally.     Tim Ryan: Voluntary buyback for assault weapons, plus a ban.

Health Care     Andrew Yang: Support negotiating drug prices for Medicare outpatients.     Seth Moulton: Opposes Medicare for All, but would expand coverage.     Wayne Messam: Support negotiating drug prices for Medicare outpatients.

Homeland Security     Amy Klobuchar: Boost the defense budget.     Beto O`Rourke: Boost the defense budget.     Eric Swalwell: Slash the defense budget.     Joe Biden: Boost the defense budget.     John Hickenlooper: Boost the defense budget.     Kamala Harris: Slash the defense budget.     Kirsten Gillibrand: Slash the defense budget.     Michael Bennet: Boost the defense budget.     Pete Buttigieg: Boost the defense budget.     Seth Moulton: Boost the defense budget.     Tim Ryan: Boost the defense budget.

Immigration     Jay Inslee: No additional funding for Southern Border wall.     Tim Ryan: No additional funding for Southern Border wall.     Wayne Messam: Repeal the illegal entry statute (Section 1325).

Jobs     Andrew Yang: Leave the minimum wage up to the states.     Bill de Blasio: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.     John Hickenlooper: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.     Julian Castro: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.     Kamala Harris: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.     Michael Bennet: Raise the federal minimum wage to $12/hour.     Pete Buttigieg: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.     Seth Moulton: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.     Steve Bullock: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.     Tim Ryan: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.     Tulsi Gabbard: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour.     Wayne Messam: Calls for living wage; raised city worker minimum to $12/hr.

Tax Reform     Joe Sestak: Boost estate taxes to 45% on wealthiest 400 families.     John Delaney: Tax capital gains at the same rate as ordinary income.     Marianne Williamson: Boost taxes on wealthy Americans.     Seth Moulton: Tax capital gains at the same rate as ordinary income.     Tom Steyer: Boost taxes 1% on wealthiest 0.1% of Americans.

Technology     Amy Klobuchar: $1 trillion for infrastructure from raised taxes.     Andrew Yang: Users should have property rights to their data.     Bernie Sanders: Break up tech giants like Facebook, Google, & Amazon.     Beto O`Rourke: $1.5 trillion for infrastructure from raised taxes.     Bill de Blasio: Break up tech giants like Facebook, Google, & Amazon.     John Delaney: Boost infrastructure spending by raising gasoline tax.     John Delaney: Adopt California's strict privacy rules federally.     John Delaney: Don't break up tech giants; regulate them instead.     John Hickenlooper: $1 trillion for infrastructure from raised taxes.     Marianne Williamson: Massively boost transportation infrastructure spending.     Marianne Williamson: Break up tech giants like Facebook, Google, & Amazon.     Michael Bennet: Boost transportation infrastructure spending.     Pete Buttigieg: Empower federal regulators to deal with tech giants.     Tulsi Gabbard: Break up tech giants like Facebook, Google, & Amazon.     Tulsi Gabbard: Pay for infrastructure by winding down wars.

War & Peace     Amy Klobuchar: Keep the troops deployed abroad.     Beto O`Rourke: Bring the troops home from post-9-11 wars.     Eric Swalwell: Keep the troops deployed abroad.     Jay Inslee: Bring the troops home from post-9-11 wars.     John Delaney: Bring the troops home from post-9-11 wars.     John Hickenlooper: Bring the troops home from post-9-11 wars.     Kamala Harris: Bring the troops home from post-9-11 wars.     Michael Bennet: Keep the troops deployed abroad.     Pete Buttigieg: Keep the troops deployed abroad.     Seth Moulton: Keep the troops deployed abroad.     Tim Ryan: Keep the troops deployed abroad.

Welfare & Poverty     Amy Klobuchar: Expand the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit).     John Delaney: Double the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit).     John Hickenlooper: Double the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit).     Julian Castro: Construction funding & rent subsidies for affordable housing.     Kamala Harris: Massively expand the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit).     Kamala Harris: Subsidies for Affordable Housing renters and homeowners.

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