Noam Chomsky on VoteMatch |
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topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
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topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
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topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
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topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
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Strongly Favors
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(-5 points on Economic scale) | National system covers all & removes wasteful inefficiencies: Strongly Favors topic 5 Divert military spending to preventable diseases abroad: Favors topic 5 Payments in health care system should be progressive: Strongly Favors topic 5 |
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topic 6:Privatize Social Security
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topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
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Strongly Favors
topic 8:Human needs over animal rights
(-5 points on Social scale) | Unfair for emerging economies to bear environmental burden: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(+5 points on Social scale) | Capital punishment is a crime: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Harsher penalties only serve to control the poor more: Opposes topic 9 Societal inequality causes crime: Opposes topic 9 |
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topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
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Strongly Favors
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(-5 points on Economic scale) | Payments in tax system should be progressive: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
Strongly Favors
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(+5 points on Social scale) | Aside from Native Americans, we're all immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-5 points on Economic scale) | WTO is just another tool for US intervention abroad: Opposes topic 13 Free Trade Agreements move jobs to non-union areas: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Trilateral world view means Latin America belongs to the US: Opposes topic 13 Free trade is all about corporate subsidies: Strongly Opposes topic 13 |
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topic 14:Maintain US sovereignty from UN
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topic 15:Expand the military
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topic 16:Stricter limits on political campaign funds
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Favors
topic 17:Stay out of Iran
(+2 points on Social scale) | Anyone threatened by Iraq can approach UN Security Council: Strongly Favors topic 17 UN authorizing US force in Iraq allows Iran to use force: Strongly Favors topic 17 US opposes Iraqi democracy because they get closer to Iran: Strongly Favors topic 17 US chartered UN & must follow UN decisions on Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Our Latin America policy benefits investors, not people: Opposes topic 17 Countries develop by avoiding colonization & ignoring market: Opposes topic 17 Cold War fear of USSR was played to control US population: Opposes topic 17 |
Favors
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(-3 points on Economic scale) | Oil is cheap because Pentagon’s expenditures keep it cheap: Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 19:Never legalize marijuana
(+5 points on Social scale) | Drug war has focused on blacks and Hispanics: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Poisoning crops & biodiversity justified as "war on drugs": Strongly Opposes topic 19 Drug use is falling anyway; drug war is fraudulent: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Drug War is an excuse for US military intervention abroad: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
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topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
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