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Ed Thompson on Abortion
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  • Take politicians out of your private medical choices. (Jun 2002)
Ed Thompson on Budget & Economy
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Ed Thompson on Civil Rights
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Ed Thompson on Corporations
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  • Regulations strangle small businesses. (Jun 2002)
Ed Thompson on Crime
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  • Wisconsin spends too much on prisons. (Jun 2002)
  • Mandatory minimum sentencing are just plain stupid. (Jun 2002)
Ed Thompson on Drugs
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  • Drug offendors never hurt anybody else. (Jun 2002)
  • Drug offendors get therapy, not prison. (Jun 2002)
  • Allow medical marijuana. (Jun 2002)
Ed Thompson on Education
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  • Increase standards and decreasing state regulation. (Jun 2002)
  • Expand charter schools and private school choice. (Jun 2002)
Ed Thompson on Energy & Oil
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    No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.
Ed Thompson on Environment
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  • Pollution is a trespass; polluters pay to clean up. (Jun 2002)
Ed Thompson on Families & Children
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Ed Thompson on Foreign Policy
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Ed Thompson on Free Trade
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Ed Thompson on Government Reform
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  • As mayor, shined light on dark recesses of government. (Jun 2002)
Ed Thompson on Gun Control
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Ed Thompson on Health Care
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  • Medical savings account let you run your own health care. (Jun 2002)
Ed Thompson on Homeland Security
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    No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.
Ed Thompson on Immigration
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Ed Thompson on Jobs
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  • Let farmers grow hemp. (Jun 2002)
Ed Thompson on Local Issues
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Ed Thompson on Principles & Values
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  • You are smart enough to decide your own life. (Jun 2002)
Ed Thompson on Social Security
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Ed Thompson on Tax Reform
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  • Get Wisconson off the Top Ten Tax List. (Jun 2002)
Ed Thompson on Technology
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Ed Thompson on War & Peace
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Ed Thompson on Welfare & Poverty
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VoteMatch Responses
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VoteMatch Question & Answer
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Based on these stances:
(Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Favors topic 1:
Abortion is a woman's right
(7 points on Social scale)
Take politicians out of your private medical choices: Favors topic 1
No opinion on topic 2:
Require companies to hire more women & minorities
(5 points on Economic scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 3:
Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
(5 points on Social scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 4:
Teach family values in public schools
(5 points on Social scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 5:
More federal funding for health coverage
(5 points on Economic scale)
Medical savings account let you run your own health care: No opin. on topic 5
No opinion on topic 6:
Privatize Social Security
(5 points on Economic scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7:
Parents choose schools via vouchers
(10 points on Social scale)
Expand charter schools and private school choice: Strongly Favors topic 7
No opinion on topic 8:
Death Penalty
(5 points on Social scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 9:
Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws
(10 points on Social scale)
Wisconsin spends too much on prisons: Opposes topic 9
Mandatory minimum sentencing are just plain stupid: Strongly Opposes topic 9
No opinion on topic 10:
Absolute right to gun ownership
(5 points on Social scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 11:
Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy
(10 points on Economic scale)
Get Wisconson off the Top Ten Tax List: Strongly Favors topic 11
No opinion on topic 12:
Illegal immigrants earn citizenship
(5 points on Economic scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(5 points on Economic scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 14:
The Patriot Act harms civil liberties
(5 points on Social scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 15:
More spending on armed forces
(5 points on Economic scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 16:
Stricter limits on political campaign funds
(5 points on Economic scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
No opinion on topic 17:
Replace US troops with UN in Iraq
(5 points on Economic scale)
(No votes on which to base response)
Favors topic 18:
Replace coal & oil with alternatives
(2 points on Economic scale)
Pollution is a trespass; polluters pay to clean up: Favors topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19:
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(10 points on Social scale)
Drug offendors never hurt anybody else: Opposes topic 19
Drug offendors get therapy, not prison: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Allow medical marijuana: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Let farmers grow hemp: Opposes topic 19
No opinion on topic 20:
Allow churches to provide welfare services
(5 points on Social scale)
(No votes on which to base response)

Ed Thompson is a Moderate Libertarian Liberal.
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