| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Keep safe & legal abortion.
Cover abortion under national health care system.
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Civil Rights
Require affirmative action.
Equality by sexual orientation, including gay marriage.
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Crime
Opposes death penalty.
Focus on crime prevention instead of harsher sentences.
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Drugs
More drug counseling & treatment.
Replace Drug War with treatment and alternative sentencing.
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Education
Support choice within public schools.
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Energy & Oil
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions now; more later.
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Environment
Tax industrial pollution.
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Families & Children
Support personal responsibility; teach dispute resolution.
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Foreign Policy
Support social and economic justice across the globe.
Assist Russia & Israel in moving towards better governments.
Support human rights as cornerstone of US foreign policy.
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Free Trade
Reject NAFTA, GATT, & WTO.
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Gun Control
Support Brady Bill & thoughtful gun control.
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Health Care
Health care is a human right.
Nationalize health care & ensure universal coverage.
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Homeland Security
Abolish nuclear weapons.
Cut defense budget by 50%.
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Immigration
Don’t blame immigrants for social and economic problems.
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Jobs
Support a Living Wage.
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Social Security
Don’t privatize Social Security.
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Tax Reform
Tax incentives to redistribute unbalanced wealth.
Reform system to provide tax justice.
Support progressivity; no flat tax.
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Welfare & Poverty
Negative income tax to keep all adults above poverty line.
Workfare is slave labor.
Restore federally funded welfare entitlement program.
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