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Pat Buchanan on Abortion
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Click here for 9 full quotes on Abortion
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- Post-Christian Europe:both abortion & insufficient birthrate. (Oct 2011)
- Rising abortion statistics are sign of dying civilization. (Oct 2002)
- RU-486 is a human pesticide; ban it. (Oct 2000)
- RU-486 is an abomination before God. (Sep 2000)
- The unborn have rights; defund the abortion industry. (Dec 1999)
- Presidency supports traditional values, not gays & abortion. (Jul 1999)
- Appoint pro-life judges; fight “Culture of Death”. (May 1999)
- Abortion is greatest evil since slavery. (May 1999)
- Strictly pro-life Supreme Court & Vice Pres. nominees. (Mar 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Budget & Economy
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- Outsourcing and imports let foreigners control US economy. (Sep 2004)
- Return surplus to American people; end ‘bipartisan pig-out’. (Oct 2000)
- Break up OPEC instead of Microsoft. (Sep 2000)
- Dow crash is based on OPEC conspiracy. (Mar 2000)
- Lethal projectile-the trade deficit-aimed at US workers. (Dec 1999)
- Pay down debt; reduce federal share of economy. (Nov 1999)
- Interventionist in US economy; isolationist abroad. (Sep 1999)
- Supports Balanced Budget Amendment & tax cuts. (Jun 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Civil Rights
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- 31 states have banned gay marriage; none have approved it. (Oct 2011)
- Founders believed in equality of rights, nor diversity. (Oct 2011)
- White males bear entire burden of reverse discrimination. (Oct 2011)
- When 1920s immigration stopped, Black America advanced. (Oct 2007)
- Women are not endowed by nature with capitalism's fierceness. (Nov 2005)
- Take country back from ACLU; allow school prayer & gay bans. (Oct 2000)
- Admired civil rights movement, but MLK was “divisive”. (May 2000)
- Abolish quotas; all learn English. (Oct 1999)
- Legal gambling is a “destructive vice”. (Jul 1999)
- End racial busing, quotas, & contract set-asides. (Jul 1999)
- Close NEA to stop desecration of Christian images. (Jun 1999)
- Racial & gender entitlements are Govt-sponsored prejudice. (Jun 1999)
- Color-blind laws: end trendy bigotry of diversity. (May 1999)
- Tear out diversity programs, root and branch. (Aug 1995)
Gay Rights
- Vermont civil unions are ‘absurd’. (Oct 2000)
- Homosexuality is “the love that will not shut up.”. (Sep 2000)
- Gay pride equated with moral decline and cultural decadence. (Aug 2000)
- Condemns gays, women in combat, and abortion. (Aug 2000)
- Opposes gay rights agenda in its entirety. (May 2000)
- First to demand government deal with AIDS epidemic. (May 2000)
- All lifestyles are not equal; some ideas are wrong. (May 2000)
- No gay VP; no gays in Cabinet; it’s “a disorder”. (May 2000)
- Would oppose a gay president “with everything I had”. (Dec 1999)
- AIDS is retribution; women can’t compete. (Oct 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Crime
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- Rising crime results from de-Christianizing America. (Oct 2002)
- Stop gun rampages by requiring press silence. (Nov 1999)
- Prompt death penalty would stop mass murderers. (Nov 1999)
- Clemency for Puerto Rican terrorists is “shameful”. (Sep 1999)
- Reno should have resigned over Waco debacle. (Sep 1999)
- Tort reform: limit damages; loser pays legal fees. (Jun 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Drugs
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- Mexico now leading source of marijuana, due to NAFTA. (Aug 2004)
- Drug usage is not a victimless crime; so keep marijuana ban. (Jan 2000)
- Open Mexican border invites drug trafficking. (Sep 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Education
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- Since 1960s, schools taught shame of America's past. (Oct 2007)
- Our traditional books, heroes, and holidays have disappeared. (Oct 2002)
- Bring God and prayer back to public schools. (Sep 2000)
- Schools went wrong when judges & feds got involved. (Nov 1999)
- Block grants to states with all federal education funds. (Nov 1999)
- Federal role in science & scholarships; not grade schools. (Nov 1999)
- Ed Dept should test the marketplace instead of testing kids. (Oct 1999)
- Replace Dept. of Education with states & parents. (Jul 1999)
- For school prayer; against multiculturalism. (Jun 1999)
- End bilingualism; end “hyphenated-Americans”. (May 1999)
School Choice
- Support home schooling but don’t give up on public schools. (Sep 1999)
- For vouchers, charter schools, & homeschooling. (Jun 1999)
- Decisions by parents and teachers, not bureaucrats. (May 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Energy & Oil
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- Drill in Alaska and play hardball with OPEC. (Oct 2000)
- Energy independence by developing Caspian pipelines. (Oct 1999)
- Explore ANWR; reconsider nuclear power & oil import fee. (Oct 1999)
- Opposes raising CAFE standards. (Oct 1999)
- Opposes Kyoto Treaty because it regulates US most. (Jun 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Environment
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- Environmentalism is yet another new religion. (Oct 2011)
- Endangered Species Act hurts jobs to protect bugs & weeds. (Aug 2004)
- Celebrating Earth Day is like worshiping dirt. (Oct 2000)
- Compensate land owners for endangered species habitat. (Jun 1999)
- Abolish BLM and return land to states. (Jun 1999)
- People conserve land, not federal or international agencies. (Jun 1999)
- Put people first, not insects and rats. (Aug 1992)
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Pat Buchanan on Families & Children
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- West is dying because children are no longer so desirable. (Oct 2011)
- Moral & cultural revolution destroyed American family. (Aug 2004)
- Secede from dominant culture to maintain traditional values. (Oct 2002)
- Sex and Drugs and Abortions have killed the West. (Nov 2001)
- Shut down NEA; Hollywood causes moral decay. (Sep 2000)
- Elian should stay in US; father is speaking under duress. (Jan 2000)
- Home schooling teaches children values. (Sep 1999)
- Lacerate entertainment industry that pollutes our culture. (Apr 1999)
- Littleton due to poisoned culture declaring “God is dead”. (Apr 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Foreign Policy
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- Islam attempts to reshape and replace the West. (Oct 2011)
- Soviet Union was torn apart by ethnonationalism. (Oct 2011)
- China wins competition because US regulations don't apply. (Oct 2011)
- Palestinian state needed for Israel to remain Jewish state. (Oct 2011)
- China's 1-child policy results in millions of aborted girls. (Oct 2011)
- Roman Empire fell due to cultural dilution; so might we. (Oct 2007)
- Dying civilization comes from cultural & moral degeneration. (Oct 2007)
- Avoid the democratist temptation of the internationalists. (Sep 2004)
- Never be isolationist; but stop being interventionist. (Aug 2004)
- China today does not threaten any vital US interests. (Aug 2004)
- Foreign aid, like welfare, creates permanent dependency. (Aug 2004)
- Imposing our morality abroad is "moral imperialism". (Aug 2004)
- To millions of Muslims, WE are the evil empire. (Aug 2004)
- In Asia, China is rising power and America is receding. (Aug 2004)
- Interventionism is the incubator of terrorism. (Sep 2001)
- Account for losses before any third-world debt forgiveness. (Apr 2000)
- Cuba: Siege mentality is pillar of power; end embargo. (Dec 1999)
- Russia: Offer EU membership instead of encirclement. (Oct 1999)
- Japan: share burdens(defense) & benefits(trade) equitably. (Oct 1999)
- Korea: Replace US troops with Koreans. (Oct 1999)
- Puerto Rico: No statehood; eventual independence. (Oct 1999)
- Quebec: Offer seceding provinces alliances or statehood. (Oct 1999)
- Latin America: Support Monroe Doctrine but exit Rio Pact. (Oct 1999)
- Poland: NATO membership implies nuclear defense. (Oct 1999)
- Logistical help OK in East Timor, but no ground troops. (Sep 1999)
China
- Break trade ties with PRC if they attack Taiwan. (Aug 2004)
- Opposed Shanghai Communique's "One China" policy. (Aug 2004)
- China has a point in denouncing US containment as hegemony. (Aug 2004)
- Chinese nationalism requires control of Tibet and Xinjiang. (Aug 2004)
- Taiwan should accept "One China, Two Systems" like Hong Kong. (Aug 2004)
- Supported opening China in 1970s, but situation has changed. (May 2000)
- Don’t aggravate Beijing, but don’t appease. (Oct 1999)
- Support Free Asia with materiel but no troops. (Oct 1999)
- Truculent but contained China is no threat. (Oct 1999)
- Provide Taiwan with defensive weapons against China. (Sep 1999)
Globalization
- Kick UN out of US by 2001; use Marines to “help pack”. (Sep 2000)
- All US troops out of Europe by end of first term. (Mar 2000)
- Struggle against emerging world government. (Jan 2000)
- Base alliances on their view of US; not on democracy status. (Oct 1999)
- Independence, not isolationism. (Oct 1999)
- Globalist Elites have not yielded their empire. (Oct 1999)
- Practice “masterly inactivity,” not “entangling alliances”. (Oct 1999)
- Push US foreign policy toward isolationism. (Sep 1999)
- Withdraw from UN; Kyoto Treaty; Rome Treaty. (May 1999)
- End foreign aid; withdraw from most of IMF. (May 1999)
- End New World Order; end foreign aid. (Aug 1995)
History & Philosophy
- Patriotism is the soul of a nation. (Oct 2007)
- Mexico has historic territorial grievances against US. (Oct 2007)
- By not maintaining population, Europe has begun to die. (Oct 2002)
- Europe is becoming more Islamic & Arabic, and paralyzed. (Oct 2002)
- Armenia: History shows national interest trumps atrocities. (May 2000)
- Hitler was no threat to US; sought mastery of Europe only. (Oct 1999)
- FDR forced Japan to attack US as back door to WWII. (Oct 1999)
- American leaders obsessed with Jewish influence. (Sep 1999)
- Hitler was no direct threat to the US after 1940. (Sep 1999)
- Give GOP credit for Reagan’s ending of the Cold War. (Aug 1992)
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Pat Buchanan on Free Trade
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OR 12 older headlines
OR other political leaders on Free Trade.
- 19th-century free trade did not work out well for Britain. (Oct 2011)
- Detroit was forge & furnace of WWII Arsenal of Democracy. (Oct 2011)
- Free trade is the Pied Piper to world government. (Oct 2007)
- Stopped belief in free trade when US lost manufacturing jobs. (Nov 2005)
- America’s freedom is tied to her economic independence. (Sep 2004)
- America's Industrial Revolution took place with high tariffs. (Aug 2004)
- Reduce dependence on trade; support Monroe Doctrine. (Oct 1999)
- Match 100% tariffs from Japan & China. (Jun 1999)
- Trade deficit is “tumor in intestines of US economy”. (Apr 1999)
- We will rue the day we passed NAFTA. (Aug 1995)
China
- Require trade with Beijing to be reciprocal. (Aug 2004)
- China's prosperity depends on US trade. (Aug 2004)
- China trade pact is a complete sellout. (Nov 1999)
- Impose tariffs on China; end World Bank loans. (Oct 1999)
- Match 100% tariffs from Japan & China. (Jun 1999)
- China: Shame the regime & end trade concessions. (Jun 1999)
- China: End MFN; veto WTO entry; block technology. (Jun 1999)
Globalization
- Gobal Economy betrays working Americans. (Aug 2000)
- Make IMF & World Bank ‘eat’ lost billions. (Apr 2000)
- Smash OPEC: stop putting globalism ahead of patriotism. (Mar 2000)
- With Seattle WTO protestors against loss of sovereignty. (Dec 1999)
- Trade shouldn’t trump environment, human rights, or security. (Dec 1999)
- “Good for global business” isn’t necessarily good for US. (Oct 1999)
- Globalists are wrong; dumping destroys towns. (Sep 1999)
- “Economic Nationalism”: trade only when it helps US. (Jul 1999)
- Global Economy erodes US sovereignty. (Jun 1999)
- “America First”: Tariffs; reciprocal trade; anti-dumping. (Jun 1999)
- NAFTA & GATT sold out America’s workers. (May 1999)
- GATT surrenders our national sovereignty. (Aug 1995)
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Pat Buchanan on Government Reform
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- Foreign opinion now counts in US court. (Oct 2011)
- Dems idea of Supreme Court diversity: no white Christians. (Oct 2011)
- DC electoral vote is for Party of Government. (Oct 2011)
- 1970: Nixon should have vetoed the 18-year-old vote. (Oct 2011)
- 1973: Destroy White House tapes, when first discovered. (Nov 2005)
- Term limits and no pensions for congressmen. (Aug 2000)
- Establishment wants 2-party elections that change nothing. (May 2000)
- Will seek non-incumbent Democrat as Vice President. (Apr 2000)
- 15% requirement for debates is designed to exclude Buchanan. (Mar 2000)
- Terms limits and no pensions for members of Congress. (Dec 1999)
- Administration staff take oath: never work for foreign gov’t. (Dec 1999)
- Restore constitutional division of federal & state functions. (Oct 1999)
- Enforce 10th Amendment; give federal powers to states. (Jul 1999)
- No new regulations; restrict unfunded mandates. (Jun 1999)
- Lobbying: Charge foreigners; 5-year ban on officials. (Jun 1999)
- For Congress: yes term limits; no pensions; no franking. (Jun 1999)
- Dismantle DOE, HUD, DOC, NEA, BLM, ATF, etc. (Jun 1999)
- Dismantle federal agencies; give funds to taxpayers. (May 1999)
- Judiciary should interpret laws, not rewrite them. (Mar 1999)
- Term limits for federal judges. (Aug 1995)
Campaign Finance Reform
- Limit corporate, out-of-state, and PAC money for campaigns. (Aug 2000)
- Reform package: Term limits; ballot access; disclosure. (Jun 2000)
- Ban soft money; end influence peddling. (Mar 2000)
- Require that 75% of donations come from candidate’s district. (Dec 1999)
- Campaign Finance: limit outside $, PAC $, & corporate $. (Jun 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Gun Control
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- Stop using heinous crimes to take away 2nd amendment rights. (Nov 1999)
- Faithfully protects 2nd Amendment, except for felons. (Jun 1999)
- Gun laws didn’t stop Littleton shootings. (Jun 1999)
- Columbine shootings due to Hollywood, not guns. (May 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Health Care
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- Immigrants infect America with Third World diseases. (Oct 2007)
- Self-finance Medicare by self-investing. (Jan 2000)
- Against national health system & federal takeover. (Nov 1999)
- Supports catastrophic health insurance, privately paid. (Nov 1999)
- Abolish euthanasia; fight “Culture of Death”. (May 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Homeland Security
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OR 5 older headlines
OR other political leaders on Homeland Security.
- Existential crisis today isn't terrorism but loss of culture. (Oct 2007)
- Pentagon depends on foreign manufacturing to defend America. (Sep 2004)
- 9/11 attack was response to US presence in Mecca & Medina. (Aug 2004)
- Avoiding war is the way to remain a superpower. (Aug 2004)
- Deterrence has worked against rogue nations. (Aug 2004)
- We are hated for what we do, not who we are. (Aug 2004)
- Suicide killers not new; they've been legends for millennia. (Aug 2004)
- Need new post-Cold War bottom-up strategy review. (Oct 2000)
- Build SDI; “Retrench and rearm”. (Feb 2000)
- Declare war only after attack on US, interests, or honor. (Jan 2000)
- UK, France, & Germany should defend Europe. (Oct 1999)
- Transfer NATO Army to Germany & Navy to France. (Oct 1999)
- Annex Greenland. (Oct 1999)
- US hegemony will backfire to create a less secure world. (Oct 1999)
- NATO was conceived as a temporary alliance. (Oct 1999)
- We lost Vietnam because we fought on THEIR terms. (Oct 1999)
- No Pax Americana for post-Cold War. (Oct 1999)
- New World Order ties down US without vital interests. (Oct 1999)
- Soldiers volunteer to defend US, not UN. (Oct 1999)
- Expand defense budget for expanded global commitments. (Jun 1999)
- America must retrench and rearm. (Jun 1999)
- Pay soldiers more; end “social labs”; exit Balkans. (May 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Immigration
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OR 2 older headlines
OR other political leaders on Immigration.
- Letting in foreigners was Christian, but killed ancient Rome. (Oct 2007)
- Previous immigration was limited; now it's an invasion. (Oct 2007)
- Muslim immigrants retain identity & don't assimilate. (Oct 2007)
- Remove 12 million illegal aliens by attrition & enforcement. (Oct 2007)
- Dividing line on immigration is elite vs. workers. (Oct 2007)
- It's a myth that America is a nation of immigrants. (Oct 2007)
- Easier to assimilate Englishmen than Zulus. (Nov 2005)
- Melting pot is broken; newcomers no longer assimilate. (Aug 2004)
- Terrorists are among us as undocumented immigrants. (Sep 2001)
- Stop the invasion from the south; limit immigration. (Oct 2000)
- Teach new immigrants to be American & limit their numbers. (Aug 2000)
- A million immigrants a year: “we’re gonna lose our country”. (May 2000)
- Most pressing foreign policy crisis: illegal immigration. (Sep 1999)
- Secure our porous borders; teach immigrants English. (Jun 1999)
- Immigration “time out”; reduce to 250,000 per year. (May 1999)
Mexico
- White America is endangered species; Mexico is moving north. (Oct 2011)
- California is becoming the Third World state of Mexifornia. (Oct 2007)
- America is becoming Mexamerica. (Sep 2004)
- Immigration tsunami will make whites a minority in US. (Nov 2001)
- Make English our official language. (Oct 2000)
- Use troops on borders to limit immigration. (Oct 2000)
- Vast majority wants border controls like Buchanan fence. (May 2000)
- Treat illegal immigration as an invasion & repel it. (Aug 1995)
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Pat Buchanan on Jobs
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- Myth of Indispensable Aliens: illegals lower wages by 7.4%. (Oct 2007)
- Keeping US jobs benefits black middle class. (May 2000)
- Agrees with union stance on trade. (Feb 2000)
- No minimum-wage increase. (Jan 2000)
- Supports ethanol subsidies for energy independence. (Nov 1999)
- Offset minimum wage increase with small business tax cuts. (Nov 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Principles & Values
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- Multiculturalism & globalization is tearing America apart. (Oct 2011)
- Every culture has to be inspired by a body of morals. (Oct 2011)
- Catholicism is on its way to becoming a Third World religion. (Oct 2011)
- 1950s had untroubled consciences; since 1960s we're ashamed. (Oct 2007)
- Won border counties in 1992 primary based on border fence. (Oct 2007)
- Hitler was genocidal but also a great orator. (Nov 2005)
- 1992: We lost nomination, but won the GOP's heart and soul. (Nov 2005)
- Pragmatism is the order of the day of the GOP. (Sep 2004)
- Neoconservatives are opportunists, not conservatives. (Sep 2004)
- Yes, a “Christian nation,” not “Judeo-Christian” principles. (Oct 2000)
- Bob Jones University unfairly portrayed in media. (Sep 2000)
- Original “America First” in 1940s to keep US out of WWII. (Oct 1999)
- A patriot who calls himself a nationalist. (Sep 1999)
- Traditional morality fights culture war against secularists. (Jun 1999)
- Global Economy destroys US industry & US independence. (Mar 1999)
- Return to Constitutionalism from Socialism. (Mar 1999)
- Budget deficit replaced by moral deficit. (Mar 1999)
- OpEd: Reagan says with humor what Buchanan says with anger. (Jan 1995)
- Clinton’s social agenda is neither American nor Godly. (Aug 1992)
Reform Party
- Buchanan more spoiler than Nader, in state-based analysis. (Dec 2000)
- Votes for me must count for me. (Nov 2000)
- Gore win could result from Democrats counting votes. (Nov 2000)
- Conspiracy by two parties to deny letting Americans hear him. (Oct 2000)
- Real conservatism limits government, not like Bush’s plans. (Oct 2000)
- Buchanan chooses national co-chair as running mate. (Aug 2000)
- Reform Party will grow, and support will increase. (Aug 2000)
- Building populist, conservative, traditionalist Reform Party. (Aug 2000)
- Far right support for Buchanan has transformed Reform Party. (Jul 2000)
- Two Beltway parties for each others’ bidding. (May 2000)
- Suing FEC to include Reform Party in presidential debates. (May 2000)
- Reform Party offers different agenda & real change. (Dec 1999)
- Leaving GOP elite, to take message to voters. (Oct 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Social Security
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- Everest of debt puts Social Security benefits at risk. (Oct 2011)
- Address solvency first, before adding new programs. (Nov 1999)
- Option for private investment, with public fall-back. (Nov 1999)
- Let people who work past 65 collect benefits. (Nov 1999)
- Put Medicare taxes into personal insurance accounts. (Jun 1999)
- Medicare: no socialized system; no expansion. (Jun 1999)
- Abolish Congressional pensions; put them on Social Security. (Jun 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Tax Reform
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- Tariffs are the best form of taxes. (Aug 2004)
- Tax imports & transnationals instead of small businesses. (Nov 1999)
- Small Business Bill of Rights: 4% tax over $1 million. (Jul 1999)
- Cut capital gains tax to spur “risk investment”. (Jul 1999)
- Abolish inheritance taxes to keep businesses in the family. (Jul 1999)
- Flat 16% tax on earnings over $35,000, plus import tariffs. (Jun 1999)
- Dump our tyrannical 7 million-word tax code. (Jun 1999)
- Budget surplus and import fees go to tax cuts. (May 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on Technology
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- US retires space shuttle while China heads for the moon. (Oct 2011)
- Use anti-trust to fight social poison of media monopolies. (Sep 2000)
- Microsoft is over the top; but they’ll survive Justice case. (Nov 1999)
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Pat Buchanan on War & Peace
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- Wrote Nixon's Vietnam speech that led to Kent State killings. (Nov 2013)
- Pre-emptive war doctrine is a formula for endless conflict. (Sep 2004)
- Bush’s war risks the safety of America. (Sep 2004)
- Iraq War is imperial overstretch & may cause US collapse. (Aug 2004)
- No conceivable gain from conflict with China. (Aug 2004)
- Applying our model of "freedom" means endless war with Islam. (Aug 2004)
- 2002: Launched "American Conservative" to oppose Iraq war. (Aug 2004)
- Don't let War on Terror morph into War for Empire. (Aug 2004)
- By 2025, Iran will have atomic bomb, and 95 million people. (Oct 2002)
- FactCheck: Nukes do not protect a country from attack. (Oct 2002)
- No all-out terror war: do the job and then exit. (Sep 2001)
- Avoid slaughtering innocents or more terrosism will follow. (Sep 2001)
- Doesn’t matter to US whose flag flies over Jerusalem. (Oct 2000)
- Iraq: end sanctions that kill kids, or pay price later. (Mar 2000)
- Israel: Provide for self-defense, but concede land for peace. (Oct 1999)
- Palestine: a flag, a land, a capital in Jerusalem. (Oct 1999)
- Iran & Iraq: Abandon dual containment strategy. (Oct 1999)
- Israeli lobby should not dominate Mideast policy. (Sep 1999)
- Casualties “in the service of the UN” breaches sovereignty. (Aug 1995)
- Israelis are our friends; but must bear some responsibility. (Oct 2000)
- Kuwait War benefited Iran; not US. (Oct 1999)
Balkans
- In long term, Serbs & Kosovars & Albanians will resent US. (Mar 2000)
- Balkan policy is a neo-imperialist failure. (Mar 2000)
- End sanctions that hurt innocent Serbs. (Dec 1999)
- Balkans: Let Europe police their own backyard. (Oct 1999)
- We attacked Yugoslav territory without Congress’ approval. (Oct 1999)
- Kosovo conflict is illegal and unconstitutional. (Jun 1999)
- Prefers “least-bad peace” patrolled by Europeans & locals. (Jun 1999)
- Intervention causes the disaster we sought to avoid. (Jun 1999)
- No vital US interests; no right of US attack. (Jun 1999)
- War in Yugoslavia is none of our business. (May 1999)
- NATO should not be the air arm of the KLA. (May 1999)
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topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
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Strongly Opposes
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Founders believed in equality of rights, nor diversity: Opposes topic 2 White males bear entire burden of reverse discrimination: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Dems idea of Supreme Court diversity: no white Christians: Strongly Opposes topic 2 End racial busing, quotas, & contract set-asides: Opposes topic 2 Racial & gender entitlements are Govt-sponsored prejudice: Opposes topic 2 Color-blind laws: end trendy bigotry of diversity: Neutral on topic 2 Tear out diversity programs, root and branch: Strongly Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(-5 points on Social scale)
| 31 states have banned gay marriage; none have approved it: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Vermont civil unions are ‘absurd’: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Homosexuality is “the love that will not shut up.”: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Gay pride equated with moral decline and cultural decadence: Opposes topic 3 Condemns gays, women in combat, and abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes gay rights agenda in its entirety: Strongly Opposes topic 3 All lifestyles are not equal; some ideas are wrong: Opposes topic 3 No gay VP; no gays in Cabinet; it’s “a disorder”: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Take country back from ACLU; allow school prayer & gay bans: Strongly Favors topic 4 Bring God and prayer back to public schools: Strongly Favors topic 4 Welfare is a state and local responsibility: Favors topic 4 Home schooling teaches children values: Favors topic 4 For school prayer; against multiculturalism: Strongly Favors topic 4 Traditional morality fights culture war against secularists: Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Self-finance Medicare by self-investing: Opposes topic 5 Against national health system & federal takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports catastrophic health insurance, privately paid: Opposes topic 5 |
Favors
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| Option for private investment, with public fall-back: Favors topic 6 Put Medicare taxes into personal insurance accounts: Favors topic 6 Medicare: no socialized system; no expansion: Favors topic 6 |
Strongly Favors
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Block grants to states with all federal education funds: Strongly Favors topic 7 Replace Dept. of Education with states & parents: Strongly Favors topic 7 Support home schooling but don’t give up on public schools: Favors topic 7 For vouchers, charter schools, & homeschooling: Strongly Favors topic 7 Decisions by parents and teachers, not bureaucrats: Favors topic 7 |
Strongly Favors
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Environmentalism is yet another new religion: Strongly Favors topic 8 Endangered Species Act hurts jobs to protect bugs & weeds: Strongly Favors topic 8 Celebrating Earth Day is like worshiping dirt: Strongly Favors topic 8 Compensate land owners for endangered species habitat: Favors topic 8 Abolish BLM and return land to states: Strongly Favors topic 8 Put people first, not insects and rats: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
Strongly Favors
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Stop gun rampages by requiring press silence: Favors topic 9 Prompt death penalty would stop mass murderers: Strongly Favors topic 9 Clemency for Puerto Rican terrorists is “shameful”: Favors topic 9 Littleton due to poisoned culture declaring “God is dead”: Favors topic 9 |
Strongly Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Stop using heinous crimes to take away 2nd amendment rights: Strongly Favors topic 10 Faithfully protects 2nd Amendment, except for felons: Favors topic 10 Columbine shootings due to Hollywood, not guns: Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Flat 16% tax on earnings over $35,000, plus import tariffs: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Dump our tyrannical 7 million-word tax code: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Budget surplus and import fees go to tax cuts: Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Remove 12 million illegal aliens by attrition & enforcement: Strongly Opposes topic 12 A million immigrants a year: “we’re gonna lose our country”: Strongly Opposes topic 12 A million immigrants a year: “we’re gonna lose our country”: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Limit immigration to 250,000 per year: Favors topic 12 Most pressing foreign policy crisis: illegal immigration: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Secure our porous borders; teach immigrants English: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Immigration “time out”; reduce to 250,000 per year: Strongly Opposes topic 12 White America is endangered species; Mexico is moving north: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Immigration tsunami will make whites a minority in US: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Use troops to stop illegal immigration: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Treat illegal immigration as an invasion & repel it: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(-5 points on Economic scale)
| 19th-century free trade did not work out well for Britain: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Free trade is the Pied Piper to world government: Strongly Opposes topic 13 We will rue the day we passed NAFTA: Strongly Opposes topic 13 WTO is first step toward world government: Opposes topic 13 NAFTA & GATT sold out America’s workers: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Unapologetic about protectionism: Strongly Opposes topic 13 |
Favors
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| Most pressing foreign policy crisis: illegal immigration: Favors topic 14 Base alliances on their view of US; not on democracy status: Favors topic 14 |
Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale)
| Pay soldiers more; end “social labs”; exit Balkans: Favors topic 15 |
No opinion on
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(0 points on Social scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Iraq War is imperial overstretch & may cause US collapse: Strongly Favors topic 17 Struggle against emerging world government: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Practice “masterly inactivity,” not “entangling alliances”: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Withdraw from UN; Kyoto Treaty; Rome Treaty: Strongly Opposes topic 17 End foreign aid; withdraw from most of IMF: Strongly Opposes topic 17 End New World Order; end foreign aid: Strongly Opposes topic 17 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(+5 points on Economic scale)
| Energy independence by developing Caspian pipelines: Opposes topic 18 Explore ANWR; reconsider nuclear power & oil import fee: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Opposes raising CAFE standards: Opposes topic 18 Opposes Kyoto Treaty because it regulates US most: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
Strongly Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-5 points on Social scale)
| Drug usage is not a victimless crime; so keep marijuana ban: Strongly Favors topic 19 Open Mexican border invites drug trafficking: Favors topic 19 |
Opposes
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+2 points on Economic scale)
| Pay down debt; reduce federal share of economy: Opposes topic 20 Offset minimum wage increase with small business tax cuts: Opposes topic 20 Interventionist in US economy; isolationist abroad: Favors topic 20 Cut capital gains tax to spur “risk investment”: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Supports Balanced Budget Amendment & tax cuts: Opposes topic 20 Dismantle federal agencies; give funds to taxpayers: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |
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