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No opinion
Abortion is a woman's right
(5 points on Personal scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
Require companies to hire more women & minorities
(2 points on Economic scale)
| Favors: Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment. |
No opinion
Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
(5 points on Personal scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
No opinion
Teach moral standards In Public Schools
(5 points on Personal scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
More Federal Funding for Health Coverage
(2 points on Economic scale)
| Favors: Fund newborn hearing-screening program Favors: Give nicotine patches free to anyone who asks Favors: More federal funding for rural health services. Neutral: Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. |
No opinion
Privatize Social Security
(5 points on Economic scale)
| Favors: Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. Opposes: Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. |
No opinion
Parents Choose Schools via Vouchers
(5 points on Personal scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
No opinion
Death Penalty
(5 points on Personal scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
No opinion
Mandatory "Three Strikes" Sentencing Laws
(5 points on Personal scale)
| Neutral: Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. Neutral: Zero tolerance for violence against government employees. |
No opinion
Absolute right to gun ownership
(5 points on Personal scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
No opinion
Make Income Tax Flatter & Lower
(5 points on Economic scale)
| Neutral: No national sales tax or VAT. Neutral: Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions. |
No opinion
Immigration helps our economy-encourage it
(5 points on Economic scale)
| Neutral: Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. Neutral: Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. |
No opinion
Support & Expand Free Trade
(5 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
No opinion
Link Human Rights to trade with China
(5 points on Personal scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
No opinion
More Spending on Armed Forces Personnel
(5 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
No opinion
Reduce spending on Missile Defense ("Star Wars")
(5 points on Economic scale)
| (No votes on which to base response) |
No opinion
Continue Foreign Aid to Russia, Israel, & others
(5 points on Economic scale)
| Neutral: Include states in anti-terrorism planning. |
No opinion
Spend Resources to Stop Global Warming
(5 points on Economic scale)
| Favors: Remove old gas tanks and their contaminants Neutral: Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically. Opposes: Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries. Neutral: Create block grants for Agricultural Stewardship. Neutral: Collaborative, incentive driven, locally-based solutions. |
Favors
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
(2 points on Personal scale)
| Favors: More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War. Neutral: States should make drug policy, not feds. |
Favors
Allow churches to provide welfare services
(2 points on Personal scale)
| Favors: Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. |