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Budget & Economy
Gary Johnson: Cut taxes; cut spending; level the playing field.
Thomas Perez: The stimulus worked, despite the Eeyore caucus.
Ralph Nader: 47 million full-time workers make less than $10 an hour.
Ralph Nader: Top priorities: Infrastructure; poverty; preventive health.
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Civil Rights
Ben Carson: I have nothing against gay people, but no marriage.
Tom Vilsack: Religion is important, but no one religion should dominate.
Ross Perot: Affirmative action is �squishy� - education is key.
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Corporations
Dennis Kucinich: Rescued Cleveland Electric from profitable utility.
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Crime
Ralph Nader: Some executed by death penalty were innocent.
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Drugs
Bill Weld: 100 million Americans who've smoked dope are not criminals.
Rick Perry: Too many Texans imprisoned for nonviolent drug offenses.
Ross Perot: Can�t overstate the damage that drugs are doing.
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Education
Rick Perry: Too many black students are trapped in failing schools.
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Energy & Oil
Tom Vilsack: Bio-based energy for greater independence and flexibility.
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Environment
Thomas Perez: Took 70 years to get silica dust protections in place.
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Foreign Policy
Ben Sasse: Putin leads a thugocracy; runs disinformation everywhere.
Ben Sasse: Authoritarianism vs. democracy is struggle of our time.
John McCain: Urge Japan to open economy to ensure Asian recovery.
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Free Trade
John McCain: Free trade with any country except security risks.
John McCain: Free trade is indispensable to our prosperity.
John McCain: Retaliatory protectionism is a �murder-suicide pact�.
John McCain: Chile in NAFTA is good, but Fast Track isn�t.
John McCain: Admit China to WTO based on their concessions.
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Government Reform
Stacey Abrams: The electoral college is racist and classist.
Rick Perry: Tort reform savings get passed down to low-income consumers.
Tom Vilsack: No more cherished right than the right to vote.
Jesse Ventura: Will not actively fund-raise for re-election: �No strings�.
Ralph Nader: Justices need sense of justice & sense of history.
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Gun Control
Chris Murphy: Sandy Hook opened my eyes to catastrophe of gun violence.
Chris Murphy: The NRA created a fantasy world where stockpiles are needed.
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Health Care
Stacey Abrams: His personal debt was from caring for father with cancer.
Ben Carson: ObamaCare flies in the face of principles of America.
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Homeland Security
George W. Bush: SDI needed for defense against rogue states & terrorists.
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Immigration
Gary Johnson: Mexicans are looking for work, not murder & rape.
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Jobs
Thomas Perez: Fight for 15: raise federal AND state minimum wage.
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Principles & Values
Stacey Abrams: Run for the job you want; I'm best on executive side.
Ben Sasse: Idea that there's no truth is corrosive to democracy.
Bill Weld: Republicans and Democrats both perpetuate their own duopoly.
Tom Vilsack: Surprised young people don't think US is greatest nation.
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Tax Reform
Gary Johnson: Taxes means government decides rather than people deciding.
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Technology
Ben Sasse: Digital consumption is rewiring parts of teenagers' brains.
Tom Vilsack: Bio-based products reduce rural American unemployment.
Ben Carson: Beef up cyber capabilities; reinvigorate space program.
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War & Peace
Ben Sasse: Withdrawal from Iran deal problematic on many levels.
Bill Weld: Presumption of non-intervention on foreign soil.
Gary Johnson: Exit Afghanistan now; same consequences as exiting later.
Gary Johnson: Our involvement with ISIS wasn't intentional but it happened.
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Welfare & Poverty
Rick Perry: Democratic anti-poverty policies have failed black families.
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