| VoteMatch Responses
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|---|---|
| VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background) |
Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation) |
| No opinion Abortion is a woman's right | (No votes on which to base response) |
| No opinion Require companies to hire more women & minorities | Civil Rights: Affirmative action is "squishy" - education is key Civil Rights: Calling NAFTA opponents “racist” is a smear tactic |
| No opinion Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws | (No votes on which to base response) |
| No opinion Organized Prayer In Public Schools | (No votes on which to base response) |
| Supports More Federal Funding for Health Coverage | Health Care: NAFTA is backdoor deregulation; lowers FDA standards |
| Opposes Privatize Social Security | Social Security: Base indexing on a lower inflation rate |
| Opposes Parents Choose Schools via Vouchers | Education: Expand school year from 180 days to at least 210 School Choice: Create world’s finest public schools |
| No opinion Death Penalty | (No votes on which to base response) |
| Opposes Mandatory "Three Strikes" Sentencing Laws | Crime: Solving welfare by work will reduce crime Crime: Education is a strong anti-crime program |
| No opinion Absolute right to gun ownership | (No votes on which to base response) |
| Supports Make Income Tax Flatter & Lower | Tax Reform: Consider a VAT value-added tax |
| Strongly Opposes Immigration helps our economy-encourage it | Immigration: NAFTA will encourage illegal immigration |
| Strongly Opposes Support & Expand Free Trade | Free Trade: Get other nations to lower import barriers Free Trade: Trade deficit is as bad as budget deficit Free Trade: Trade deficit improves if we understand foreign culture Labor & Farming: Train our workforce better to beat foreign competition Free Trade: Fast Track makes more secrecy and less public input Free Trade: NAFTA is good for investors & bad for jobs |
| Supports Link Human Rights to trade with China | China: NAFTA allows prison-made Chinese textiles into US via Mexico |
| Supports More Spending on Armed Forces Personnel | (No votes on which to base response) |
| No opinion Reduce spending on Missile Defense ("Star Wars") | (No votes on which to base response) |
| Supports Continue Foreign Aid to Russia, Israel, & others | Foreign Policy: Great nations should commit more abroad Foreign Policy: Pay attention to developing nations Foreign Policy: NAFTA yields US sovereignty to international organizations |
| Supports Spend Resources to Stop Global Warming | Environment: Mexico provides escape from US environmental regulations |
| Supports Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it | Drugs: Can't overstate the damage that drugs are doing Drugs: Drug traffickers will take advantage of open Mexican border |
| Supports Allow churches to provide welfare services | Welfare & Poverty: Get business & churches involved with schools Welfare & Poverty: Transform welfare recipients to productive citizens |