We at OnTheIssues.org ask all candidates for answers to our 20 questions in our VoteMatch quiz. The following Senate candidates have responded in detail. Responding to press inquiries like ours shows a level of openness that augurs well for the candidate in office, regardless of party affiliation.
Almost always, the incumbent ignores our requests, indicating that they don't want their constituents to know their issue stances. We track their voting records accordingly, and infer their VoteMatch responses based on those. We also collect up public statements and book excerpts, and include those in our VoteMatch quiz results as well.
Below are the responses from this year's candidates.
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from OnTheIssues interviews with presidential candidates (number of quotes indicated):
- Brian Moore (37)
- Harry Browne (17)
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Abortion
Brian Moore: Right to free abortion on demand at any stage of pregnancy.
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Budget & Economy
Brian Moore: Socialize all financial & insurance institutions.
Harry Browne: Budget surplus is over-taxation, so return it all.
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Civil Rights
Brian Moore: Ban military tribunals, and restore habeas corpus.
Brian Moore: Promote a multicultural/multiethnic presence.
Brian Moore: Blacks & women have been historically discriminated against.
Harry Browne: President should stay out of questions of gay marriage.
Harry Browne: Flag burning is protected political speech.
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Corporations
Brian Moore: Eliminate corporate welfare, then eliminate corporations.
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Crime
Brian Moore: Abolish the death penalty.
Brian Moore: Base justice system on mediation and rehabilitation.
Harry Browne: Mandatory sentencing takes jail space from real criminals.
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Drugs
Brian Moore: Decriminalize drug use; de-fund war on drugs.
Harry Browne: Drug War makes streets a war zone.
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Education
Brian Moore: Too much emphasis on high tech in classrooms.
Brian Moore: Fully fund libraries & museums to preserve culture.
Brian Moore: Full and equal funding of public education.
Harry Browne: Separation of school & state: No Ten Commandments.
Harry Browne: Federal involvement in schools doesn’t work.
Harry Browne: Give parents “total” control over school selection.
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Energy & Oil
Brian Moore: Develop solar, geothermal, wind, hydropower and biomass.
Brian Moore: Phase out nuclear power; rejoin Kyoto Protocol.
Harry Browne: Global Warming inconclusive; too much political agenda.
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Environment
Brian Moore: Require companies to clean up their own toxic waste.
Harry Browne: Protect environment via private property ownership.
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Families & Children
Brian Moore: 16 months paid maternity & paternity leave.
Harry Browne: Families are the first dept. of Housing, Education & Welfare.
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Foreign Policy
Brian Moore: Large-scale transfer of technology to developing countries.
Brian Moore: Corporate interests are the cause of most wars.
Harry Browne: Nuclear espionage results from over-large bureaucracy.
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Free Trade
Brian Moore: Withdraw from NAFTA, FTAA, WTO, and IMF.
Harry Browne: Replace WTO & NAFTA with uniformly low tariffs.
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Government Reform
Brian Moore: Public financing of campaigns, with free TV access.
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Gun Control
Brian Moore: Right to bear arms needed for oppressed people.
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Health Care
Brian Moore: National health care system for all citizens.
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Homeland Security
Brian Moore: Close down all foreign military bases.
Brian Moore: Close down the DHS and repeal the Patriot Act.
Brian Moore: Reduce terrorist threat by ending foreign exploitation.
Harry Browne: We have strong offense & weak defense-switch it.
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Immigration
Brian Moore: End the militarization of the US/Mexican border.
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Jobs
Brian Moore: Unemployment compensation at 100% of previous income.
Brian Moore: 30-hour work week with 6-weeks annual paid vacation.
Brian Moore: Militant labor action for social ownership of production.
Brian Moore: Set minimum wage of $15 per hour and index upward.
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Principles & Values
Brian Moore: Abolition all forms of domination and exploitation.
Harry Browne: Libertarians lay out goals and let you plan your own life.
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Social Security
Brian Moore: Retirement at age 55 with $25,000 annual income.
Harry Browne: Budget surplus doesn’t exist-it’s all the Trust Fund.
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Tax Reform
Brian Moore: Steeply graduated income tax and estate tax.
Harry Browne: End income tax & replace it with nothing.
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Technology
Brian Moore: Massive federal investment in infrastructure.
Brian Moore: Transfer interstate highway funding to high-speed rail.
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War & Peace
Brian Moore: End wars by removing greed motivation & cultural alienation.
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Welfare & Poverty
Brian Moore: Eliminate poverty by eliminating for-profit system.
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