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from Think Tanks 2015-16 (number of quotes indicated): |
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Abortion Sierra Club: State role to fund Planned Parenthood after Title X cuts. ACLU: Funding abortion avoids discrimination against poor women. Heritage Foundation: No federal funding of abortion via ObamaCare health plans. Cato Institute: Ban abortion after 20 weeks, except for maternal life. Cato Institute: No taxpayer funding of abortions via ObamaCare. |
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Budget & Economy Sierra Club: NEA and NEH are vital for education. Heritage Foundation: Freedom Caucus fights establishment irresponsible spending. Heritage Foundation: NEA is welfare for artists and the cultured upper-class. |
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Civil Rights Heritage Foundation: Don't elevate gender identity as a protected class. ACLU: Religious objections to GLBT services same as 1960s racism. ACLU: First Amendment doesn't include right to turn away LGBT. Cato Institute: Balance freedom of association against discrimination. |
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Corporations Heritage Foundation: Arbitration limits trial lawyers and helps consumers. |
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Crime Sierra Club: Black Lives Matter: equal protection under the law. ACLU: Black Lives Matter and police don't need special protection. Cato Institute: Trusting police requires access to police disciplinary files. |
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Drugs ACLU: Drug prohibition means corruption, not an end to drug use. ACLU: A "drug free America" is not realistic; repeal prohibition. Cato Institute: Evidence that opioids are not that dangerous, despite hype. Cato Institute: Legalize marijuana banking until we legalize marijuana. ACLU: Drug testing for welfare is ineffective and unconstitutional. |
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Education Heritage Foundation: Online & Voc-Ed programs, instead of free community college. Cato Institute: Vouchers break link of low-income and low-quality schools. Heritage Foundation: Voucher schools are more successful than public schools. Heritage Foundation: A-PLUS lets states escape No Child Left Behind. Cato Institute: Only 19% finish community college & new jobs don't need it. ACLU: Oppose private and religious school voucher programs. |
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Energy & Oil Heritage Foundation: Drill for oil & gas in offshore OCS & Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Heritage Foundation: Eliminate $100M for Diesel Emission Reduction program. Cato Institute: Opportunity cost and risk cost of nuclear overwhelm savings. Cato Institute: Internalizing greenhouse gas cost means $2/ton carbon tax. Sierra Club: Nuclear power is last in being clean, quick, safe, and cheap. Cato Institute: Oil and gas production isn't damaging, even OCS and ANWR. |
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Environment Sierra Club: Not sound science to ban predators on wildlife refuges. Cato Institute: Minimal GMO labeling advances science & consumers. Heritage Foundation: No federal labeling requirement for GMO products. Sierra Club: Publicize grant opportunities for diesel emission reduction. Sierra Club: Mandatory labeling for GMO products, then long-term testing. Cato Institute: End federal grants to reduce diesel emissions. Sierra Club: Strict regulation & restrictions for offshore oil drilling. |
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Families & Children Heritage Foundation: Eliminate VAWA grants to save $428 million. |
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Foreign Policy Heritage Foundation: Focus on humanitarian assistance in South Sudan. |
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Free Trade Heritage Foundation: Ex-Im Bank is a slush fund for corporate welfare. Sierra Club: Reauthorize Ex-im bank and keep ban on coal financing. Cato Institute: Ex-im bank replaces market risk with bureaucrats' decisions. Sierra Club: Let India export solar panels to the U.S. Cato Institute: Countervailing duties mean higher prices on solar panels. |
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Government Reform Cato Institute: Term limits of 6 years in House and 12 years in Senate. Heritage Foundation: Only incumbents and special interests oppose term limits. Cato Institute: Congress can decide which "emoluments" are acceptable. ACLU: Congressional term limits are unconstitutional. Sierra Club: Expand term limit for Assembly from 6 years to 12. Cato Institute: Term limits oppose professionalization of legislators. |
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Health Care Cato Institute: Offer credible market-based alternatives to ObamaCare. Heritage Foundation: Fully repealing ObamaCare is important, but not sufficient. Robert Reich: GOP can't beat ObamaCare, so they pretend it's a "disaster". Robert Reich: ObamaCare fixed three big problems of private insurance. |
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Homeland Security Heritage Foundation: Trump's hiring freeze just shifts resources to DVA and DoD. Cato Institute: Bar the government from indiscriminate bulk surveillance. ACLU: USA Freedom Act should be first small step of more reforms. |
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Immigration Cato Institute: Give LEGAL child immigrants DACA benefits too. Cato Institute: Congress decides immigration policy, not President Trump. Heritage Foundation: Ban DREAMer immigrants from military service. Paul Gosar: Don't let illegals launder amnesty via military service. ACLU: No-Fly list against Muslims is unconstitutional. ACLU: Let DREAMers join military, whether legal or not. |
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Principles & Values ACLU: FOIA request for Trump's Emoluments conflicts of interest. |
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Tax Reform Heritage Foundation: Lower taxes on businesses unleashes higher wages. Sierra Club: Lower taxes on businesses is deeply regressive. Robert Reich: Raise tax on inherited wealth for the very rich. Robert Reich: Raising estate tax to 1990s level means $448B in new revenue. Heritage Foundation: Death Tax is a pernicious double tax. Cato Institute: Estate tax won't hit billionaires--only regular millionaires. |
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Technology ACLU: Access to broadband services for lower income families. Heritage Foundation: Cut Lifeline low-income broadband subsidies. |
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War & Peace ACLU: Unconstitutional for Trump to bomb Syria. Heritage Foundation: Hold Assad accountable for his war crimes. Cato Institute: Alternative to Iran nuke deal is ever-heightening tensions. Heritage Foundation: Obama deal will marginally slow, but not halt, Iranian nukes. |
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