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| 2020 Election: | Joe Biden's book | Cory Booker's book | Pete Buttigieg's book | Kamala Harris' book | Bernie Sanders' book | Donald Trump's book | 2018 Senate Debates |
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(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com) |
from CNN N. H. Town Hall (number of quotes indicated): |
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details) |
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Budget & Economy Tom Steyer: Balanced budget in good economies, but spend in tough times. |
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Civil Rights Deval Patrick: Events in Charlottesville show we are in deep trouble. Tom Steyer: Increase disability funding; we all succeed together. |
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Corporations Deval Patrick: Focus investments on community as part as long-term value. Elizabeth Warren: Unfair for big corps to pay no taxes and not contribute. |
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Crime Deval Patrick: Black Lives Matter doesn't mean you hate police. |
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Drugs Pete Buttigieg: Put boundaries on what phamra companies can do. Andrew Yang: Take billions from drug companies to fix opioid crisis. Elizabeth Warren: Opioid crisis has stigma like AIDS & needs increased funding. |
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Education Bernie Sanders: Freeze private charter schools; they have no accountability. Deval Patrick: A year of college fees for a year of service. Pete Buttigieg: Stand up and support public education. Elizabeth Warren: My secretary of education will be a public school teacher. Tom Steyer: Hold charter schools to same standards as public schools. |
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Energy & Oil Deval Patrick: Cap-and-trade via Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Deval Patrick: Massachusetts met Paris Climate rules while he was Governor. Tom Steyer: Cap-and-trade market-based approaches are ineffective. |
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Environment Bernie Sanders: Single-use plastic is a crisis among many pollution crises. Andrew Yang: Eliminate the penny to speed up economy & save environment. Joe Biden: Will bring polluting country leaders to US to find solutions. Tom Steyer: Environmental justice means clean air & water. |
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Families & Children Deval Patrick: In my youth, whole community raised its kids. Deval Patrick: Simplify funding for mental illness treatment. Pete Buttigieg: Healing & Belonging Grants: more mental healthcare support. Joe Biden: $15 minimum wage and triple money for Title 1 schools. Tom Steyer: $100M/year for mental health, to reduce suicide & depression. |
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Foreign Policy Elizabeth Warren: Let Israelis and Palestinians decide together on Jerusalem. Elizabeth Warren: Will follow Obama's policy on Iran, in a word, diplomacy. Joe Biden: Putin wants to weaken NATO and democracy. Joe Biden: We should not have abandoned the Kurds. |
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Government Reform Deval Patrick: Democracy Agenda: first legislative package as president. Andrew Yang: Make Election Day a national holiday. Elizabeth Warren: Current election financing system favors rich. |
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Gun Control Amy Klobuchar: Close the boyfriend loophole; no guns for abusers. Deval Patrick: State gun laws don't matter when guns come from other states. Andrew Yang: Personalize guns so only the owner can fire it. Elizabeth Warren: Lethality of guns makes more suicides & domestic violence. Elizabeth Warren: Multiple solutions to gun deaths, like with highway deaths. |
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Health Care Bernie Sanders: Every president since FDR has tried to fix healthcare. Bernie Sanders: More money into research for pandemics like coronavirus. Deval Patrick: Crying need for research of Alzheimers & disabling diseases. Pete Buttigieg: Support people facing assisted suicide from terminal illness. Joe Biden: Biden Cancer Initiative: data from multiple researchers. Joe Biden: Tax capital gains at bracket levels to pay for health plan. Joe Biden: Must divulge cost of health care legislation. Joe Biden: Invest $50B in new agency to fight cancer. |
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Immigration Deval Patrick: Allowed MA to shelter Central American refugee children. Pete Buttigieg: Community Renewal Visas: fast-track rural immigration. Elizabeth Warren: Restore aid to Central America to reduce emigration. Elizabeth Warren: Path to citizenship for all here will strengthen America. Elizabeth Warren: We cannot be a nation that puts children and adults in cages. |
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Principles & Values Deval Patrick: I am a man of faith; my decisions are grounded in faith. Pete Buttigieg: Government belongs to people of every religion & no religion. Elizabeth Warren: Committed to grassroots campaign with small donations. Joe Biden: If Putin interferes, there will be consequences. |
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Social Security Amy Klobuchar: Raise cap above "donut hole": FICA over $250,000. Joe Biden: 6.2% FICA tax on all earnings over $400,000. |
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Tax Reform Deval Patrick: Raise the estate tax to 55%. |
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Technology Deval Patrick: Infrastructure creates jobs now and builds base for future. Andrew Yang: Preserve our data rights and our data dignity. Joe Biden: Build half million charging stations on highways. |
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War & Peace Amy Klobuchar: Require Congressional approval for war with Iran. Andrew Yang: Require Congress to declare war. |
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