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Click here for 28 full quotes from Howard Dean in the book Citizen's Guide to Howard Dean.
OR click on an issue category below for a subset. |
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details) |
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Budget & Economy Retired VT's debt and built nation's best rainy day fund. Kept GOP predecessor�s agenda of fiscal frugality. |
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Civil Rights Gay rights are a matter of principle. Black roommate at Yale defined his views on tolerance. |
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Crime Opposed capital punishment but shifted beginning in 1994. |
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Education High national standards but local sanctions for failure. Dean�s other landmark VT bill: education finance. |
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Energy & Oil Wind energy reduces global warming & reduces Saudi imports. 10% ethanol in gasoline reduced oil imports by 5%. |
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Environment 470,000 conservation acres, but many development deals too. Make trade-offs on environmental protection vs. development. Dean�s first campaign in 1982 focused on bicycle paths. |
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Gun Control Agrees on some issues with NRA, but some gun control. |
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Health Care Supported single-payer in 1980s, but multi-payer in 1990s. If you want total healthcare reform, I�m not your guy. |
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Homeland Security Realign defense funds away from Star Wars. |
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Jobs Trade unions gave us our middle class. |
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Principles & Values Models his candidacy on Harry S Truman. I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party. Dean surge spawned Clark as Anybody-But-Dean. Dean fueled by large dissident group of Bush haters. Dean�s forthrightness differs from Dem party calculatedness. Liberal in attitude, not in policy positions. Propelled to public service by death of his brother? |
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Tax Reform Rescind all of the Bush tax cuts, to balance budget. Better off with government services than with a $650 tax cut. |
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War & Peace Evenhandedness in Israel doesn�t imply cater to Palestinians. |
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Welfare & Poverty Implemented VT workfare program along Clinton's lines. |
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