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Abortion Vladimir Putin: In the modern world the decision is up to the woman herself. Vladimir Putin: Dissuade women from abortion due to population decline. Vladimir Putin: Convince women not to have abortions, and help raise child. Liz Truss: Maintain abortion access across the United Kingdom. Rishi Sunak: Abstained or voted against all English abortion legislation. |
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Budget & Economy Vladimir Putin: Ordered third stimulus package in wake of pandemic. Vladimir Putin: Focus on ensuring growth of real incomes of citizens. Liz Truss: Wants to lower the tax burden, not give out handouts. Rishi Sunak: Supported $452 billion in stimulus during pandemic. |
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Civil Rights New Testament: OpEd: Apply Sermon on the Mount to gays, not Romans. Vladimir Putin: Signed "gay propaganda" law denying minors information. Vladimir Putin: Don't care about skin color: no reverse discrimination. Vladimir Putin: Russians treated equally regardless of race, gender, belief. Xi Jinping: Many discriminated against for rural household registration. Xi Jinping: Shut down LGBT social media accounts; boycott "sissy idols". Liz Truss: Allow private companies to decide policies on sex and gender. Rishi Sunak: On trans rights, basic facts of biology remain important. |
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Corporations Xi Jinping: Purge capitalist excess; business must heed state guidance. Liz Truss: I would not do the corporation tax hikes. |
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Crime Old Testament: OpEd: "An eye for an eye" LIMITS punishment, not ALLOWS it. Vladimir Putin: Softens punishment for first-time offenders for hate crimes. Vladimir Putin: Opposition leader sentenced to notorious penal camp. Xi Jinping: Use an iron fist against Uighurs, claiming Islamic terrorism. Liz Truss: Expects 20% decrease in violent crimes by end of Parliament. Rishi Sunak: 20,000 more police on the street, more people jailed . |
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Drugs Vladimir Putin: Drugs are the way towards the degradation of a nation. Vladimir Putin: Refute the lie of safe and civilized use of soft drugs. Xi Jinping: War on drugs tied to welfare of the Chinese people. Liz Truss: As a Liberal Democrat, supported legalization of cannabis. |
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Education Vladimir Putin: Annual education camps for high-schoolers at military park. Xi Jinping: Give physical education top priority in Chinese schools. Xi Jinping: Eliminate teaching minorities in native languages in schools. Liz Truss: Review whether schools are doing enough about antisemitism. Rishi Sunak: Education is the best way to spread opportunity to all. |
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Energy & Oil Old Testament: God maintains cold & hot seasons, not climate change. Vladimir Putin: Green transition should be smooth instead of drastic steps. Vladimir Putin: We'll end up in caves if we rely on solar/wind power. Xi Jinping: Promote green, low-carbon and sustainable development. Liz Truss: Remove green energy levies from energy bills. Liz Truss: Deliver net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Liz Truss: Build domestic supply so we're not dependent on Russia. Rishi Sunak: UK has a responsibility to lead climate change financing . |
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Environment Pope Francis: Avert serious effects of environmental deterioration. Pope Francis: Amazon is not an inexhaustible source of resources. |
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Families & Children Pope Francis: No ideological colonization of contraception & abortion. Vladimir Putin: Monstrous to teach children that a boy can become a girl. |
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Foreign Policy Donald Trump: Criticized Buchanan�s view on Hitler as appeasement. Donald Trump: By 2027, tsunami as China overtakes US as largest economy. Donald Trump: China should make Kim Jong Un disappear. Donald Trump: Support NATO, but it's not us against Russia. Donald Trump: Condemn Russian & any country's involvement in our elections. Donald Trump: It's good that Putin says nice things about me. Donald Trump: 1987 thru 2013: Tried to build Trump Tower in Moscow. New Testament: Bibles banned in China from 1949 until 1979. Vladimir Putin: We will continue to work with China on a bilateral basis. Vladimir Putin: May remove Taliban from list of terrorist organizations. Xi Jinping: Don't relapse into confrontation, division of Cold War era. Liz Truss: Opposed Brexit in 2016; now supports it. Liz Truss: Work with other democracies against autocratic regimes. Rishi Sunak: China is the biggest long term threat to Britain. |
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Free Trade Vladimir Putin: More preferential agreements with largest trading partners. Vladimir Putin: Working on free trade area involving Israel and Egypt. Vladimir Putin: Russia is courting India to sign a free trade agreement. Xi Jinping: Building high-standard Asian Pacific free trade areas. Liz Truss: Retained post-Brexit links with key trading partners. Liz Truss: Work to secure a free trade agreement between UK and Israel. Rishi Sunak: Negotiating U.K.-India Free Trade Agreement . |
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Government Reform Vladimir Putin: Increased regulations of non-government organizations. Vladimir Putin: Barred opponents from running, charges of election fraud. Vladimir Putin: Claimed elections were free and fair, held openly. Xi Jinping: China is strengthening regulation over some sectors. Liz Truss: Co-wrote book recommending stripping back state regulation. Liz Truss: Scrap all EU-derived regulation by the end of 2023. Rishi Sunak: Will not align with EU laws as part of post-Brexit situation. |
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Gun Control Vladimir Putin: School shooting leads to tightening of gun laws. Xi Jinping: Only a few groups of people are allowed to own guns. Liz Truss: Crack down on online sales of offensive weapons. |
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Health Care Liz Truss: Would reverse increase in cost of National Insurance. Vladimir Putin: Shouldn't mandate; convince people vaccination is better. Vladimir Putin: Increased obligatory medical insurance tax from 3.1% to 5.1%. Vladimir Putin: Top priority is to improve public health-care services. Rishi Sunak: Community healthcare is in my blood. |
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Homeland Security Donald Trump: Would take info on opponents from foreigners, might call FBI. Vladimir Putin: Russia returns to top 5 defense spending countries. Vladimir Putin: Kremlin abandons plans to freeze defense spending. Vladimir Putin: Ukraine and Georgia in NATO is threat to Russia. Vladimir Putin: 2013 Euromaidan protests: dangerous Ukraine nationalism. Xi Jinping: Defend territorial sovereignty and land border security. Liz Truss: Increase UK's defense spending to 3% of GDP by 2030. Rishi Sunak: Hasn't committed to 3% increase in defense budget. |
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Immigration Pope Francis: It's not Christian to build a wall on US-Mexican border. Pope Francis: We should receive asylum-seekers, not reject them. Pope Francis: Opposes border wall between US and Mexico. Vladimir Putin: Praised Trump for stopping migrants and drugs from Mexico. Vladimir Putin: Resisted calls for visa requirements for migrant workers. Vladimir Putin: Reduced time for Russian passports for some occupations. Liz Truss: Don't let asylum seekers to work, makes UK a magnet. Rishi Sunak: The UK has lost control of its borders. Pope Francis: Grave sin not to offer aid to migrants. |
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Jobs Liz Truss: Would increase minimum vote for union to strike to 50%. |
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Principles & Values Vladimir Putin: Positioned as a defender of traditional Christian values. Vladimir Putin: Has given the church a major voice in society. Vladimir Putin: Foundations of Orthodox culture are taught in public schools. Vladimir Putin: Patriotism is Russia's national idea. Xi Jinping: Resolution makes Xi the equal of Mao and Deng in history. Xi Jinping: Moral review councils use public shaming for enforcement. Rishi Sunak: First Hindu British PM: "I am open about being a Hindu". Rishi Sunak: Said he wanted to be a Jedi Knight when he grew up. Donald Trump: FactCheck: Putin and Russian trolling support Trump. Kamala Harris: Putin and Russia should stay out of our elections. Vladimir Putin: Putin claims "Russia supports Harris", sarcastically? Vladimir Putin: FactCheck: Putin and Russian trolling support Trump. |
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Social Security Vladimir Putin: Raised retirement ages to 60 for women, 65 for men. Vladimir Putin: Pension reform unpopular despite indexing for inflation. |
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Tax Reform New Testament: OpEd: Bible endorses flat tax--10% tithing. Vladimir Putin: Raise tax to 15% for income over 5 million rubles ($72,000). Vladimir Putin: Increased mineral extraction tax three times in a year. Liz Truss: She has pledged to slash taxes from day one. Liz Truss: Higher taxes makes it harder to attract investment we need. Rishi Sunak: Taxes can only be lowered once inflation is under control. |
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Technology Vladimir Putin: Supports holding esports tournaments in schools. Vladimir Putin: Sanction online platforms for censoring Russian media. Rishi Sunak: Ensuring high quality broadband is a key priority. |
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War & Peace Condoleezza Rice: 2008 ambassador: Ukraine in NATO is serious threat to Russia. Donald Trump: OpEd: Israel killed Iranian scientist & Trump approved. George W. Bush: 2008: Support for Ukraine in NATO is a threat to Russia. Vladimir Putin: Ukrainian entry into NATO is the brightest of all redlines. Liz Truss: Ukraine should drive Putin's forces out of the country. Liz Truss: We need to send more weapons to Ukraine. |
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Welfare & Poverty Liz Truss: Reform welfare, we need to get those people into work. |
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