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from Truthout.org political website (number of quotes indicated): |
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Budget & Economy Howie Hawkins: Income gap between rich and everyone else has grown. Howie Hawkins: Income gap between rich and everyone else has grown. Jill Stein: 2011 debt ceiling debacle spurred candidacy. |
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Civil Rights Jill Stein: Must follow up direct action with electoral politics. |
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Drugs Jill Stein: I support legalization of marijuana. |
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Education Jill Stein: Establish basic right to free college education. Jill Stein: Students are on the receiving end of generational injustice. |
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Energy & Oil Howie Hawkins: Green New Deal can close racial income gap. Jill Stein: We can't wait 4 more years to address climate change. Jill Stein: National ban on fracking; natural gas is not clean. Jill Stein: No evidence that carbon sequestration solves climate crisis. Jill Stein: Completely zero out climate emissions, as fast as possible. |
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Environment Jill Stein: Restore shorelines, deltas, forests, and grazing systems. Jill Stein: Water should be tested for radioactivity and heavy metals. Margaret Flowers: Water should be tested for radioactivity and heavy metals. |
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Families & Children JD Vance: Don't be too quick to leave a marriage to violent spouse. JD Vance: Divorce might be better for mom & dad, but not for the kids. |
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Foreign Policy Jill Stein: Start holding all parties accountable in Israel/Palestine. Joe Biden: Work with NATO, with U.S. as the indispensable leader. |
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Government Reform Jill Stein: No corporate nor lobbyist donations; just small donors. Jill Stein: 2002 Clean Elections repeal meant "throw the bums out". |
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Health Care Don Berwick: ObamaCare is massive step forward, but we need single-payer. Hillary Clinton: OpEd: Settling for ObamaCare abandons single-payer. Jill Stein: Medical doctor & advocate for community health provider. Jill Stein: ObamaCare was step backward for goal of single payer. Jill Stein: What injures the climate's health also injures human health. |
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Homeland Security Amy Klobuchar: Voted for 95% of military spending bills in Congress. Andrew Yang: Too much military spending focuses in decades-old threats. Barack Obama: OpEd: Did not prosecute official acts of torture. Beto O`Rourke: Supported 11th aircraft carrier; opposed 1% military cut. Cory Booker: Supports military spending on Foreign Affairs Committee. Elizabeth Warren: End stranglehold of defense contractors on military policy. Jill Stein: Patriot Act ends the right to judicial review. Jill Stein: Bloated military budget enables knee-jerk military solutions. John Delaney: Voted for 25 out of 28 military spending bills. Tulsi Gabbard: Don't cut military budget; fund weapons systems & ABMs. |
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Jobs Charles Booker: We are going to stand up for organized labor. Jill Stein: Stimulus spent $220K per job; I propose $20K per green job. Jill Stein: Focus on pink jobs: the jobs of meeting human needs. |
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Principles & Values Charles Booker: Launched "Hood to the Holler" to bridge urban-rural divide. Donald Trump: OpEd: Trump's rise analogous to Hitler's in 1930s Germany. Jill Stein: Ran as Green Party nominee for MA governor in 2002 & 2010. Jill Stein: Silence is not an effective political strategy. |
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Social Security Howie Hawkins: The most regressive tax of all is the FICA payroll tax. Howie Hawkins: The most regressive tax of all is the FICA payroll tax. |
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War & Peace Amy Klobuchar: Supported regime change in Libya; supports Israeli military. Bernie Sanders: Cut military spending, except F-35 at Vermont air base. Cory Booker: End intervention in Yemen & Iran, but not Israel. Donald Trump: Implicitly approved Israel killing Iranian nuclear scientist. Elizabeth Warren: No intervention in Yemen; but intervention in Gaza OK. Jay Inslee: Opposed war in Iraq; opposed use of torture. Joe Biden: Supported wars in Iraq & Afghanistan, but not Iran. Kamala Harris: Ok with Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory. Kirsten Gillibrand: Withdraw from Yemen; Withdraw from Afghanistan. Marianne Williamson: Stop relying on brute force internationally. Tulsi Gabbard: No regime change in Iran; no war in Yemen. Donald Trump: OpEd: Israel killed Iranian scientist & Trump approved. |
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Welfare & Poverty Howie Hawkins: Reparations and Green New Deal to close racial income gap. |
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