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Paul Adams on Abortion
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Paul Adams on Budget & Economy
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Paul Adams on Civil Rights
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Paul Adams on Corporations
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Paul Adams on Crime
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Paul Adams on Drugs
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Paul Adams on Education
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Paul Adams on Energy & Oil
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Paul Adams on Environment
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Paul Adams on Families & Children
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Paul Adams on Foreign Policy
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Paul Adams on Free Trade
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Paul Adams on Government Reform
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Paul Adams on Gun Control
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Paul Adams on Health Care
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Paul Adams on Homeland Security
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Paul Adams on Immigration
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Paul Adams on Jobs
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Paul Adams on Principles & Values
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Paul Adams on Social Security
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Paul Adams on Tax Reform
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Paul Adams on Technology
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Paul Adams on War & Peace
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Paul Adams on Welfare & Poverty
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topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (+2 points on Social scale) | Real Choice: public funding to carry pregnancy to term: Favors topic 1 |
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topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (-3 points on Economic scale) | Preference to women & minorities who perform equally: Favors topic 2 |
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topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (+2 points on Social scale) | Same-sex unions ok; but don't redefine marriage: Favors topic 3 |
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topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (+2 points on Social scale) | Celebrate various religious feast days at national level: Opposes topic 4 |
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topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (-3 points on Economic scale) | Repeal ObamaCare in favor of one-payer system: Favors topic 5 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 6: Privatize Social Security (-5 points on Economic scale) | Never relegate Social Security to the private sector: Strongly Opposes topic 6 |
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topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale) | Supports school vouchers: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
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topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (-5 points on Social scale) | EPA regulations are too restrictive: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
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topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale) | Re-educate people instead of punishing them more: Strongly Opposes topic 9 |
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topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale) | Invigorate the 2nd Amendment with more firepower: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
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topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (-5 points on Economic scale) | Wealthy rigged the sub-prime mortgage collapse: Strongly Favors topic 11 |
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topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (+2 points on Social scale) | Fenced Orchard: hard rules leads to self-deportation: Opposes topic 12 Path to citizenship after two years of asylum: Strongly Favors topic 12 |
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topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale) | Tariffs on all big ticket items entering the US: Strongly Opposes topic 13 I am a protectionist, anti-TPP, anti-job exporter: Strongly Opposes topic 13 |
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topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (-5 points on Economic scale) | We can no longer be a bully in the world: Strongly Opposes topic 14 |
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topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale) | Cut military spending by 50%: Strongly Opposes topic 15 |
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topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+5 points on Social scale) | Online Citizen Account: we vote; repeal the House of Reps: Strongly Favors topic 16 |
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topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale) | We cannot be the enablers of instability in the Mideast: Favors topic 17 |
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Strongly Opposes
topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale) | Encourage exploration for oil and gas in Alaska: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
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topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+5 points on Social scale) | Marijuana is an exit drug, not a gateway drug: Strongly Opposes topic 19 |
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topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (-5 points on Economic scale) | Stimulus to benefit people; break up 6 biggest banks: Favors topic 20 Stimulate economy by overhauling our infrastructure: Strongly Favors topic 20 |
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