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from 2012 State of the Union address (number of quotes indicated): |
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Budget & Economy Jill Stein: It's un-American that top 1% own 90% of wealth. Jill Stein: Our economy is not working for our vast majority. Jill Stein: Austerity policies: harsh on YOU but easy for establishment. Jill Stein: 90% tax on bonuses for bailed out bankers. Barack Obama: House of cards collapsed in 2008; new rules now in place. Barack Obama: Push mortgage refinancing; banks repay deficit of trust. Barack Obama: Establish a Financial Crimes unit; end era of recklessness. Buddy Roemer: Washington is not broken; it is corrupted by one-percenters. Herman Cain: My grandchild was born in 2012 with $50,000 debt. |
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Corporations Jill Stein: Corporate elite richer than ever, but pay less tax than ever. Jill Stein: Record profits-with politicians' help--caused the recession. Jill Stein: Make all corporate tax subsidies transparent. Barack Obama: We bailed out auto industry, but today they're back. Barack Obama: End deduction for outsourcing jobs; tax outsourcing instead. |
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Crime Jill Stein: Incarcerating poor & minorities has become big business. |
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Education Jill Stein: College loans trap students in financial prison of debt. Jill Stein: Right to a tuition-free public education, pre-K thru college. Barack Obama: Make community colleges into community career centers. |
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Energy & Oil Jill Stein: Let states prevent nuclear power plants. Jill Stein: World War II-scale mobilization to reduce carbon burden. Barack Obama: All-of-the-above energy; enough natural gas or 100 years. Barack Obama: Don't cede wind, or solar, or battery industry to foreigners. Barack Obama: Clean energy on public lands, and for defense department. Barack Obama: FactCheck: Oil dependence low; but gas prices highest ever. Barack Obama: FactCheck: Promised for 3 years to end oil industry subsidy. Newt Gingrich: Obama favors far-left interests at expense of energy jobs. Ron Paul: Develop energy independence; no crony handouts like Solyndra. |
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Environment Jill Stein: Green Transition Program: convert gray economy to green. |
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Foreign Policy Barack Obama: America is the one indispensable nation in world affairs. |
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Free Trade Barack Obama: Double US exports via deals with Panama, Colombia, & S.Korea. Barack Obama: Trade Enforcement Unit: inspections for safe imports. Barack Obama: FactCheck: Chinese tire import ban replaced by other imports. |
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Government Reform Jill Stein: Voter Bill of Rights: full public financing; paper ballots. Barack Obama: Ban insider trading by members of Congress. Buddy Roemer: We need better & smarter government; not more government. Buddy Roemer: Super PACs distort and corrupt our politics. Mitch Daniels: Experiment in trickle-down government hurts middle class. Mitt Romney: Make government simpler, smaller, and smarter. |
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Health Care Jill Stein: Right to quality health care: Medicare for All. Barack Obama: FactCheck: ObamaCare covers only 1/2 of 30 million uninsured. Tea Party: ObamaCare was forced down our throats. |
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Homeland Security Jill Stein: End Patriot Act; it surrenders freedoms in name of security. Barack Obama: Take money from war budgets and fund nation-building at home. Mitt Romney: Military so powerful that no one thinks of challenging it. |
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Immigration Jill Stein: End the war on immigrants; end "secure communities" cruelty. Barack Obama: Let foreign students stay after graduating college. Barack Obama: FactCheck: Fewer border crossings mostly due to economy. |
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Jobs Jill Stein: Economic Bill of Rights: unionize; fair taxation; fair trade. Jill Stein: Full Employment Program: green jobs and community needs. Barack Obama: FactCheck: Jobs increasing, but still lower than in 2008. Newt Gingrich: Bigger government lead to more food stamps, not more jobs. Ron Paul: Government picking winners and losers kills jobs. Tea Party: Real unemployment is 18%, counting under-employment. |
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Principles & Values Jill Stein: Dems & GOP blame each other while both support establishment. Jill Stein: Green New Deal: emergency 4-part anti-recession program. Herman Cain: Exceptional nation: put "united" back into the United States. Mitch Daniels: Government is meant to serve the people, not supervise them. Mitch Daniels: No "have-nots": just "haves," and "soon-to-haves". Mitt Romney: Obama's record: debt, decline, and disappointment. Tea Party: Tea Party message: we the people are coming. Tea Party: Many people are Tea Partiers and don't know it. Tea Party: Stop the blame game; start common sense solutions. |
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Social Security Mitch Daniels: Stop paying pension benefits to the wealthy. |
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Tax Reform Barack Obama: Buffett rule: millionaires pay minimum of 30% in taxes. Mitch Daniels: Fewer loopholes and lower rates. |
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War & Peace Jill Stein: Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were illegal. Barack Obama: For first time in 9 years, no Americans are fighting in Iraq. Barack Obama: Make sure Afghanistan is never again a source of attack. Barack Obama: Take no options off the table if Iran develops nukes. Barack Obama: FactCheck: Taliban may control countryside after US leaves. |
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Welfare & Poverty Jill Stein: Right to affordable housing: expand rental & home assistance. |
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