Posted on 01/31/2004 8:27:03 PM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
Edited on 01/31/2004 8:35:55 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
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Abortion | ||||||
Appoint Judges Who Will Outlaw Abortions | Strongly Opposes |
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Outlaw "Partial Birth" Abortions | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Outlaw Abortions Except for Rape/Incest |
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Parental Notification for Minors Under 18 | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Gay Rights | ||||||
Constitutional Gay Marriage Ban | Somewhat Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Equal Rights for Civil Unions |
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Allow Gays to Openly Serve in the Military | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Organized Prayer in Public Schools | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Commandments Displayed in Federal Buildings |
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Federal Funding of Religious Charities | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Gun Control | ||||||
Safety Devices on All New Guns | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Background Checks on Gun Show Purchases |
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Require Safety Course, License Before Gun Purchase | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Allow Lawsuits Against Gun Manufacturers | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Abolish the Death Penalty |
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National Review of Death Penalty Fairness | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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No Child Left Behind Act | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Favor |
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Vouchers for Public, Private or Religious Schools |
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Increase Federal Funding for Higher Education | Somewhat Favor | Somewhat Opposes |
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The Patriot Act | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Tighter Immigration Controls |
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The War in Iraq | Somewhat Opposes |
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Turning Over More Political Authority to U.N. | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Immediate Withdrawal of U.S. Troops |
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Embargo on Cuba | Somewhat Favor |
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U.S. Involvement in NAFTA | Strongly Favor | Strongly Favor |
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Universal Government-Supervised Health Care | Somewhat Opposes |
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Medicare Prescription Drugs Coverage By Private Insurers | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Expand Medicaid to Cover More Uninsured Americans |
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Limit Malpractice Suits Against Doctors, Insurers | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Favor |
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Hiring Welfare Workers Tax Incentive | No Opinion | Somewhat Opposes |
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Welfare Benefits for Legal Immigrants |
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Child Care Services for Getting Off Welfare | No Opinion | Somewhat Opposes |
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Raise Retirement Age | Strongly Opposes | No Opinion |
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Privatize Social Security |
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Cap Payments to Wealthy | Somewhat Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Roll Back the Bush Administration Tax Cuts | Somewhat Opposes | Strongly Opposes |
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Roll Back Cuts for People Making Over $100,000 |
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Additional Tax Cuts for Businesses | Strongly Opposes | Strongly Favor |
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Raise the Minimum Wage | Strongly Favor | Strongly Opposes |
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Extend Unemployment Benefits |
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Oil Drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge | Strongly Opposes |
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Strongly Favor |
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Mandatory Clean Air Emissions Standards | Strongly Favor | Somewhat Opposes |
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Tougher Fuel Efficiency Standards |
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Ah, but you see, when they "tax the rich" they are taxing you. "The rich" are the men and women who are risking their own funds to provide jobs for perhaps 20 to 30 families. Those 20 to 30 families are the ones who buy cars, hire plumbers, clothe their children, pay property taxes etc. When you "tax the rich" you are going to eliminate probably 2 to 3 families receiving those paychecks. They won't be buying cars etc. Then the car makers will have layoffs, and the banks will have layoffs, and the stores will have layoffs. That WILL impact you, whether you like to admit it or not.
The Patriot Act passed the Senate 98-1 (Feingold voted against it; Landrieu didn't vote.) But you'd never know that from the anti-Patriot Act rhetoric by all the Democratic candidates, and Hillary too!
And set up a letter to the editor campaign all over the country starting around July citing quotes from that book. Get them in all the local papers across the country showing how much of a traitor he is.
Time to send the gigolo back to Boston, permanently.
No. Affording it has nothing to do with it. Take cigarette taxes. I don't care about them at all. Why? You guessed it. I don't smoke cigarettes. Affordability has nothing to do with what I am saying. Neither does being rich. It has to do with not being a sucker.
Well goodneswins, that lamb and wolf situation is the situation we have now. Did I ask for a social security program? A medicare program? marriage counseling? all sorts of local boondoggles? Big spending on NEA and adventures in space? No, sir. I asked for none of it. But your wolves must have it, and so it must be paid for.
As for me, I feel rich already. It's never enough, but my wife and I are doing the best we can. And we want to keep as much as we can. That's priority #1.
So lemme get this straight. You think that if I were given two choices, one that raises my taxes, and one that doesn't, that I should choose the one that raises MINE??? You first! LOL.
You are right about one thing. I do look forward to a life of druging [sic]. As for working for someone else or not, to tell you the truth, I am on the fence. On the one hand, getting a steady check every two weeks is a nice comfort. Not nearly as much to worry about as a self-employed person. But, nothing lasts forever, and jobs aren't guarenteed. So you can't take it for granted, and I don't. But please, you're not going to shame me into signing on for more than I have to. That's called being a sucker.
I can see what the long term effects are, and that they will affect me and my family even if they don't right at the minute. You see, Dubya's tax cut didn't really impact on me. The marriage penalty remission didn't apply to me, the child credit didn't apply to me, but I know good and well that it's important to the economy and that DOES apply to me.
You see, the funny thing about personal greed is that it inevitably takes money from the pockets of the greedy.
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