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DENNIS KUCINICH |
JOHN KERRY |
JOHN EDWARDS |
AL SHARPTON |
HEALTH
CARE |
Provide universal, single-payer
health care for all, regardless of age or employment |
Provide affordable coverage
to 96% Americans; keep HMOs in the system |
Provide coverage to 21 million
Americans; universal coverage for children; keep HMOs |
Add constitutional amendment
to make health care a human right |
| JOBS |
Raise minimum wage to at
least $8; create millions of jobs through rebuilding infrastructure,
protecting domestic manufacturing and high-tech jobs,
and investing in renewable energies |
Index minimum age to inflation;
restore lost jobs through a new manufacturing jobs credit,
investing in new energy industries, restoring technology,
and stopping layoffs in education |
Raise minimum wage to $6.65;
create jobs with 10% tax credit for companies keeping
jobs in America, a venture capital fund to bring jobs
to areas hardest hit in the Bush economy, new tax credits
for working Americans |
Raise minimum wage to $7.15;
create jobs through 5-year infrastructure redevelopment
plan |
| TRADE |
Repeal NAFTA and WTO; return
to bilateral fair trade; oppose fast track authority |
Keep NAFTA & WTO; expand
free trade but make it "fair"; supports fast
track authority |
Keep NAFTA & WTO; "fix"
them to make them "fair"; oppose fast track
authority |
Repeal NAFTA & WTO;
return to bilateral fair trade; oppose fast track authority |
WAR
IN IRAQ |
Voted NO; has a plan to
remove US troops and replace them with UN peacekeepers
in 90 days |
Voted YES; keep US troops
but turn over legitimate authority to UN |
Voted YES; keep US troops
but bring in other countries and give more authority to
Iraqis. |
Remove US troops; support
UN-based multilateral approach to Iraqi redevelopment |
| EDUCATION |
Universal pre-k through
college; raise teacher salary, improve schools, lower
class size; oppose vouchers |
Raise teacher salary; lower
class size; improve school facilities; oppose vouchers |
Invest in teachers and No
Child Left Behind Act to give quality education to all;
oppose vouchers |
Government should provide
equal access and quality education to all; oppose vouchers |
| TAXES |
Reverse Bush's tax cuts
for the wealthy; provide progressive tax relief to workers
& families |
Repeal Bush's tax cuts for
the wealthy; cut taxes on the middle class |
Repeal Bush tax cuts for
the wealthy; create new tax on top 1%; cut taxes to 95%
Americans |
Repeal all Bush tax cuts;
stimulate economy from bottom up |
SOCIAL
SECURITY |
Oppose privatization; restore
retirement age to 65 |
Oppose privatization; Oppose
raising retirement age |
Oppose privatization; Oppose
raising retirement age |
Oppose privatization |
PATRIOT
ACT |
Voted NO - would repeal |
Voted YES - would now review |
Voted YES - would now revise |
Oppose |
DEATH
PENALTY |
Oppose - would abolish |
Oppose - except 'terrorists' |
Support |
Oppose |
GAY
MARRIAGE |
Support |
Oppose |
Oppose; state-by-state only |
Support |
REPRODUCTIVE
RIGHTS |
Support |
Support |
Support |
Support |
| DRUG WAR |
End racially biased drug
war; decriminalize marijuana; legalize medical marijuana |
Keep fighting; keep drugs
out of the country; target traffickers & dealers |
Keep fighting; target traffickers
& dealers; expand treatment for at-risk youth |
Reform federal mandatory
drug sentencing laws |
| ENERGY |
Raise CAFE standard to 45
mpg; double renewable energy use by 2010 |
Raise CAFE standard to 26
mpg by 2015; 20% renewable by 2020 |
Raise CAFE standard; spur
research in renewables |
Raise CAFE standard to 33
mpg; spur research in renewables |
| IMMIGRATION |
Support amnesty & clear
road map to legalization for working immigrants |
Support earned legalization
for immigrants who have been working in US |
Support clear road map to
legalization for working immigrants |
Relax immigration policies;
negotiate respectful deals with Mexico |
| VETERANS |
Reverse Bush's cuts in veterans
health; increase funding for VA system; mandatory funding
for veteran's health care. |
Reverse Bush's cuts in veterans
health; increase funding for VA system; mandatory funding
for veteran's health care |
Reverse Bush's cuts in veterans
health; increase funding for VA system |
Reverse Bush's cuts in veterans
health; increase funding for VA system |
