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Ninja0428
Junior Chimp
Posts: 7,083
Political Matrix E: -2.00, S: -7.91
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« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2019, 12:32:27 AM » |
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« Edited: August 05, 2019, 04:31:06 PM by Ninja0428 »
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Labels: Economic: Center Social: Liberal/Libertarian Foreign: Globalist Overall: Social Liberalism Social Policy: Abortion: Pro-choice Same-sex Marriage: Fully support Drugs: Soft drugs which don't really cause harm (like marijuana, lsd, khat, etc.) should be legal to sell and use, hard drugs should remain illegal but those guilty sentenced to probation with medical therapy instead of prison time. Stem Cell Research: Support Criminal Justice: Our current criminal justice system is ineffective, overly harsh, and causes people who could be one time offenders to stay in prison most of their lives. Our system needs to be transitioned to a more rehabilitative rather than punitive model, such as the exceptional system in Norway. Sentences should be lowered with a 20 year cap. Life sentences are a cruel punishment. Unsure on death penalty. Abolish private prisons. Slavery Reparations: Oppose Prostitution: Legalise Free Speech: The right to free speech should never be restricted except for valid threats of harm. Education: Our education system needs to be improved. Our schools are overly stressful for students and would have greater success in a less stressful environment. End standardized testing; the education system should focus on real skills and critical thinking rather than memorization. Give older students more opportunities to focus on areas of interest. Finland as a model. Abolish charter schools. Censorship: The government should not be involved in censorship. Repeal FCC censorship of television. Gun Control: Support greater restrictions and universal background checks. Most of us don't need heavy weapons. Immigration: Encourage legal immigration, make it easier to legally immigrate, stop detaining legal immigrants, do not separate families, do not deport illegals who arrived as children. Economic Policy: Minimum Wage: Should be raised according to the local cost of living. $7.25 is too low but many areas do not need $15 and such a large blanket increase could have adverse effects on the economy. Tie to inflation. Taxes: Raise income taxes some on wealthier groups, but not above 50%. Keep the estate tax. Maintain Obama era corporate tax. Infrastructure: Greatly increase funding for infrastructure and do more projects. Support high speed rail for short and medium distance routes and greater public transportation investment. Modernise our aging utilities. Government and markets should cooperate to research better technologies. College: Support greater financial support for low income students but not sold on full on free college. Healthcare: Reinstate the weakened provisions of Obamacare and support a public option. Welfare: Support maintaining the safety net while also encouraging those on welfare to find jobs and making it easier to. Unions: Do not restrict the right for workers to join a union, do not require it. Environment: Take greater action on the environment and climate change. Restrictions on pollutants and greenhouse gas, possibly support carbon tax. Tax credits to energy companies which use renewable energy along with government investment, plan to phase out fossil fuels entirely. Support Paris Agreement. Free Markets: Support the market economy. There should be regulation to protect the populace but alternatives to the market economy have proven ineffective. Foreign Policy: Trade: Support free trade and enter more trade agreements. While we shouldn't let ourselves be screwed over, most trade deals are beneficial to us and create jobs. The economy of today is a global one, and turning our backs on it will only cause harm. NATO/Allies: Stand by our allies in NATO and others such as Australia, Japan, South Korea and whatnot. The idea of leaving NATO is ridiculous. Having strong allies is mutually beneficial. War and Diplomacy: War should be a last resort, but may sometimes be necessary. Our foreign policy should be focused on diplomatic solutions and building positive relationships with the world. Global Cooperation: The US should be an active and positive member of the global community. We should take part in world humanitarian, scientific, and economic cooperation. Doing so will improve international relations and humanity in general. Strongly support the UN. Military Spending: We don't need to spend as much as we do. We could reduce spending a decent amount and still have the most powerful military in the world. Doing so would benefit other areas.
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