Republicans
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Democrats
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My Approach
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Achieve district offices by manipulating voting districts in their favor |
Achieve district offices by manipulating voting districts in their favor |
Multi-member districts – top 5 candidates have voting strength based on number of votes they receive. Virtually all voters get represented. |
Seeking to limit voting to their constituents by all legal and illegal means |
Seek to maximize their votes by making everyone legal and encourage voting multiple times |
Anyone with legal residence or paying property taxes in a district may vote for any office that votes on tax issues. |
Seeking to undo social safety nets |
Support all government programs whether they have any benefit |
Support all voluntary social safety nets |
Run up huge deficits when in power since Reagan |
Will spend as much as they can get away with |
Level of spending is important, not whether there are deficits |
Use the power of government to control people on issues dear to their base |
Use the power of government to control people on issues dear to their base |
Use power of government to punish aggression, theft and fraud |
Use anti-social positions to energize their base |
Demonize all opposition to energize their base. |
Use persuasion to energize their base |
Eager for foreign military adventure |
Depite rhetoric, provides support for foreign military adventures |
Support only defensive military action of land areas in which a majority of people pay US taxes |
Eager for un-necessary military spending |
Supports all domestic military spending whether necessary or not |
Support voluntary funding of military |
Use propaganda to mask their real agenda |
Lie to mask their real agenda |
Lying about and withholding government information should be an impeachable offense |
Favor policies that benefit the rich |
Give lip service to policies that benefit the poor. Truly only care about getting relected. |
Separation of government from the economy |
Happy to socialize big business losses and privatize profit |
Happy to socialize big business losses and confiscate all profit |
Separation of government from the economy |
Against many progressive policy’s first sponsored by moderate Republicans |
For any policy that increases government control of peoples lives |
Support all voluntary and peaceful behavior |
Political power more important than policy that will benefit the population |
Political power more important than policy that will benefit the population |
Support minimizing political power. |
No longer willing to invest in a better future for the US |
Wants to invest other people’s money. Does not measure outcomes |
Supports all voluntary and peaceful behavior |