OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Andy Martin: Strongly opposed to abortion.
Virgil Goode: Zero funding for Planned Parenthood.
Gary Johnson: No federal funding for stem cell research.
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Budget & Economy
Roseanne Barr: Federal Reserve stole our money and our future.
Virgil Goode: Balance the budget now, not in 10 years, by cutting agencies.
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Civil Rights
Roseanne Barr: Laws should not restrict people on whom they can love.
Roseanne Barr: Racial profiling is not American.
Barack Obama: Same-sex couples should be allowed to marry.
Barack Obama: No federal laws should hinder state-based same-sex marriage.
Virgil Goode: No gay marriage; no gay civil unions.
Buddy Roemer: Protect sexual preference; decide gay marriage by each state.
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Corporations
Rocky Anderson: End the legal concept of corporate "personhood".
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Crime
Virgil Goode: Capital punishment for certain murders.
Gary Johnson: 1994: Proponent of death penalty, but willing to debate it.
Gary Johnson: Death penalty as a public policy is flawed.
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Drugs
Roseanne Barr: End all Drug Wars; stop monopoly of subsidized prisons.
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Education
Roseanne Barr: Forgive all student loans; they're debt slavery.
Virgil Goode: End the federal Department of Education.
Buddy Roemer: Competition & choice are antidotes to flab & irrelevance.
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Energy & Oil
Andy Martin: Strongly oppose cap-and-trade.
Virgil Goode: Drill in Alaska, in continental US, and off our coasts.
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Environment
Roseanne Barr: Corporations befoul our food and water supply.
Ron Paul: Eliminate the ineffective EPA.
Mitt Romney: Replace "green jobs" program with American competitiveness.
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Families & Children
Michele Bachmann: Leading advocate for foster and adopted children.
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Foreign Policy
Andy Martin: I understand and believe in American Exceptionalism.
Roseanne Barr: Self-determination and right of return for Palestinians.
Virgil Goode: Curtail expenditures to the United Nations.
Gary Johnson: No foreign aid spending unless it protects U.S. interests.
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Free Trade
Virgil Goode: No North American Union; preserve our sovereignty.
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Government Reform
Andy Martin: Operation Greylord: led to 80 corrupt judiciary convictions.
Roseanne Barr: Ballot Access in all 50 states; end Electoral College.
Virgil Goode: Term limits for US House & Senate.
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Gun Control
Andy Martin: Strongly support First and Second Amendment.
Virgil Goode: Co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus.
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Health Care
Virgil Goode: End ObamaCare; support tort reform.
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Homeland Security
Andy Martin: I believe in strong national defense.
Roseanne Barr: Military Industrial Complex is our shadow government.
Virgil Goode: Cut defense spending, but not veterans benefits.
Gary Johnson: Let the PATRIOT Act expire; respect habeas corpus.
Gary Johnson: Due process at Guantanamo; no torture of terrorist suspects.
Buddy Roemer: No more "oil duty" for Marines: stronger but more focused.
Buddy Roemer: Patriot Act ok after full debate and temporary modifications.
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Immigration
Virgil Goode: Stop illegal aliens & terrorists on our Southern border.
Virgil Goode: End anchor babies and reduce legal immigration.
Jill Stein: Provide a legal path to citizenship for immigrant residents.
Gary Johnson: 2 year grace period for illegals to get work visas.
Gary Johnson: 1 strike & you're out for legal immigrants who violate terms.
Buddy Roemer: The border needs to be sealed, with no amnesty.
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Social Security
Virgil Goode: Preserve and protect Social Security.
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Tax Reform
Virgil Goode: Eliminate the Death Tax; institute modified FairTax.
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Technology
Rick Santorum: Moon base is fiscal insanity.
Rick Santorum: Moon colony is fiscal insanity during debt crisis.
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War & Peace
Andy Martin: Strong opponent of Iraq invasion beginning in 2002.
Virgil Goode: Come home from Afghanistan now.
Jill Stein: End the Oil Wars.
Buddy Roemer: Avoid occupying foreign lands: too expensive & too deadly.
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