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from OnTheIssues interviews with presidential candidates (number of quotes indicated):
- Brian Moore (37)
- Harry Browne (17)
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Abortion
Brian Moore: Right to free abortion on demand at any stage of pregnancy.
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Budget & Economy
Brian Moore: Socialize all financial & insurance institutions.
Harry Browne: Budget surplus is over-taxation, so return it all.
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Civil Rights
Brian Moore: Ban military tribunals, and restore habeas corpus.
Brian Moore: Promote a multicultural/multiethnic presence.
Brian Moore: Blacks & women have been historically discriminated against.
Harry Browne: President should stay out of questions of gay marriage.
Harry Browne: Flag burning is protected political speech.
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Corporations
Brian Moore: Eliminate corporate welfare, then eliminate corporations.
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Crime
Brian Moore: Abolish the death penalty.
Brian Moore: Base justice system on mediation and rehabilitation.
Harry Browne: Mandatory sentencing takes jail space from real criminals.
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Drugs
Brian Moore: Decriminalize drug use; de-fund war on drugs.
Harry Browne: Drug War makes streets a war zone.
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Education
Brian Moore: Too much emphasis on high tech in classrooms.
Brian Moore: Fully fund libraries & museums to preserve culture.
Brian Moore: Full and equal funding of public education.
Harry Browne: Separation of school & state: No Ten Commandments.
Harry Browne: Federal involvement in schools doesn’t work.
Harry Browne: Give parents “total” control over school selection.
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Energy & Oil
Brian Moore: Develop solar, geothermal, wind, hydropower and biomass.
Brian Moore: Phase out nuclear power; rejoin Kyoto Protocol.
Harry Browne: Global Warming inconclusive; too much political agenda.
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Environment
Brian Moore: Require companies to clean up their own toxic waste.
Harry Browne: Protect environment via private property ownership.
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Families & Children
Brian Moore: 16 months paid maternity & paternity leave.
Harry Browne: Families are the first dept. of Housing, Education & Welfare.
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Foreign Policy
Brian Moore: Large-scale transfer of technology to developing countries.
Brian Moore: Corporate interests are the cause of most wars.
Harry Browne: Nuclear espionage results from over-large bureaucracy.
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Free Trade
Brian Moore: Withdraw from NAFTA, FTAA, WTO, and IMF.
Harry Browne: Replace WTO & NAFTA with uniformly low tariffs.
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Government Reform
Brian Moore: Public financing of campaigns, with free TV access.
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Gun Control
Brian Moore: Right to bear arms needed for oppressed people.
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Health Care
Brian Moore: National health care system for all citizens.
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Homeland Security
Brian Moore: Close down all foreign military bases.
Brian Moore: Close down the DHS and repeal the Patriot Act.
Brian Moore: Reduce terrorist threat by ending foreign exploitation.
Harry Browne: We have strong offense & weak defense-switch it.
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Immigration
Brian Moore: End the militarization of the US/Mexican border.
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Jobs
Brian Moore: Unemployment compensation at 100% of previous income.
Brian Moore: 30-hour work week with 6-weeks annual paid vacation.
Brian Moore: Militant labor action for social ownership of production.
Brian Moore: Set minimum wage of $15 per hour and index upward.
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Principles & Values
Brian Moore: Abolition all forms of domination and exploitation.
Harry Browne: Libertarians lay out goals and let you plan your own life.
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Social Security
Brian Moore: Retirement at age 55 with $25,000 annual income.
Harry Browne: Budget surplus doesn’t exist-it’s all the Trust Fund.
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Tax Reform
Brian Moore: Steeply graduated income tax and estate tax.
Harry Browne: End income tax & replace it with nothing.
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Technology
Brian Moore: Massive federal investment in infrastructure.
Brian Moore: Transfer interstate highway funding to high-speed rail.
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War & Peace
Brian Moore: End wars by removing greed motivation & cultural alienation.
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Welfare & Poverty
Brian Moore: Eliminate poverty by eliminating for-profit system.
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