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Abortion: I would turn this into a regulated medical practice. It would be up to the states to decide if they allowed it or not but the ones that do should have these limitations. 1) Abortion will not be an alternitive to birth Control. 2) an abortion can only be given if the life of the mother is at risk. 3) in cases of rape, the female should just take the morning after pill and avoid the situation all together.
I would encourage adoption over abortion any day, but i understand how many females wish to choose for themselves.
War on Terror: The first step is to begin paying off the massive debt this war has caused. The WOT is the first one ever to be paid for on credit. I would start a WarBond campain similer to what was done in WWII and I would encourage competitive war time industry. Not giving out big contracts to individual companies. Then I would prepose a plan to withdraw troops within 2 years. Democracy cannot be spread by the barrel of a gun. I would put pressure on the Iraqi government by setting dates for certain benchmarks to be required to be met. once they vote to send us home, i would tie up the loose ends and bring our boys and girls home that month.
Further, I would prepose a UN trade embargo on Iran and North Korea. I would try to make it so their economies won't be able to function if they continue down their path toward realizing Nuclear Ambitions.
Global Warming: I would divert the money we spend on BIG OIL and put it to finding and developing a clean, alternitive fuel source that can be massed produced at a low cost. By ending the relationship with BIG OIL, the car companies would find it to their advantage to develope cars that run on alternitive fuels at a lower cost than what cars sell for now. once that is achieved, i would increase the tax for owning a gasoline powered car and give tax incentives for those who have cars that run on electricity or hydrogen.
Immigration: I would create a National registry of immigrants from all countries. If we find a person who is here illigally, we deport them and send them to the back of the immigration line. I would operate on the "three strikes you're out" rule. here are the punishments for illigal citizens
1st time) You are put on a watch list, deported, and made to stand in the line like eveyone else.
2nd time) You are fined, you're home country is fined, and you are deported again
3rd time) You are put on an international black-list, your home country is fined a larger amount, and you will be unable to get a job in any country but the one you are from.
Here are the punishments i would have for companies and buisnesses caught employing an illegal immigrant:
1) Company is fined $100 for every illegal immigrant they employ
2) Company is fined $500 for every illegal immigrant they employ and the person in-charge of the hiring is fined $100 and loses their job.
3) the company's management or person in-charge of the hiring is fined $500, given 2months jail time, and loses their job.
Public Schools: NCLB is repealed because it holds our bright students back, current affairs would be mandatory for all highschools to offer as an elective. and teachers would be given an increase in salary by 25% for those who have worked in the education field for 5 years. same core classes (History, English, Math, and Science) up to 10th grade and then only math and Science would be mandatory).
Drug War: None of the current illegal drugs would be leagalized. Alcolhol would be lowered to 18.
Guantanimo Bay: I would expand it. It is a POW camp and POWs have no rights other than those stated by the Geneva Convention. Torture would be unacceptable, but rougher methods than what the local police use would be okay. I would also have a spy ring inside it to find out information spoken between the prisoners.
Social Security: Done away with. I'd give a full refund to those who put money into it and have people put their money in a savings account. after that, it's up to individual companies to have pension and retirement plans.
That pretty much sums up my political beliefs. For the ones I didn't talk about, im not informed enough on the issue.
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