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<blockquote data-quote="ElvisFan42" data-source="post: 28433352" data-attributes="member: 156042"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1. Immediately end all political foreign aid. Immediately scale back humanitarian foreign aid.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Ending all foreign aid would be catastropic.</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2. Adopt a strict policy of non-intervention with respect to foreign conflicts. The US will only get involved in military conflicts if said conflicts demonstrably and substantially affect us.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>I like this, but like too many things written in English, it's open to interpretation, demonstrably and substantially can be made from many things.</em></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">3. Recognize an absolute, unrestricted right to abortion, as well as a personal right to die.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><strong>Unrestricted</strong> right to abortion? No, right to die, yes.</em></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">4. Repeal any and all laws banning private, adult drug use.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Absolutely not.</em></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">5. Promote global free trade (including with countries that have poor human rights records) and eliminate as many tariffs as feasible.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>No way. It's not an equal playing field out there, tariffs help balance it.</em></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">6. End all forms of torture and end all forms of the death penalty.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Nope. <strong>Convicted</strong> terrorists (I assume that's what you are referring to) may have valueable information and severe interrogation can be very valueable. People eligible for the death penalty put themselves in that position.</em></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">7. Expand domestic oil drilling (especially ANWR), raise fuel efficiency standards and explore non-Middle Eastern foreign oil sources.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Fine as long as the environment is protected. At the same time, explore alternative fuels.</em></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">8. Repeal any and all obscenity/indecency laws.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Any and all? No.</em></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">9. Repeal any and all laws regulating private, consensual, adult sexual activity.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>This one is good.</em></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">10. Transform healthcare from a public obligation to a private responsibility.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Nope, can't go with this one.</em></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ElvisFan42, post: 28433352, member: 156042"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]1. Immediately end all political foreign aid. Immediately scale back humanitarian foreign aid.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][I]Ending all foreign aid would be catastropic.[/I] 2. Adopt a strict policy of non-intervention with respect to foreign conflicts. The US will only get involved in military conflicts if said conflicts demonstrably and substantially affect us. [I]I like this, but like too many things written in English, it's open to interpretation, demonstrably and substantially can be made from many things.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=arial][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]3. Recognize an absolute, unrestricted right to abortion, as well as a personal right to die.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][I][B]Unrestricted[/B] right to abortion? No, right to die, yes.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=arial][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]4. Repeal any and all laws banning private, adult drug use.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][I]Absolutely not.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=arial][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]5. Promote global free trade (including with countries that have poor human rights records) and eliminate as many tariffs as feasible.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][I]No way. It's not an equal playing field out there, tariffs help balance it.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=arial][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]6. End all forms of torture and end all forms of the death penalty.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][I]Nope. [B]Convicted[/B] terrorists (I assume that's what you are referring to) may have valueable information and severe interrogation can be very valueable. People eligible for the death penalty put themselves in that position.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=arial][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]7. Expand domestic oil drilling (especially ANWR), raise fuel efficiency standards and explore non-Middle Eastern foreign oil sources.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][I]Fine as long as the environment is protected. At the same time, explore alternative fuels.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=arial][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]8. Repeal any and all obscenity/indecency laws.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][I]Any and all? No.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=arial][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]9. Repeal any and all laws regulating private, consensual, adult sexual activity.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][I]This one is good.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]10. Transform healthcare from a public obligation to a private responsibility.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][I]Nope, can't go with this one.[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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