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Pros and Cons by Issue
Issue: Abortion
| Q: | Should abortion remain a legal option in America? |
| Q: | Should parental consent be required for pregnant minors to have abortions? |
Issue: China
| Q: | Is China a threat to the US? |
| Q: | Should the US impose economic sanctions on China as an incentive to improve its human rights policies? |
Issue: Criminal Justice
| Q: | Should felons, who have completed their jail time and probation and paid all their fines, be allowed to vote in elections? |
| Q: | Should the US develop programs that focus more on rehabilitation than punishment in order to reduce its rate of incarceration? |
Issue: Darfur
| Q: | Should the US send any American forces, with or without the UN, to the Darfur region of Sudan to stop the genocide? |
Issue: Defense
| Q: | Should the US build its missile defense shield in former Soviet states despite objections from Russia? |
Issue: Economy
| Q: | Is outsourcing jobs to other countries good for America? |
| Q: | Should the US include mandatory regulations for labor rights in free trade agreements? |
| Q: | Has the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) had an overall benefit for the US? |
| Q: | Should the federal government bail out failing US private corporations like it did with Bear Stearns or Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac at taxpayers expense? |
| Q: | Do labor unions provide an overall benefit to workers in the US? |
Issue: Education
| Q: | Has the No Child Left Behind Act been effective at improving public education? |
| Q: | Is the increasing cost of college and university tuition pricing America's middle class out of higher education? |
| Q: | Should the federal government fund school voucher programs? |
| Q: | Should sex education in our schools be based on abstinence only? |
Issue: Election Reform
| Q: | Should voter verified paper audit trails (VVPAT) be mandatory in elections? |
| Q: | Should there be restrictions on campaign contributions? |
| Q: | Should the election campaigns of candidates for public office be publicly financed? |
Issue: Eminent Domain
| Q: | Should federal or state government be allowed to use eminent domain laws to take private property for non-public use? |
Issue: Energy
| Q: | Should drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) be allowed? |
| Q: | Should the US tap into its emergency oil reserves to help bring down the price of gasoline? |
| Q: | Should the US permit more offshore drilling to increase domestic energy supplies? |
| Q: | Should the US build additional nuclear plants? |
| Q: | Should the private ethanol industry be subsidized by the federal government? |
Issue: Environment
| Q: | Should the US ratify an international environmental agreement (such as the Kyoto Protocol) that mandates reductions in carbon emissions? |
| Q: | Should the federal government mandate an increase in fuel efficiency standards for automobiles? |
| Q: | Are humans substantially responsible for global climate change today? |
Issue: Health Care
| Q: | Should all Americans have a right to government or employer subsidized basic health care? |
| Q: | Should Americans be allowed to purchase their prescription drugs from other countries? |
| Q: | Are fast food companies responsible in any way for America's obesity problems? |
Issue: Immigration
| Q: | Are illegal immigrants a net gain to the US economy? |
| Q: | Should illegal aliens receive any of the rights or benefits that lawful permanent residents enjoy? |
| Q: | Should the US build a physical barrier, such as a fence, along the US-Mexico border? |
Issue: Iran
| Q: | Should the US use military force against Iran if Iran does not dismantle its nuclear program? |
| Q: | Should the US be involved in direct negotiations with Iran? |
Issue: Iraq War
| Q: | Was it a mistake to attack Iraq in 2003? |
| Q: | Has the war in Iraq made America safer? |
| Q: | Should the US set a timetable for troop withdrawal in Iraq? |
Issue: Israel
| Q: | Should Israel continue to receive the current level of military and economic aid from the US? |
Issue: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
| Q: | Should the US allow Hamas to join future Israeli-Palestinian negotiations? |
| Q: | Should there be an independent Palestinian state? |
Issue: Marriage
| Q: | Should there be a Constitutional amendment or federal law defining marriage as only between a man and a woman? |
| Q: | Should an affair outside of marriage disqualify a candidate for public office? |
Issue: Medical Marijuana
| Q: | Should marijuana be a medical option? |
| Q: | Should the federal government stop raids against people for using medical marijuana in states where medical marijuana use is legal? |
Issue: National Service
| Q: | Should the US institute a military draft? |
| Q: | Should openly gay people be allowed to serve in the US military? |
| Q: | Should the US mandate military service or civil service like the Peace Corps? |
Issue: Presidential Power
| Q: | Should the US President's powers be expanded to include a line item veto? |
| Q: | Should the unitary executive theory apply to the US President? |
| Q: | Should the Vice-President of the US be considered part of the Executive Branch and thus be subject to the laws and rules governing that branch? |
Issue: Religion
| Q: | Should federal funds be given to faith-based (religious) organizations and initiatives? |
| Q: | Should a candidate's religion matter to voters? |
Issue: Science
| Q: | Should the government continue to fund the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)? |
| Q: | Should Intelligent Design be taught as science in schools? |
Issue: Taxes
| Q: | Should the Bush tax cuts be made permanent? |
| Q: | Should any federal taxes be increased? |
Issue: Turkey
| Q: | Should Turkey be able to enter Iraq or other countries unilaterally in search of its enemies? |
Issue: US Constitution
| Q: | Should the US Constitution and Bill of Rights be altered or updated in any way? |
Issue: War on Terror
| Q: | Should interrogation techniques that some consider torture, such as waterboarding, be a legal option? |
| Q: | Should the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba be closed? |
| Q: | Has the USA PATRIOT Act had an overall benefit for the US? |
| Q: | Should telecommunication companies receive immunity for allowing the government to conduct past warrantless wiretaps? |