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ARMS CONTROL: In favor of research, butnot deployment of SDI. Calls for a 50 precentreduction of strategic weapons. CENTRALAMERICA: Opposes any aid to the contras.Supports Arias peace plan. DEFICIT: Willreduce the deficit by up to $40 billion per yearby freezing military spending and imposing an oilimport fee. EDUCATION: Says federalgovernment should give matching funds to parentswho invest money in accounts specifically fortheir children's education. TAXES: Favors a$5-a-barrel oil import fee, against raising taxes.TRADE: Sponsored legislation that allowsthe U.S. government to place tarrifs on theproducts of any nation that fails to provide fairtrade opportunities...
ARMS CONTROL: Supports SDI research butopposes deployment. Against nuclear testing andchemical weapons. CENTRAL AMERICA: Opposesmilitary aid to the contras but supportshumanitarian aid. Supports Arias plan.DEFICIT: In favor of a balanced budgetamendment. Will not cut defense spending, but willcut unnecessary programs and waste in the defensedepartment. Would impose a progressive tax as alast resort. EDUCATION: Calls for morestudent loans and a longer school year. Saysfederal government should fund at least 10 percentof national education expenditures. TAXES:Would support luxury tax and increase tax oninherited stock. May consider an import tax.TRADE: Opposes Gephardt amendment. Againstprotectionist policies except in extreme cases ofunfair practices...
ARMS CONTROL: Supports limited researchon SDI, but not deployment. Against nucleartesting and calls for cuts in superfluous nuclearweapons. CENTRAL AMERICA: Against contraaid, supports Arias peace plan. DEFICIT:Will raise taxes to reduce budget deficit. Opposesbalanced budget amendment. EDUCATION:Favors federal grants to school districts forimproving science, math and foreign languageeducation, and grants to business for instructionin technology. TAXES: Will raise taxes onfamilies earning more than $200,000, increaseliquor and tobacco taxes, and supports a$10-per-barrel oil import tax. TRADE:Against all protectionist policies, calls fortightening sanctions against nations that violatefree trade practices...
ARMS CONTROL: Opposes SDI. Will cut allnuclear testing and withdraw a third of all U.S.troops based in Europe. CENTRAL AMERICA:Opposes aid to the contras and favors the Ariaspeace plan. DEFICIT: Would raise taxes onthe wealthy and cut defense spending. Suggestsforming an American investment bank that wouldborrow from private pension funds to financepublic programs. EDUCATION: Would combatilliteracy and improve standard of education byincreasing federal funding by $10 billion dollars.TAXES: Will keep the 38.5 percent incometax bracket and implement an oil import tax andexcise tax on luxury goods. Would severely limitdeductions for business meals and entertainment.TRADE: Favors the Gephardt amendment, butacknowleges...
ARMS CONTROL: Opposes SDI. CENTRALAMERICA: Against aid to the contras, supportsthe Arias and Contadora peace plans.DEFICIT: Supports a balanced budgetamendment. Would cut defense spending and lowerthe unemployment and interest rates to reduce thebudget. EDUCATION: Seeks to attackilliteracy, first, by increasing beginningsalaries for grade school teachers. TAXES:Would raise taxes for individuals earning morethan $100,000 a year. Calls for a $5-per-barreloil-import fee and luxury taxes on alcohol andtobacco. TRADE: Opposes the Gephardtamendment. Sponsored legislation that would punishspecific industries that practice unfair trade...