Jill Stein
Historical Details
Position on Issues
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
"Immigrants have long given vitality to America. Today's immigrants should not be discriminated against by those of us who are descended from immigrants, many of whom similarly were undocumented or 'illegal.' I will resolve the current crisis in immigration while respecting human rights and economic justice. Undocumented immigrants will be offered a path to citizenship."
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
Supports Constitutional amendment to override Citizens United v. FEC decision. "Elections driven by big money will never produce a government that fights for ordinary people. I strongly support the Move to Amend campaign and overturning Citizens United v. FEC."
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
"For public safety, gun ownership should be appropriately regulated."
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
"Taxes on pollution to encourage clean-up and prevent polluters from imposing costs on the rest of society."
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Candidate's Website, 2010
"It's time to bring marijuana under a legal regulatory framework. Our current approach to the regulation of marijuana is a failure. It has resulted in a massive black market that is creating violence in our communities and pouring millions of dollars each year into the pockets of criminal supply networks. Taxpayers are footing the bill for ineffective law enforcement efforts and unnecessary judicial expenses. And the most that can be achieved is to keep a few people from purchasing an herb that appears to be much less harmful than alcohol or tobacco." (2010 Gubernatorial Campaign Website, no longer online)
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"Set a $15/hour federal minimum wage, with indexing."
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
"I will move our economy speedily toward clean, renewable energy. We will stop subsidizing and expanding polluting fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Instead we will create a surge of jobs in clean renewable energy and conservation - as we simultaneously improve the health of people, communities, the economy and the environment."
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
Supports reduced defense spending, increased funding related to the environment, higher corporate taxes, higher capital gains taxes, higher inheritance taxes, and lower payroll taxes.
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
Pro-choice: "Real choice must include more than the choice of whether or not to have an abortion, and must begin with an informed choice about preventing unintended pregnancy. By providing all women with reproductive health care and family planning, as part of a program of health care as a human right, we can greatly reduce the need for abortion."
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"Women are still being paid far less. Women-headed households have a 40 percent poverty rate relative to the 15 percent poverty rate among the general population. So, we have a critical problem."
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
"I will cut health care costs - a major, growing driver of the budget deficit - by cutting the wasteful, expensive administrative overhead of private insurance through a cost-saving Medicare-for-all system. I will also save money through bulk purchasing of pharmaceuticals, preventive care, community-based health infrastructure (including sound nutrition, safe bikepaths and sidewalks, and prevention of harmful pollution) and by drastically reducing medical inflation."
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
"America's experience shows that capital punishment does not effectively stop crimes from being committed. And our judicial system makes mistakes, killing people who are innocent. It's time to move beyond capital punishment, to abolish it, and to instead use life imprisonment as the most severe form of sentencing for those who cannot be trusted to live in common society."
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
Does not support the current system of schools competing for federal grants.
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
"This proposal to turn our Social Security system over to private corporations would lead to huge losses for retirees who depend on Social Security. And it would create investment risks that cannot be tolerated in our Social Security program."
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"Strengthen rather than cut Medicare and Social Security. Remove the cap on Social Security taxes above a certain level of income."
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
"I will replace ACA with improved Medicare-for-all, which provides quality care while saving money. ACA makes a profit-driven system even more expensive by adding complexity ('exchanges') to an already massive bureaucracy. Crafted by insurers, it provides $400 billion in taxpayer subsidies for stripped-down policies that enrich insurers while forcing consumers to buy the inadequate plans through a mandate. Costs continue to skyrocket, as seen with the Massachusetts plan (on which ACA is based), impoverishing consumers, businesses and government while draining resources from safety-net hospitals and threatening care for tens of millions who will remain uninsured."
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
"All people are entitled to full civil and human rights in America. My administration will defend those rights for everyone, regardless of race, religion, culture, gender, or sexual preference."
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"In fact, birth control should not be up to your employer, nor should vaccinations or blood transfusions or any other aspect of healthcare that might be objected to on religious grounds. Healthcare is a human right."
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
"My Green New Deal program will create 25 million jobs to end our unemployment crisis, bring economic security to all Americans, and move toward a renewable energy economy. Unemployed workers will be able to simply go to a local "employment office" to find work when the private sector does not provide it. Green jobs will make our communities sustainable economically, socially and environmentally by expanding clean manufacturing, sustainable agriculture, public transportation and clean renewable energy, as well as providing jobs in education, affordable housing and social services. This is an investment that will pay for itself many times over."
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"We will honor the right to a tuition-free, quality public education from pre-school through college at public institutions. And we will forgive student loan debt left over from the current era of unaffordable college education."
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Project Vote Smart Survey, 2012
"My top priority is to create a full employment green economy. This will end the recession, combat climate change, and reduce federal deficits (by restoring tax revenues). I will implement a Medicare-for-all insurance system, which guarantees care while reducing wasteful bureaucratic overhead, pharmaceutical profiteering, and medical inflation. And I will invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy. Start-up costs for these programs will be covered by cutting unnecessary military spending and requiring wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share of taxes. Ultimately, expenses will be more than paid for by savings."
