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Table: Dean vs Kucinich on The Issues
| Issues | Dean | Kucinich |
|---|---|---|
| Universal healthcare | favors, through Medicaid to children & subsidies to business for workers. Cost $88 billion | favors single-payer national plan. Cost $2.2 trillion |
| Rollback of Bush tax cuts | favors | favors |
| Trade | favors free trade | favors bi-lateral trade |
| NAFTA, FTAA, WTO, GATT | favors, with modification | opposes |
| Kyoto Accords | would modify | favors |
| balanced budget amendment | maybe | opposes, though favors debt reduction |
| military spending | favors stabilization | favors reduction |
| land-for-peace Mid-East deal | ambiguous: favors two-state solution, but has connection with rightist AIPAC | favors |
| war in Iraq | opposed, but advocated issuing 60-day ultimatum before the war | opposed |
| war in afghanistan | favored | opposed |
| Patriot Act | favors modification | opposes |
| corporate subsidies | favors reduction | favors elimination |
| public-financed elections | ambiguous, says he favors but tried to eliminate public financing in VT | favors |
| retirement age | wants to raise to 68 | wants to reduce to 65 |
| media deregulation | opposes | opposes |
| renewable energy investments | favors | favors |
| new public works program | favors | favors |
| abortion | pro-choice | pro-choice now, but had solid pro-life voting record until recently |
| death penalty | favors in certain cases | opposes |
| gun control | opposes new federal gun control, thinks it's a state issue | favors |
| affirmative action | favors | favors |
| gay rights | favors equal rights except marriage, favors civil unions | favors equal rights incl. marriage |
| decriminalizing drug use | favors in theory, but killed a medical marijuana bill in Vermont | favors |
| Plan Colombia | favors | opposes |
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