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EndElectoral

(4,213 posts)
Sun Dec 20, 2015, 12:43 PM Dec 2015

What Significant Questions the Primaries have raised?

Foreign Policy
1. What is your tolerance for regime change of despots who have not invaded the US?
2. How much does the Iraq War decisions by candidates impact your vote?
3. How can ISIL be defeated without significant US armed ground forces?
4. What is the financial cost to defeat ISIL, how will it be paid for without tax increases, and how much does a single bomb dropped cost?

Finance and Wall Street

1. Does accepting significant amounts of money from banks and Wall Street firms compromise your ability to police such firms?
2. Should investment banks and commercial banks be separate? Essentially the Glass-Steagall question

Trade
1. Do our trade agreements benefit big business more than American workers and is the TPP support one such agreement?

Insurance
1. Is single payer Medicare a better solution going forward than the ACA?

Climate
1. Why does the media barely ask about this issue?

DNC and allegations of Favoritism
1. Why were so few debates scheduled and at off peak hours for viewership? Still have not heard this answered by DWS.
2. Is their favoritism between the DNC and Hilary Clinton?
3. Why are there so many problems with the IT firm in terms of security and why are they still hired?

Guns
1. How can legitimate gun legislation get passed with recent decisions by the Supreme Court expanding 2nd amendment rights for individuals?

College
1. How much relief should students get for college going forward?

There are many other issues, but these questions jumped out at me, and the answers have helped formulate the candidate of my choice.

After reviewing them I am supporting Sanders who comes closest to answering them to my satisfaction.

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