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Issue Position Comparison

Issue	Green Party	Republicans	Democrats
Invasion and Occupation of Iraq	Oppose	Support	Support
Patriot Act	Oppose	Support	Support
Invasion of Afghanistan	Oppose	Supported	Supported
Kosovo War	Opposed	Supported	Supported
Military Budget	Reduce	Increase	Increase
Israeli Occupation of West Bank and Gaza.	Oppose	Support	Support
Global Warming - Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions	Support	Oppose	Oppose and Failed to Act.
Right to Choose	Support	Oppose	Support (?)
National Health Insurance	Support single-payer national health insurance	Oppose	Oppose
Clean Water	Support	Oppose	Weak Support
Death Penalty	Oppose	Support	Support
Labor: Wages and Unions	Support	Oppose Workers	Minimal Support
(Global) Corporate Power Trade Agreements and Institutions (NAFTA, FTAA, CAFTA, WTO)	Restrict	Expand	Expand
Real Campaign Finance Reform & Publicly Financed Elections	Support	Oppose	Oppose
Electoral Reforms & Democracy	Support	Oppose	Oppose
2000 Florida Election - Congressional Investigation	Support	Oppose	Oppose
Reform the Presidential Debate Commission	Support	Oppose	Oppose
Strict Standards on GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)	Support	Oppose	Oppose
Corporate Agriculture	Oppose	Support	Support
Drug War	Oppose	Support	Support
Telecommunications Deregulation - Giveaway of public broadcast spectrum to private companies.	Opposed to Deregulation	Supported	Supported
Bank Deregulation and Banking Reform	Opposed to bank deregulation.	Supported bank deregulation.	Supported bank deregulation.
Increased Accounting Oversight	Always Supported	Oppose	Opposed until the Enron scandal broke.
Other issues on which most Republicans and most Democrats agree -- and Greens disagree	Plan Colombia The bombing of Iraqi civilians Refusal to ban landmines Privatization of prisons, other public services and resources Severe penalties for marijuana Big corporate mergers and Wall Street bail-outs Forest logging giveaways Powerful agribusiness lobbies instead of family farms Uncontrolled bio-engineering Increased wiretaps and other surveillance The Defense of Marriage Act
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