Democratic

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  Large government programmes are needed to help the poorest out of poverty
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  big government can enable, not restrict, individual freedom and enterprise
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  higher taxes on the wealthiest are acceptable to fund social welfare programmes
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  the 2020 tax policy pledged Democrats will take action to reverse the Trump Administration's tax cuts benefiting the wealthiest Americans and rewarding corporations for shipping american jobs overseas. We will make the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes
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  there should be an expansion of affordable healthcare to all Americans
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  It is a disgrace that millions of Americans cannot afford health insurance
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  civil rights for minorities should be embraces and extended, including those for LGBTQ+
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  some groups may need legal and financial support to help them against discrimination - affirmative action
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  there is a strong support for pro-choice legal protections and for nation wide provision for women to access abortions
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  Roe v Wade should never have been repealed by the Supreme court
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  The separation between church and state is essential to the US way of life and its constitution, and religious views should not dictate government policy
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  gun control measures need to be improved
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  though the 2nd amendment protects the right to own guns, this does not mean that there should not be stricter laws controlling who gets to own a gun and who can sell them
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  support for the Supreme Court candidates who favour a living and judicial activist position to the constitution
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  the constitution is a document that was intended to be interpreted and provides a source for discovering new rights and protections beyond those explicitly states
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  a diverse multicultural and multi-faith USA is not just a reality but something to celebrate
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  humane and sensible immigration law should be introduced including support for measures such as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and a DREAM act which reularises the status of most current illegal immigrants living and working in the USA
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  there should be reforms to policing in particular with regard to racial issues - after George Floyd murder in 2020
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  the USA should work with international organisations and cooperate with other nations on global issues such as climate change and nuclear proliferation
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  environmentalism and climate change are very real and imminent dangers
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  the USA needs a Green 'New Deal' and urgently