Summary of political beliefs

[KaiserDave]

Copying Parrotguy and Scuto's format since they are cool

Abortion: Easy to access, almost always legal, with exceptions in the third trimester. Work to reduce the amount of abortions with access to contraception and social services. Oppose intact D&E unless mother's life is at risk or the fetus is already dead.
Birth Control: Legal on demand and all the time
Same-Sex Marriage: Total Marriage and Civil Equality.
Legalization of Drugs: Legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana. No jail sentences for any drug possession crimes, yes jail sentences for violent drug related crimes and dealing.
Gun control: Regulate like a car, licensing, proficiency test, background checks, ban on certain munitions and weapons.
Prostitution: Nordic Model
Affirmative Action: Honestly don't know for sure, but needed in some circumstances
Reparations: Big investments in places that need it, baby bonds, social services. Don't use the word "reparations" because that would be dumb.
Police Reform: Make them much more accountable, honestly I'm not sure about the details but there has to be substantial reform, there's something rotten and there has been for decades, especially with corruption and a culture of covering things up. No defund unless you have some seriously bloated budgets, also focuses on demilitarization.
Private Prisons: Awful
Big Tech: Very bad, regulate and break up monopolies.
Free Speech: Great, of course
Patriot Act: Bad, of course
Eminent Domain: Over-used
Immigration: More legal immigration and more refugees! I'm okay with controlling the border philosophically but not interested in sending money down an endless "secure the border" rabbit hole.
Mask Mandates: Opposed in almost all circumstances outside of hospitals and nursing homes.
Vaccine Mandates: Good at a time, no longer necessary
Covid Vaccines: Great achievement of science, I have no problem with receiving a yearly shot.

Free Trade: Largely sound with some exceptions. Or better said, flawed but much better than a system of unilateral trade agreements with tariffs.
Taxes: Progressive income taxes, higher capital gains taxes, much less regressive sales taxes. Redistributive progressive tax system. State property taxes should be gathered into a general fund and then distributed to schools as necessary.
Healthcare: I'm undecided on the exact system, but it should be universal, public, and free or nearly free at the point of purchase.
Social Security: Great raise the cap on social security taxes.
National Debt: No needless tax cuts.
Unions: Great! More private sector unions everywhere, public sector unions should exist but should be treated somewhat differently.
Disability: Public accommodations and living wage benefits.
Tariffs: Very dumb, unless as a foreign policy tool used wisely.
Outsourcing: Inevitable but still should be controlled and addressed where it happens.
Monopolies: Break them up

Foreign Aid: Great
UN Funding: Generally for, with exceptions
WHO: Stay but call out their BS
Paris Deal: Good but not sufficient
Afghanistan: We should have left after ObL was killed and we should have been a lot more clear to the world and too ourselves about what we wanted and aimed for at the start.
Iraq: Evil, never should have happened
Iran: Should have stayed in the nuclear deal, try and make a new one I guess, situation is pretty bad.
Cuba: Normalize Relations
China: Counter their global influence, support Taiwan, the tariffs aren't very smart though.
Russia: Strong pressure, keep up the sanctions, give Ukraine every weapon they ask for.
Section 230: I don't know what this is

CRT: I have no idea what this refers to anymore. Teach kids about racism in an appropriate way.
Evolution: Real
School prayer: Students can pray all they want, staff just can't organize or lead it.
Sallie Mae: I don't know enough, but don't under-regulate.
Free college: Not free, but more affordable
Free School Meals: Yep

Climate Change: The crisis of our times, man-made and already effecting us. Life on Earth is already going to change for the worse massively but we can reduce the damage.
Green New Deal: A patchwork of policies that I support most of
Carbon Tax: Good
Keystone Pipeline: No

2020 Election Lies: They are completely made up out of thin air, they are based on nothing except the ravings of an egotist madman.
Voter ID: Good but only coupled with free and easily accessible IDs and automatic voter registration
Audits: Of elections? Sure, I don't really care.
Term limits: Status quo, but limit judge terms.
DC: Some kind of representation arrangement or statehood.
Puerto Rico: Full statehood
SCOTUS: Term limits, possibly some kind of massive structural reform (SCOTUS picks their own members but has to be unanimous, Senate confirms) but I'm not sure.