Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Democratic / Republican issues

Below you’ll find the issues that concern the parties as found on their respective websites. House Democrats are concerned about 15 major issues, Republicans 5 issues. Obviously the Democrats are being more comprehensive then the Republicans. Both parties are focused on 4 issues but with different goals in mind.









Democrats





  1. (preserving and creating)
    Jobs & Economy


  2. National Security (broader)

  3. Health care (broader)

  4. No comment on taxes

  5. Our children's education

  6. Civil rights

  7. Equal protection under the law

  8. Human rights

  9. Immigration

  10. Native American initiative

  11. Retirement

  12. Science & technology

  13. Environment

  14. Veterans

  15. Voting rights

  16. Children





Republicans





  1. Creating jobs in a changing
    economy


  2. The war on terror (specific)

  3. Strengthening Medicare (specific)

  4. Tax relief for working Americans

  5. Our children's education

  6. Don't care about civil rights

  7. Don't care about equal protection

  8. Don't care about human rights

  9. Don't care about immigration

  10. Don't care about Native American's

  11. Don't care about retirement

  12. Don't care about science

  13. Don't care about environment

  14. Don't care about veterans

  15. Don't care about voting rights

  16. Don't care about children's issues


I’ll be keeping my eye on these issues in future posts. Words in italic
are by me.