Kalb for Congress
Comparison Sheet |
| Kalb |
Larsen |
| Jobs: Supports
aggressive reinvestment in jobs in the U.S., ending NAFTA, CAFTA &
pulling out of the WTO, and a vibrant 'green' jobs program |
Jobs: Continues
to support the NAFTA, CAFTA & WTO “free” trade
policies that have sent our jobs overseas, while insisting jobs are
his top priority |
| Health Care: Supports a single-payer, expanded “Medicare for All”
healthcare system, covering every American citizen while saving
taxpayers billions of dollars a year. |
Health Care: Against a single-payer healthcare system, choosing instead to
support a system that keeps for-profit insurance industry in control
of healthcare and forces all Americans to buy health insurance from
them. |
| Iraq/Afghanistan: Supports bringing all troops home now, while helping rebuild the
infrastructure destroyed by the U.S. military, and re-directing 20%
of military spending abroad to rebuild infrastructure here at home. |
Iraq/Afghanistan: Supports keeping U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Voted for
every military spending bill unquestioningly since the Iraq
invasion. |
| Veterans: Supports
access to good quality healthcare and good jobs for all returning
veterans. Has consistently spoken out against sending troops into
illegal and immoral conflicts that serve corporations, not
democracy. |
Veterans: Supports veterans when they return from their service, but has
supported the creation of far more injured veterans than there
should be. |
| Environment: Supports a 'Green New Deal' to fund job creation in jobs that are
economically and environmentally sustainable, addressing climate
change in a real way, and protecting our water, land and air.
Against funding roads in the Tongass National Forest (rainforest)
for timber harvesting. |
Environment: Supports oil drilling, offers no 'green' jobs program, supports
endless war, which consumes huge quantities of fossil fuels, causes
global warming, and pollutes water supplies overseas. Supports
funding roads in the Tongass National Forest (rainforest) for timber
harvesting. |
Election Reform: Strongly supports publicly-funded elections and would sponsor the
Fair Elections Now Act.
| Election Reform: Against publicly-funded elections and refuses to support the
Fair Elections Now Act. |
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Internet: Strongly
supports equal access to the internet (“net neutrality”).
| Internet: Against
equal access to the internet. |
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Banking: Strongly supports regulation to prevent toxic investments.
| Banking: Against
regulation to prevent toxic investments. |
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Balanced Taxation: Against elimination of the estate tax.
| Balanced Taxation: Voted to eliminate the estate tax, costing billions to American
taxpayers. |
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Bankruptcy/Foreclosures: Supports helping struggling Americans to keep their homes and to
avoid having to declare bankruptcy.
| Bankruptcy/Foreclosures: Supports financial institutions that caused Americans to lose their
homes; Voted to make it harder for individual Americans to declare
bankruptcy. |
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