Abigail Freeman's opinions about popular issues in the United States.

Abortion:

  • 100% woman’s choice
  • government plays no role whatsoever
  • potential for life starts at conception, but a fertilized embryo should not be used interchangeably with “baby” or “living human”
  •  supports adoption centers and advocates for Plan B one step
  • no age limit on abortions, no matter the age, it is only the choice of the carrier of the baby
  • late term abortions only acceptable if the fetus or mother is at serious health risk
  • abortion is NOT birth control, it is a sad thing for many women and cannot be used loosely and irresponsibly.

 

Budget and Economy

  • Government action should strive to solve problems with recession, not necessarily meaning tax-cuts

  • Promote small businesses and job opportunities

  • minimum wage increase happens before Congressional salary increase

  • Strongly believe in paying off national debts to protect next generations

  • short term economy fixes are helpful but not enough, government action should focus more on long term solutions

  • economy is not working for middle and lower class families, we need to take a different route.

  • Workers compensation is important

 

Civil Rights

  • we have come a long way on race and minorities, but we are not yet we need to be   

  • human rights are women rights and women rights are human rights.

  • apologize for the past, but crack down on civil rights now.

  • We will never go back to the past, but we will always be moving towards the future.

-Gay rights

  • Whether parents choose to discuss gay rights and the civility of being gay is entirely in their control

  • government should not play a part in how parents raise their children and nurture their children’s beliefs, except for laws that keep children safe in their homes

  • 2004-2006: defended gay and same sex marriage.

  • voted NO on constitutional ban on same sex marriage and gay individuals holding federal offices

  • voted YES on adding sexuality to the definition of hate crimes.



Welfare and Poverty

  • Establish a National Affordable Housing trust fund
  • Against criminalizing the homeless
  • Make sure the economy works for everyone
  • fully fund Americorps
  • tax credits to promote home ownership in poor areas
  • welfare reform was necessary despite flaws

 

Jobs

  • no salary increase for congress until minimum wage is increased
  • america can afford to increase minimum wage
  • voted yes on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks
  • protect overtime pay protections

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Foreign Policy

-as a first world country, we have an obligation to support third world countries

-increase aid to prevent humanitarian crisis in poor countries

  • Immigration

    • support strong funding for international development

    • Voted NO on preventing immigrants from entering the country

    • Voted MAYBE on raising the funds granted to immigrants upon their entrance to the country

  • Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

    • Voted NO on sending troops into ISIS

      • “ If we engage in ground war in Iraq and Syria, we are handing ISIS everything they want on a silver platter. All of a sudden we will have thousands of Muslims being tortured by ISIS, but who will fight with them because they hate Americans more. “

    • Voted NO on air strikes.

      • “ISIS is playing smart. If we join Britain and send in more airstrikes, we might get one muslim and kill four school students at the same time.”

    • greatest concern (for the US) in the Middle East is oil

    • with ISIS, we are in one of the the most complicated positions we have ever been put in

  • China

    • working towards transferring all of our jobs into the United States to create more job opportunities in our own country

    • We owe China a lot of money and they are not people we want to be in an argument with. Navigate carefully

    • Not to say that we can’t call them out on things they are doing wrong. In fact they will most likely respect they.

    • for example they criticize authoritarianism with woman and children

 

Education

  • number one issue within public schools is not curriculum or negligence within staff (though there certainly is), it is poverty within the families attending

  • government support to public education is vital and should never stop

  • if anything funding should increase

  • arts and after school programs should be stressed in all schools



Environment


  • funding for alternative energy

  • more recycling plants and recycle pick up companies

  • state laws constricting amount of pollution made by factories

  • more awareness for global warming, pollution, and waste

  • tax credits for owning a smart car and having home solar panels

  • global warming is real and people who don’t think its real are ignoring a serious and imposing problem.


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