Alan Augustson - Business

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The Bush Administration stimulus package will not prevent a recession.

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Green Party Candidate U.S. House of Representatives Fifth District of Illinois http://augustson2008.usmore...

Alan Augustson: Green Party for Congress 2008 - 5th District of Illinois

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'Prevent'? Are people really still talking about 'preventing' a recession?

Stand Taken 11/6/2008 11:38 AM

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Bush Administration policies have had a negative impact on the economy.

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Stand Taken 11/6/2008 11:35 AM

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Governments should not infuse capital directly into failing banks as part of their response to the financial crisis.

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Stand Taken 11/6/2008 11:35 AM

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Union dues should be used for political purposes.

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Unless corporate contributions are also outlawed.

Stand Taken 8/10/2008 4:59 PM

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Call centers should be required to disclose the physical location of their employees.

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But what will you do if you don't like the call center's answer? Call center jobs were shipped overseas to keep our prices down. Will you be willing to pay more to have American service and support?

Stand Taken 8/10/2008 4:57 PM

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The U.S. should not increase the cap on visas for skilled workers.

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No. In fact, we need greater investment in education in the skilled trades for low-income Americans.

Stand Taken 8/10/2008 4:55 PM

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Government should regulate wages.

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Most poor people are workers. Wages are already too low for many working people to subsist. If government does not regulate wages, employers will set them even lower.

Stand Taken 8/10/2008 4:53 PM

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Unions should be permitted to strike.

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Absolutely. Employees must always have the freedom to enforce their own rights -- especially when neither the employer nor the government are willing to do so.

Stand Taken 8/10/2008 4:50 PM

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The federal minimum wage should be $11 an hour or higher.

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The minimum wage should be equal to the calculated "living wage" for a locality. But in order to get that value correct, we need better, more honest indicators of the cost of living, extent of unemplo...

Stand Taken 8/10/2008 4:48 PM

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The United States Mint should stop circulating the penny.

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The penny now costs far more to manufacture than it is worth. Every penny made contributes to the national deficit.

Stand Taken 8/3/2008 6:33 PM

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Supply and demand is having the greatest impact on rising oil prices.

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The oil is beginning to run out. It is as simple as that. If we plunder the Alaskan wilderness, if we poison the seas from offshore drilling, and if we reduce the whole of North America to a barren fi...

Stand Taken 8/3/2008 6:24 PM

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