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Governments should not nationalize insolvent banks in response to the financial crisis. Instead of nationalizing banks, we should nationalize the money system by placing the Federal Reserve under the U.S. Treasur

Corporations should pay heavier taxes on windfall profits. Kucinich sponsors windfall profits tax on oil.

The U.S. should allow farmers to grow industrial hemp. Co-sponsored H.R.1009: Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007

Farmers should grow genetically modified crops. Let people make their own choices

Victims of major natural disasters should be granted special relief in bankruptcy. Kucinich co-sponsored Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief Act

The U.S. should provide tax breaks for businesses that do not outsource. Dennis Kucinich will:

Unions should be permitted to strike. "The right to strike"

The government should prohibit the financial services industry from executing universal default clauses. Kucinich co-sponsored bill to ban the clauses

Outsourcing weakens the US economy. Kucinich on a Tirade Against Outsourcing

Congress should increase the federal minimum wage. Dennis Kucinich on the Minimum Wage

EVIDENCE: Should Congress have passed the $787 billion stimulus bill? Yes

EVIDENCE: How do you rate the $787 billion stimulus bill? Satisfactory

EVIDENCE: Should TARP funds be restricted from reaching foreign institutions? Yes

UNKNOWN: What impact will globalization ultimately have on America?

UNKNOWN: What impact will globalization ultimately have on countries that are not part of the "first world"?

UNKNOWN: Will the Bush Administration stimulus package prevent a recession?

UNKNOWN: Should Lehman Brothers have been bailed out by the federal government?

UNKNOWN: Should organic farmers receive additional federal subsidies?

UNKNOWN: Is capitalism the most effective economic system?

UNKNOWN: Should the government provide financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?

UNKNOWN: Is the U.S. undergoing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression?

UNKNOWN: What impact have Bush Administration policies had on the economy?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. pass the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. increase the cap on visas for skilled workers?

UNKNOWN: Should AIG have been bailed out by the federal government?

UNKNOWN: Will the U.S. economy go into recession in 2008?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. federal government provide financial support to its auto industry?

UNKNOWN: Should food contain country-of-origin labeling?

UNKNOWN: Should bankruptcy courts have the power to adjust home mortgages?

UNKNOWN: Will the financial crisis lead to another economic depression?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. end agricultural subsidies?

UNKNOWN: Should governments subsidize property insurance coverage for natural disasters?

UNKNOWN: Should governments infuse capital directly into failing banks as part of their response to the financial crisis?

UNKNOWN: Do the economic benefits of a weak U.S. dollar outweigh the costs?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. enact a balanced budget amendment?

UNKNOWN: Should Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac be nationalized?

UNKNOWN: Should the Treasury Department block severance packages for Fannie and Freddie corporate executives?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. government try to recoup AIG bonuses?

UNKNOWN: Should the government offer cash rewards to citizens for developing new technology?

UNKNOWN: Should the Federal Government assist mortgage defaulters?