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Mark-to-market accounting should be suspended. "The correct plan should suspend the 'Mark to Market' rule immediately."

The U.S. should pass the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. This bill would have been a demonstration of friendship; instead it became a blatant display of unreliability

The government should not provide financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure. We do not believe that hardworking American taxpayers who neither borrowed money they couldn't repay, nor lent or encouraged people to take out loans they couldn't afford, should pay to fix this crisis

The U.S. should increase the cap on visas for skilled workers. Shadegg supported expansion of visa cap.

The Bush Administration stimulus package will not prevent a recession. "Temporary rebates will not stimulate economic growth..."

EVIDENCE: Should the U.S. build more oil refineries? Yes

EVIDENCE: Should Congress have passed the $787 billion stimulus bill? No

UNKNOWN: Should corporations pay heavier taxes on windfall profits?

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 Congress increase the federal minimum wage?

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

UNKNOWN: How does outsourcing affect the U.S. economy?

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

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: Should victims of major natural disasters be granted special relief in bankruptcy?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. provide tax breaks for businesses that do not outsource?

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?

UNKNOWN: Should the Federal Reserve have more authority to supervise financial institutions?

UNKNOWN: Should the economic stimulus plan include a 'Buy American' provision?

UNKNOWN: Will the federal government's financial bailout package help stabilize the U.S. economy?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. build more oil refineries?

UNKNOWN: How should performance fees of hedge fund managers be taxed?

UNKNOWN: Which is most responsible for the U.S. auto industry's financial problems?

UNKNOWN: Which is having the greatest impact on rising oil prices?