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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be nationalized.

...with an explicit goal of turning them back over to the private sector.

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The U.S. should enact a balanced budget amendment.

A balanced budget is a sound, regulated, and scrutinized budget

 Stand Taken 9/9/2008 11:42 PM

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The government should not provide financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure.

Sets a bad precedent, and ultimately rewards the lenders that made loans in bad faith.

 Stand Taken 9/9/2008 11:40 PM

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The government should not expand benefits provided to workers who have lost jobs due to globalization.

 Stand Taken 8/14/2008 4:46 PM

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Corporations should not pay heavier taxes on windfall profits.

No, but they should have to recompense the government for subsidies both real and de facto.

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Movie theaters should not have the right to block cell phone signals.

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Recessions are necessary for sustained economic growth.

They shouldn't be actively sought, but they correct the market.

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

...with a nod to the weakening dollar and geopolitical instability.

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Congress should not issue a second round of the 2008 stimulus checks.

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Farmers should grow genetically modified crops.

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The United States Mint should stop circulating the penny.

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