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Jeb Bush, 2015 Source: Jim Cole for Associated Press
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Healthcare Believes the Affordable Care Act is flawed and doesn’t work Wants to change Medicaid from “defined benefit” to defined contribution Against physician-assisted suicide Wants to provide risk-adjusted insurance vouchers Said in Feb. 2015 that “you should vaccinate your children; over and out” Budget/Deficit/Taxes Has said that mortgage bankers created the recession and they should resolve it Increased Florida’s budget by 27% during his terms Supports constitutional balanced budget amendment Wants more bankruptcy reform and limitations, protect states’ role in it. Privatization was his general philosophy while governor Believes social security benefits should come from private, faith-based companies. Wants to remove Intangibles Tax on stocks, bonds, and dividends because it “helps seniors and savers” Believes in letting states determine estate taxes Immigration Stated in Jan. 2015 that immigrants are “an engine of economic vitality” An advocate for illegal immigrants residency Supports reform that will make it easier to come to the U.S. legally Believes education reform is more critical than immigration reform Wants to split the cost of legal immigration between state and federal governments Energy/Environment Approved one billion for environmental land purchases while governor Created new marine sanctuary to protect the Florida Keys While governor, he prosecuted gas stations for price gouging during hurricanes In July 2014, he said about global warming: “I’m a skeptic; I’m not a scientist” Believes drilling in Gulf or Mexico hurts tourism in Florida Approved $1.5 billion plan for restoring the Everglades Wants to eliminate automobile emissions testing Would set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025 Foreign Policy Supported strengthening the Cuban embargo, not lifting it Believes the U.S. should be more aggressive with Russia and Ukraine Is in favor of economic cooperation with China Supports Israel in its battle against terrorism Lived in Venezuela for two years, majored in Latin American studies Believes the role in the world for the U.S. is to show military strength and moral clarity Domestic Issues In favor of restricting abortions only to cases of incest, rape, and health Created “Choose Life” license plates for Florida Has blocked use of public funds for stem cell research Funded adoption counseling, not abortion counseling for Florida Said in Jan. 2015 that he respects civil unions and same-sex lifetime commitments Removed Confederate flag from Florida capitol in Feb. 2007
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Where he stands
Healthcare
- Believes the Affordable Care Act is flawed and doesn’t work
- Wants to change Medicaid from “defined benefit” to defined contribution
- Against physician-assisted suicide
- Wants to provide risk-adjusted insurance vouchers
- Said in Feb. 2015 that “you should vaccinate your children; over and out”
Budget/Deficit/Taxes
- Has said that mortgage bankers created the recession and they should resolve it
- Increased Florida’s budget by 27% during his terms
- Supports constitutional balanced budget amendment
- Wants more bankruptcy reform and limitations, protect states’ role in it.
- Privatization was his general philosophy while governor
- Believes social security benefits should come from private, faith-based companies.
- Wants to remove Intangibles Tax on stocks, bonds, and dividends because it “helps seniors and savers”
- Believes in letting states determine estate taxes
Immigration
- Stated in Jan. 2015 that immigrants are “an engine of economic vitality”
- An advocate for illegal immigrants residency
- Supports reform that will make it easier to come to the U.S. legally
- Believes education reform is more critical than immigration reform
- Wants to split the cost of legal immigration between state and federal governments
Energy/Environment
- Approved one billion for environmental land purchases while governor
- Created new marine sanctuary to protect the Florida Keys
- While governor, he prosecuted gas stations for price gouging during hurricanes
- In July 2014, he said about global warming: “I’m a skeptic; I’m not a scientist”
- Believes drilling in Gulf or Mexico hurts tourism in Florida
- Approved $1.5 billion plan for restoring the Everglades
- Wants to eliminate automobile emissions testing
- Would set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025
Foreign Policy
- Supported strengthening the Cuban embargo, not lifting it
- Believes the U.S. should be more aggressive with Russia and Ukraine
- Is in favor of economic cooperation with China
- Supports Israel in its battle against terrorism
- Lived in Venezuela for two years, majored in Latin American studies
- Believes the role in the world for the U.S. is to show military strength and moral clarity
Domestic Issues
- In favor of restricting abortions only to cases of incest, rape, and health
- Created “Choose Life” license plates for Florida
- Has blocked use of public funds for stem cell research
- Funded adoption counseling, not abortion counseling for Florida
- Said in Jan. 2015 that he respects civil unions and same-sex lifetime commitments
- Removed Confederate flag from Florida capitol in Feb. 2007
Jeb Bush, 2015 Source: Jim Cole for Associated Press
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- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
