Iraq War

Was it right for the US to go to war in Iraq without authorization from the United Nations?

(84% of the GOVT 2302.8006 class thought yes).

Social Security

Is it right to impose a Social Security tax on income above $97,500?

(82% of the GOVT 2301.8009 class thought yes).
(66% of the GOVT 2301.8012 class thought yes).

http://www.factcheck.org/clinton_vs_obama.html

Income Tax

Is it right to make the top 5% of wage earners pay more in income taxes than everyone else combined?

(51% of the 2301.8009 class thought yes).
(51% of the 2301.8012 class thought yes).

http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=6

Health Insurance

Is it right for presidential candidates to promise to provide health insurance for all?

(83% of the 2302.8006 class thought no).

http://www.mises.org/story/2285

US Military Withdrawal from Iraq

Should the US get our military forces out of Iraq by March 30, 2008?

(63% of the 2302.8006 class thought no).

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19862711/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080216/wl_nm/iraq_dc

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=4292435&page=1

Foreign Aid

Should the US increase its foreign aid to .7% of GDP?

(91% of the 2302.8006 class thought no).
(61% of the 2301.8009 class thought no).
(83% of the 2301.8012 class thought no).

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/business_aid_and_development/img/1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/business_aid_and_development/html/1.stm&h=300&w=300&sz=21&hl=en&sta

http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=4484

http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272618845.shtml

Sex Toys

Should the people of Texas be able to prohibit the sale of sex toys, if we want to?

(83% of the 2301.8009 class thought no).
(53% of the 2301.8012 class thought no).

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j9nJAskGY86vOF-xXidS68Iw0glAD8UPQFCO0

Health Insurance

Should the Federal government make sure that everyone has health insurance?

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0605/p09s02-coop.html

With us or against us

Was it right for President Bush to say, "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists"?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.html

Born Alive Act

Should there be a law requiring hospitals to preserve the life of a fetus/baby that is born alive during a late term abortion?

(79% of the GOVT 2302.8006 class thought yes).

http://www.illinoisrighttolife.org/newpage36.htm

http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/01/top-10-reasons.html

Zone d'Erotica

Should the people of Richardson be able to keep out Zone d'Erotica, if they want to?

(69% of the 2301.8012 class thought no).

http://www.cor.net/news/CouncilNewsRegardingZoning/PDF/SOBletter4-20-07.pdf

Religion in Public Schools

Should the people of PA be able to have Bible reading and prayer in their public schools, if they want to?

(74% of the 2301.8009 class thought no).

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=374&invol=203

Obama for President?

Do you want Barack Obama to be the next President of the US?

"No matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change."

(63% of the GOVT 2302.8006 class said no).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY

Nuclear Weapons

Is it right for the US to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons?

(75% of the 2302.8006 class thought yes).
(64% of the 2301.8009 class thought yes).
(90% of the 2301.8012 class thought yes).

http://www.nysun.com/article/70818

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080205110538.ntkw4xel&show_article=1

Freedom of Worship

Is freedom of worship a basic human right?

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/11/africa/ME-GEN-Egypt-Muslim-Convert.php

http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=long&idelement=5209

Iraq War

Was it right for the US to go to war in Iraq?

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/03/sizing-up-sacrifice-iraq-versus-major.html

(51% of the 2302.8006 class thought yes).