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Nuclear disarmament probably won't happen until they are made technologically obsolete, probably around mid-century.

Infrastructure is neccessary, as is constantly improving it. Loss vs gain, infrastructure is a sound investment.

Public student loans cut out the middle men, giving both better rates and rates which won't increase by 50% unexpectedly.

Technology = good; technology is pretty much the only thing which will keep us from being dominated by China militarily, and more importantly, economically.

As far as tariffs go, I'm pretty neutral: low rates increase outsourcing, but high rates make goods expensive here.

Medicare seems to be more of a stopgap measure in its current form; without further healthcare reform it will become extremely expensive.

Taxes: we need more. The services demanded of a modern government require relatively high taxes; but such is the price of civilization.

Abortion: In a perfect world, all babies would be born smart, pretty, and with wonderful parents who provide everything they need to develop into good citizens and tend to the herds of bunnies, kittens and unicorns. However, this is far from a perfect world. In reality, most of the children born would end up abandoned and their care would have to be taken up by the government; a government already chronically short on funds. That of course is assuming they were born. Even with laws banning abortions, the rate would hardly decline. The only difference would be that they would be done with coat hangers or razor blades in a bathroom instead of in a sterile facility, likely causing the death of the woman involved.

Gun control: Somewhat impartial here, although more regulation is probably a good idea.

Now back on topic. Nilocy, the problem with that is people are lazy. And quite frankly, having people vote who aren't informed of the issues is just dangerous. Keeping up with politics requires multiple hours a week, much more effort than most are willing to put into it.

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Vote for the Awesome Party! We put the "Fun" back in Polifunitics!

• Gun control: All guns will be abolished. Instead, the government will hand out deadly marshmellows at every convenience store.
• Abortion: Mandatory. Every couple may apply for up to three government-sanctioned superbabies, created by our scientists in top-secret cloning facilities. Remember: Natural born kids are abominations!
• Sales Tax: Absolutely. If a company is lowering prices in a so-called "sale," this just means that the government has to pick up the slack.
• Medicare Funding: Will come from harvesting the organs of whoever is too poor to afford private health insurance. We'll start with the kidneys.
• Chinese Tariffs: Hellz yeah! We're going to Tariff those Chinese! We're going to tariff them into outer space! (Note to Self: Make sure "tariff" means "punch in the face, while keeping diplomatic options open.")
• Tax-funded Research Grants: Will be restricted to the following topics: Laser guns, fusion reactors, a dolphin-to-human translator, cybernetic organisms, holographic displays, miniature suns, tube technology, space-anything, quantum-anything, and the perfect bagel.
• Student Loans: We will loan our students to other countries at a reasonable rate of .2 students per semester. Naturally, this will be done through the federal government.
• Infrastructure Repair Priority: Priority will be assigned to jobs via an impartial RNG, and paid for by a corporation selected in the same way.
• Nuclear Readiness/Disarmament: Neither. We believe in Nuclear Proactivity. We will plant suitcase nukes in every city of every country, not to mention the biggest nuclear threat of them all: the Sun.