Which Party Supports You.

In American politics, usually the question is what party do you support. But, in a representative democracy, the question should be, which party supports you and supports what you believe?

Remember, if you vote Democrat or Republican and they win, you get exactly what they promised you. Which is more war and a government that serves corporate America a whole lot more than it serves you.

Issue Position Comparison --

Issue	Green Party	Republicans	Democrats
Invasion and Occupation of Iraq	Oppose	Support	Support
Patriot Act	Oppose	Support	Support
Invasion of Afghanistan	Oppose	Supported	Supported
Kosovo War	Opposed	Supported	Supported
Military Budget	Reduce	Increase	Increase
Israeli Occupation of West Bank and Gaza.	Oppose	Support	Support
Global Warming - Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions	Support	Oppose	Oppose and Failed to Act.
Right to Choose	Support	Oppose	Support (?)
National Health Insurance	Support single-payer national health insurance	Oppose	Oppose
Clean Water	Support	Oppose	Weak Support
Death Penalty	Oppose	Support	Support
Labor: Wages and Unions	Support	Oppose Workers	Minimal Support
(Global) Corporate Power Trade Agreements and Institutions (NAFTA, FTAA, CAFTA, WTO)	Restrict	Expand	Expand
Real Campaign Finance Reform & Publicly Financed Elections	Support	Oppose	Oppose
Electoral Reforms & Democracy	Support	Oppose	Oppose
2000 Florida Election - Congressional Investigation	Support	Oppose	Oppose
Reform the Presidential Debate Commission	Support	Oppose	Oppose
Strict Standards on GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)	Support	Oppose	Oppose
Corporate Agriculture	Oppose	Support	Support
Drug War	Oppose	Support	Support
Telecommunications Deregulation - Giveaway of public broadcast spectrum to private companies.	Opposed to Deregulation	Supported	Supported
Bank Deregulation and Banking Reform	Opposed to bank deregulation.	Supported bank deregulation.	Supported bank deregulation.
Increased Accounting Oversight	Always Supported	Oppose	Opposed until the Enron scandal broke.
Other issues on which most Republicans and most Democrats agree -- and Greens disagree	Plan Colombia The bombing of Iraqi civilians Refusal to ban landmines Privatization of prisons, other public services and resources Severe penalties for marijuana Big corporate mergers and Wall Street bail-outs Forest logging giveaways Powerful agribusiness lobbies instead of family farms Uncontrolled bio-engineering Increased wiretaps and other surveillance The Defense of Marriage Act
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Like most things with the Green Party, the website where this came from seems to be a bit out of date. The last 'news' article is from 2006.

Of course, most of the items still seem relevant today. You just notice that the website talks about Bill Clinton and Al Gore and John Kerry instead of Barrack Obama. The faces and the names change, but the issues don't. And, it also tells you that 4 years of Democrats in control of Congress and 2 years of Democrats having the White House as well have led to absolutely NO CHANGE in these issues.

But, it does mean that a few more should be added to the list.

• The Green Party opposed the Israeli attack on aid ships on the open sea. The Democrats and Republicans verbally attacked the humanitarians bringing aid.
  
• The Green Party supports Wikileaks and the release of the truth that the US government and military knows about our wars. The Democrats and Republicans do not and want prosecutions of those who've told American citizens the truth.
  
• The Green Party opposes having Obama's FBI kick in the doors of anti-war activists. The Democrats and Republicans order the raids and do not speak in opposition.
  

And that's just what comes from the top of my head. Feel free to add other differences in the comments section. :)