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The United Nations headquartered in New York City sits on 16 acres of land purchased with an $8 million donation made in 1946 by John D. Rockefeller Jr. The promise asked of UN members was to respect the laws of the United States. This one caveat is not always observed by delegates who take liberties not afforded in their own countries and enjoy immunity from penalties.According to a New York Times article in 2011, the bureaucracy has become so bloated even the workers in the 5 major UN facilities are amazed and confused,“Latest U.N. figures show it employs about 75,000 people, including those in related agencies, under a $5 billion annual budget. This excludes its 16 peacekeeping operations and the cost of several agencies financed by voluntary contributions from member states. The chairman of global affairs at F.T.I. estimates the real annual budget is about $20 billion when all funds and programs are included. That budget is “utterly opaque, untransparent and completely in the shadow” and would benefit from being consolidated and audited from the outside, he said.” The U.S. share is $4.8 billion dollars.”Defunding the United Nations would be an about time thing. For the general upkeep, maintenance, and running of the UN - the United States picks up 22% of the cost.In New York, the Secretary-General admonished deadbeat diplomats at the United Nations, who owed millions of dollars to landlords, banks, hospitals, hotels, service stations, and other creditors in the New York area and millions of Swiss francs in Geneva and those totals rise annually. In 2009 only 22 countries out of 192 - 11.4 percent - were paid-in-full members of the United Nations, a U.N. official said. The American taxpayer is expected to subsidize the other countries.Prior to leaving office, Barak Obama transferred over $500,000,000.00 to the UN without the consent of Congress. What kind of return on this investment can the American people expect? Here is an example. The Geneva office intervened in a dramatic dispute that originated in Bolivia. It seems Bolivia wanted a list of standards drawn up for the trade in llama and alpaca meat. The U.N. Economic Commission for Europe got right on it and published a 44-page report outlining the proper fat content of meat for shipment. If we pull back the covers over botched police actions in Africa it becomes apparent that the UN is ineffective, disorganized and more concerned with hiding their misappropriations and scandals.Secret deals, sex scandals and silence harming the U.N., critics sayHow Corrupt Is the United Nations? - CommentaryThe Corruption of the United NationsAmid Tsunami of Scandals, UN Ignores Massive Corruption

Oh, my goodness! It is so hard for nonlibertarians to imagine people being free.“If people aren’t enslaved to pick cotton, there won’t be any cotton to make clothing. Why, we’d all be naked! How can these libertarians be against clothing!? Don’t they realize that we’d all freeze during winter!?”Look. The only thing libertarians want to “eliminate” is the enslavement on which (many of) these institutions currently rely. That doesn’t mean that we want to eliminate any particular institution. That decision would be up to you and to people like you, once you were freed to make your own decisions — not up to us.Libertarians are not in the business of denying people alternatives that they really want. In fact, we are dedicated to just about the opposite of that. <0994>How Are Government Colleges Enslavement?But if an institution forces you to labor for it — without your consent, and in some cases despite your active dissent — and if violence is threatened against you if you do not labor for it, that institution is based on slavery.Now, it’s likely that you don’t see the slavery. That’s not really surprising. You have, after all, mostly been schooled in institutions that relied on slavery. And they would have a conflict of interest were they to point this clearly out to you. (In fact, they have probably tried perversely to indoctrinate you that your slavery to, for example, them was actually a hallmark of your own “freedom”, which is one reason why people have so much confusion coming out of government schools about what government is.)But just because the slavery has been carefully hidden, does not mean that slavery is not there. Let me help you see it.The Obvious Enslavement in a Non-Monetary SocietyTo see the slavery, let’s imagine a society that did not use money, so you could not temporarily store your labor.George decides he wants to create a “college”. Without money, there are two principal ways he can do this.Libertarian Method: George can come to you and ask you, hat in hand, for you to come and labor to help build his college and then to continue to labor to help keep his college running. He’d have to make his case. He might extoll the benefits you’d receive, or the love you’d be giving, or the gratitude of the students, or the services that the college would provide you, or the advancements of knowledge that would benefit you and your neighbors, or the community spirit of working with neighbors for the future, etc. He might also promise that you in turn would receive other people’s labor who took advantage of the college.You’d have to weigh his offer against all the other uses of your labor. For example, Peter might have come to you just a bit earlier with a different idea for schooling that would cost far less of your labor but give you and your community far better services.But in the libertarian method, it would be up to you — entirely — to make your own decision about whether you would use your own body to labor for George’s college or to labor for something else.Authoritarian Method: George comes to you and demands, gun in hand, for you to labor to build his college and to labor to keep it running.Your consent doesn’t matter one bit. What else you might prefer to build with your labor doesn’t matter one bit. What you get or don’t get for your labor doesn’t matter one bit.In this method, it is up to George to make his decision about how and on what he will use your body to labor. And he will hurt your body should you not obey him. [Think pyramids here.]In this pre-money society, can you now see what we libertarians see? The authoritarian method is just an excuse to commit slavery. Another man (in this case, George) effectively owns your body, and it is he, not you, who decides for what you will labor your body, and should you balk, he will hurt your body until you comply or you die.What is it we call it when someone forces you to labor for him without your consent at the threat of your life?Hidden Enslavement in a Monetary SocietyOf course, our society does use money.Money is really useful. Money is a temporary store so that you can shift the value of your labor from an employer (who wants your labor but doesn’t have anything you want to trade your labor for) to a seller (who has stuff you want to trade your labor for, but who doesn’t really want your specific labor). <0568>Unfortunately, it is the temporary storage of our labor into money that allows George to hide his enslavement of us. Using just this one level of indirection, George makes his evil entirely disappear.That separation of trading labor for product — into the work and into the trade — is what gives George his plausible deniability.In our monetary society, George lies in wait — between your employer and your seller. He extorts your money as soon as you leave your employer, which is by transference an extortion of your labor, which is all that was stored in that money.In effect, he has retroactively forced you to labor for him: if he steals 40% of the money that your employer gave you for your labor, then, if you labored a total of ten hours, your body consensually labored six hours for the seller, but your body was forced non-consensually to labor four hours for George.George’s extortion of the money containing your stored labor in order to enslave retroactively your labor is not particularly clever or well hidden, but it turns out that only a few people (let’s call most of these people “libertarians”) can survive the indoctrination of George’s schools (all paid for with this stolen labor) and yet still be able to see through George’s ruse.A Big Loss for GeorgeNow, we libertarians simply want to remove that slavery loophole from the picture.We don’t accept George lying in wait to retroactively enslave anyone. We want everyone to labor their own body however they want (because we believe that it’s their body) And we want everyone to trade their body’s labor for whatever they want (again, because we believe that it was their body that labored). And no George (or for that matter, Dick or Harry) should be able to use threats of violence to force anyone to involuntarily labor for them — neither directly, indirectly, nor retroactively.Now, of course, George is going to scream bloody murder! This is understandable! He had slaves!! <1172> He didn’t have to pay us, nor give us anything that we really wanted. He just waved his guns in our face, mumbled empty promises of giving us the moon (which btw he was never able to deliver), and we cowed and turned our stored labor over to him. And this was wise because, well, we wanted to keep our lives, even as slaves of our ruler.George then used our stolen stored labor however he chose — for himself, for his best buds, and for his favorite projects. I mean,that’s a sweet deal if you can get it … and if you don’t mind how evil it is. <1001>But because we libertarians are trying to stop him from his (hidden) slaving, that old George, he’ll have his paid-with-your-labor apologists weaving a big sob story:George enslaved you not for him, but only because he cares for all the wee children! George took only a small amount of your labor for himself and for his buddies! But without George’s enslavement of you, the children! Oh, the children! Think of the children! How they will suffer so much!! The children! Why are you not thinking of the children!? Are you that selfish?! How can you be so cruel as to not think of the children!!But, we libertarians are not all that apologetic about ending slavery — even if it cuts down on the lifestyle of slavers like George.And we’re not particularly impressed with the argument that children need slaves. We like children. Many of us regularly voluntarily sacrifice for children. And most of the people we talk to — especially nonlibertarians like the OP — agree with us!Yet, nonlibertarians are sooo fooled with George’s crocodile tears about his irreplaceable and selfless service of stealing and enslaving for the children, that they are willing to keep everyone a slave to George for fear that the children won’t get any of George’s promised moon (which btw they never will.)Help the Children; Lose the SlaverLook! There is absolutely nothing wrong with voluntarily laboring for children!! Almost everyone believes that that is a virtue. Almost everyone wants to give to children.I have voluntarily labored for children over decades: coaching football for six years even though I didn’t even have children; creating alternative schools for children; helping children and families that were abused by George’s schools; creating and running a school computer lab and a school newspaper; running fundraisers to create special classes; coordinating parent volunteers; teaching practical physics classes and art appreciation classes and Great Book classes and computer classes and entrepreneurship classes; teaching families how to homeschool and how to after-school; creating personal growth seminars for children around goal setting, forgiveness, communication; teaching families how to better educate their child (mostly by escaping George’s schools). I can’t tell you all the labor I have voluntarily given to children.And not one bit of my labor was paid. Every single bit of it was me voluntarily donating my labor to help children who were not my own. And I even donated a lot of my own previously stored labor (i.e., my money savings) on these voluntary activities.So, despite the lies that George tells you, we’re not against children!It is only George’s slavery that we are against. It’s only George’s slavery that is the evil here.What Will Happen?It’s anyone’s guess what freed people will choose to create once George’s manacles are removed from their ankles.I highly recommend that you ignore George’s dire predications. He has a vested interest in keeping you his slave, so everything out of his mouth, and out of the mouths of his paid mouthpieces and slithering cronies, should be suspect.But let me give you my predictions of what would happen should we eliminate the slavery currently extorting your labor for George, for George’s cronies, and — oh, yeah — for George’s (wasteful, broken) schooling institutions:Everyone will still want children to be well-educated — but now we’ll actually have a better chance of getting that outcome in fair exchange for our labors.The current institutions will have to change to align — not with George’s and his cronies’ interests — but with investors, donors, parents, and children.George can still hawk his failed, expensive, broken schools. You would be free to voluntarily give George your stored labor for those schools, in exchange for whatever he promised — results, services, goodwill, or even the moon.However, the ex-slaver, professional thug, and consummate liar George will have plenty of competition. Schooling entrepreneurs (many who used to be George’s ex-teachers, allowed now to work for themselves) will start brick-and-mortar, and virtual, schools. Supporting technologies will spring up. <0667>Education philosophers will redefine what “good education” really means (and how much do you want to bet they will neither start nor end with George’s concept of a wasteful, crony, bureaucrat, institutional, indoctrinating, anti-business, anti-freedom, anti-thinking “place of higher learning”?) <1145>Children will get a faster education that is more specific and lower cost and that actually results in the outcomes that they want. <1369>More young adults will be better and more quickly prepared to take their place in productive adulthood, without a gigantic debt imposed on them either through George’s slavery, or through George’s scam loans, or through George’s counterproductive “school programs”. <0162>See other predictions in the links below. <1142>But just remember, if you chose to live in a freed, libertarian society, you would be the one deciding how to use your own labor (And remember, there will be many authoritarian societies available should you decide to continue to slave for the Georges). And if “educating the children” was your priority, then that is what you could put some of your (stored) labor towards. And the result in the overall society would reflect your and your neighbors’ choices.Which Institutions Would “Be Eliminated”?So, in the unlikely case that a particular region “went libertarian”, every “public college, university, and even community college” in that region would be free to hang around and continue offering its services if it wanted. The primary difference would be that any money they received, would have to come to them with the full consent of the human being whose body’s labor was temporarily stored in that money: these institutions could no longer enslave anyone.Each institution would have to modify its offerings such that freed people voluntarily invested in it, voluntarily donated to it, and voluntarily purchased its services. Those old institutions that could reform their evil ways to provide schooling services in consensual, peaceful, voluntary exchange with freed humans would continue.However, if one of George’s old institutions could not reform itself, such that it could find sufficient funding by peacefully asking for it and win-win trading for it, that particular institution would, by definition, not be wanted by freed men.It would die the natural death of something unwanted — not because we libertarians “eliminated” it, but because you, now a freed man, decided it was a bad deal for you, for your children, and for your community. And in its place would arise new alternatives that freed people, most of whom care incredible amounts for the welfare of children and for greater (real) education, really did want and really were willing to voluntarily labor to support. <0726>You see, libertarians are simply trying to remove slavery from every affair of mankind. Any alternative that can attract the voluntary labor of freed men making peaceful choices about their own bodies will not “be eliminated”, but will flourish.See Related:0994: How would libertarians reform the FDA?0568: How is money different from wealth?1172: What is the strongest argument against libertarianism?1001: What is the hardest argument you face against libertarian ethics?1142: What would libertarians put in place of the old, failed government school system?0697: What is the biggest obstacle to education reform?0162: Why are humanities degrees worthless in the labor market?1369: Do you oppose mandatory education?1091: Should the government pay for education?1370: Why would someone with high IQ not study and become delinquent?1310: What is the best way to improve the educational system?0726: Which colleges or universities are the most libertarian leaning?1357: Does education make a person more likely to be left wing?0727: What if government ended college financial aid?0228: How would a libertarian society reduce the cost of higher education so one could get a job?0334: Should teachers or entrepreneurs run schools?1145: Who is the most radical thinker in education?0667: What are some alternative school concepts?1217: Is universal human literacy worth achieving?→ More essays on <Schooling and Indoctrination> by Dennis→ Return to the <Table of Contents> for Dennis’ Libertarian Essays<, Indoc, Money,>

Mike Pence is the most far-right pick Donald Trump could have made.The Koch brothers must be very happy with his pick. If you are unfamiliar with the Koch brothers, please read Dark Money by Jane Mayer. Citizen’s United turned this country over to about twenty billionaires. Democracy is dead. The sooner people accept this fact, the sooner we can take it back from them.Mike Pence is one of the Koch brothers’ favorite elected leaders. Support from the Koch brothers and conservative donors are a major component in a presidential run, so having the major money people’s favorite guy at your side if you’re new to politics is certainly helpful for campaign cash. Americans for Prosperity has been holding up Mike Pence’s work in Indiana as a paragon of a good governor. Pence’s former chief of staff now runs the Koch’s political group Freedom Partners. Given the fact that the Koch’s have pledged to spend $1 billion in the 2016 election to support conservative candidates, his ties could be an asset to Trump as he realizes his own financial limitations.Here are 5 disturbing things you should know about Trump’s likely VP pick Mike PenceThis where Mike Pence stands on various issues. Ask yourself if you agree with him. If not, cast your vote for the Supreme Court. Imagine the United States with Mike Pence at the helm if Trump should die.This is a long list. There are a few things on which I agree with him.Mike Pence on AbortionCommit to unalienable right to life, including the unborn.Arguing about abortion is as fruitless as arguing about whether or not God exists. I’m for women having the first right of refusal when it comes to their bodies. You don’t want one, don’t have one.You have no right to make that choice for me.Mike Pence on Budget & EconomyVoted NO on regulating the subprime mortgage industry.I have nothing else to say about his position on the budget except that we disagree.Mike Pence on Civil RightsVoted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman.I have nothing else to say about his position on civil rights except that we disagree.Mike Pence on CorporationsVoted NO on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation.I have nothing to say about his position regarding corporations. There are, however, a few things in this section on which I agree with him.Mike Pence on CrimeVoted NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes.I have nothing else to say about his position on gay rights except that we disagree.Mike Pence on EducationVoted YES on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror.Constitutionally guarantee parent's right to educate kids.I have nothing else to say about his position on the education except that we disagree.Mike Pence on Energy & OilVoted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling.Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution.Voted NO on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets.Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies.I’m speechless about his position on Energy & Oil. There’s much more in this section. Read it carefully if you care about the environment.Mike Pence on EnvironmentStrengthen prohibitions against animal fighting.I agree with him.Voted NO on protecting free-roaming horses and burros.I guess horses and burros don’t count.Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous.Mike Pence on Families & ChildrenVoted NO on four weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees.We are among a chosen few of countries that doesn’t give paid parental leave to employees. There are only three. The other two countries are Papua New Guinea and Suriname.US Is Still Only Industrialized Nation Without Paid Maternity LeaveI have nothing else to say about his position on the education except that we disagree.Mike Pence on Foreign PolicyCommitment to unbreakable U.S.-Israel bondThis is an odd one. Why are so many right-wing Republicans in a love affair with Israel? Do they love the Jews so much? Do they see Israel as the only stabilizing force in the Middle East? Perhaps. Could it be something else?“Dispensationalists, Christians who believe that the end times are near, are thrilled to see what is going on today in Israel since the plan fits well into their own expectations for the End. Dispensationalists find comfort in knowing that under The Temple Institute's auspices, small groups of Israelis are sewing priestly vestments, manufacturing implements for animal sacrifice, and teaching a new generation of Temple priests what will be expected of them. It seems to matter little that the desire for a new Temple has the potential of precipitating holy war.”On the Road to ArmageddonA significant number of Christians believe that the end times, as set forth in the bible, are near. In order for all to go as planned, the temple in Jerusalem must be rebuilt.I’d rather have someone in the White House who doesn’t set foreign policy based on biblical prophecy.Mike Pence on Free TradeMike Pence voted yes on every single trade bill. He’s a capitalist who wants to engage in free trade with any country. I’m not sure how this position will work with Donald Trump. He wants Apple to bring all of its manufacturing back to the United States. Will consumers be happy about paying $6000 for an iPhone?Mike Pence on Government ReformCampaign Finance Reform is censorship.Voted YES on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections.I have nothing to say regarding his position on Government Reform except that we disagree.Mike Pence on Gun ControlRated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record.I wonder who pays his bills? Perhaps the Koch brothers and the NRA split them. I apologize for being sarcastic.Mike Pence on Health CareVoted NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health.I have nothing to say regarding his position on Health Care except that we disagree.Mike Pence on Homeland SecurityVoted YES on extending the PATRIOT Act's roving wiretapsVoted YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight.If you don’t believe that democracy is dead, perhaps we can meet at the graveside of the 14th Amendment.Mike Pence on ImmigrationVoted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border.I have nothing to say regarding his position on immigration except that a fence isn’t the answer. If we build a wall, someone will come along with a higher ladder.Mike Pence on JobsVoted NO on increasing minimum wage to $7.25.Why in the world would we want big corporations to pay their workers a living wage? I’m being sarcastic.Mike Pence on TechnologyReject the censorship of the Fairness Doctrine.“The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was—in the Commission's view—honest, equitable, and balanced.”Fairness DoctrineWe do have a television station that purports to be fair and balanced. It isn’t.I have nothing more to say on any of Mike Pence’s positions. Ask yourself if you support his philosophy. Ask yourself if this is the man you want only a heartbeat away from the presidency.Mike Pence on the IssuesClick here for 21 full quotes on Abortion OR background on Abortion.Commit to unalienable right to life, including the unborn. (Feb 2008)Voted YES on banning federal health coverage that includes abortion. (May 2011)Voted NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)Voted YES on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)Voted YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance. (Dec 2006)Prohibit transporting minors across state lines for abortion. (Jan 2008)Bar funding for abortion under federal Obamacare plans. (Jul 2010)Ban abortions for sex selection or race selection. (Dec 2011)Prohibit federal funding for abortion. (May 2011)Prohibiting forced abortions by UN Population Fund. (May 2011)Sponsored bill to prohibit fed funding of Planned Parenthood. (Jan 2011)Grant the pre-born equal protection under 14th Amendment. (Jan 2007)Declare preborn as persons under 14th amendment. (Feb 2009)Mike Pence on Budget & Economy Click here for 17 full quotes on Budget & Economy OR background on Budget & Economy.Voted YES on terminating the Home Affordable mortgage Program. (Mar 2011)Voted YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending. (Jul 2009)Voted NO on modifying bankruptcy rules to avoid mortgage foreclosures. (Mar 2009)Voted NO on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package. (Jan 2009)Voted NO on monitoring TARP funds to ensure more mortgage relief. (Jan 2009)Voted NO on $15B bailout for GM and Chrysler. (Dec 2008)Voted NO on $60B stimulus package for jobs, infrastructure, & energy. (Sep 2008)Voted NO on revitalizing severely distressed public housing. (Jan 2008)Voted NO on regulating the subprime mortgage industry. (Nov 2007)Voted YES on restricting bankruptcy rules. (Jan 2004)Mike Pence on Civil Rights Click here for 13 full quotes on Civil Rights OR background on Civil Rights.Future of conservatism demands traditional marriage. (Feb 2008)Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)Voted YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)Voted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)Voted YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)Voted YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)Supports anti-flag desecration amendment. (Mar 2001)Require "Privacy Impact Statement" on new federal rules. (Apr 2002)Rated 7% by the ACLU, indicating an anti-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance. (Dec 2006)Rated 22% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)Amend Constitution to define traditional marriage. (Jun 2008)Mike Pence on Corporations Click here for 8 full quotes on Corporations OR background on Corporations.Voted NO on letting shareholders vote on executive compensation. (Jul 2009)Voted YES on more funding for nanotechnology R&D and commercialization. (Jul 2009)Voted NO on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation. (Apr 2007)Voted YES on replacing illegal export tax breaks with $140B in new breaks. (Jun 2004)Voted YES on Bankruptcy Overhaul requiring partial debt repayment. (Mar 2001)Rated 96% by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record. (Dec 2003)Repeal ObamaCare reporting requirements for small business. (Jan 2011)Rated 14% by UFCW, indicating a pro-management voting record. (May 2012)Mike Pence on Crime Click here for 3 full quotes on Crime OR background on Crime.Voted NO on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes. (Apr 2009)Voted YES on expanding services for offenders' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance. (Mar 2007)Mike Pence on Drugs Click here for 3 full quotes on Drugs OR background on Drugs.Voted YES on more funding for Mexico to fight drugs. (Jun 2008)Voted YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)Rated -20 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance. (Dec 2006)Mike Pence on Education Click here for 10 full quotes on Education OR background on Education.Voted YES on reauthorizing the DC opportunity scholarship program. (Mar 2011)Voted NO on $40B for green public schools. (May 2009)Voted NO on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)Voted NO on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance. (Jul 2006)Voted NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges. (Mar 2006)Voted YES on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror. (Nov 2001)Voted NO on requiring states to test students. (May 2001)Let schools display the words "God Bless America". (Oct 2001)Rated 17% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes. (Dec 2003)Constitutionally guarantee parent's right to educate kids. (Jan 2011)Mike Pence on Energy & Oil Click here for 22 full quotes on Energy & Oil OR background on Energy & Oil.Voted YES on opening Outer Continental Shelf to oil drilling. (May 2011)Voted YES on barring EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. (Apr 2011)Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution. (Jun 2009)Voted NO on tax credits for renewable electricity, with PAYGO offsets. (Sep 2008)Voted NO on tax incentives for energy production and conservation. (May 2008)Voted NO on tax incentives for renewable energy. (Feb 2008)Voted NO on investing in homegrown biofuel. (Aug 2007)Voted NO on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC. (May 2007)Voted NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. (Jan 2007)Voted NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore. (Jun 2006)Voted YES on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries. (Jun 2006)Voted YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries. (Oct 2005)Voted YES on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy. (Jun 2004)Voted YES on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy. (Nov 2003)Voted NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels. (Aug 2001)Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR. (Aug 2001)Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence. (Dec 2006)Bar greenhouse gases from Clean Air Act rules. (Jan 2009)Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP. (Nov 2010)No EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. (Jan 2011)Drill the Outer Continental Shelf; & license new nuke plants. (Mar 2011)Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025. (Jan 2007)Mike Pence on Environment Click here for 11 full quotes on Environment OR background on Environment.Voted NO on $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers program. (Jul 2009)Voted NO on protecting free-roaming horses and burros. (Jul 2009)Voted NO on $9.7B for Amtrak improvements and operation thru 2013. (Jun 2008)Voted NO on increasing AMTRAK funding by adding $214M to $900M. (Jun 2006)Voted NO on barring website promoting Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. (May 2006)Voted YES on deauthorizing "critical habitat" for endangered species. (Sep 2005)Voted YES on speeding up approval of forest thinning projects. (Nov 2003)Rated 10% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes. (Dec 2003)Stop considering manure as pollutant or hazardous. (Sep 2011)Rated 0% by HSLF, indicating an anti-animal welfare voting record. (Jan 2012)Strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting. (Jan 2007)Mike Pence on Families & Children Click here for 4 full quotes on Families & Children OR background on Families & Children.Voted NO on four weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees. (Jun 2009)Voted YES on establishing nationwide AMBER alert system for missing kids. (Apr 2003)Voted YES on reducing Marriage Tax by $399B over 10 years. (Mar 2001)Rated 100% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-Family-Value voting record. (Dec 2003)Mike Pence on Foreign Policy Click here for 14 full quotes on Foreign Policy OR background on Foreign Policy.Voted NO on supporting democratic institutions in Pakistan. (Jun 2009)Voted YES on cooperating with India as a nuclear power. (Sep 2008)Voted YES on deterring foreign arms transfers to China. (Jul 2005)Voted YES on reforming the UN by restricting US funding. (Jun 2005)Voted NO on keeping Cuba travel ban until political prisoners released. (Jul 2001)Voted YES on withholding $244M in UN Back Payments until US seat restored. (May 2001)Member of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. (Jan 2001)Keep sanctions against Syria until WMDs are dismantled. (May 2007)Member of the Silk Road Congressional Caucus. (Nov 2007)Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee. (Mar 2011)Withhold UN funding until voluntary and program-specific. (Aug 2011)Rated -6 by AAI, indicating a anti-Arab anti-Palestine voting record. (May 2012)Sponsored bill supporting demonstrations against Iran. (Jun 2009)Commitment to unbreakable U.S.-Israel bond. (Mar 2010)Mike Pence on Free Trade Click here for 8 full quotes on Free Trade OR background on Free Trade.Voted YES on promoting free trade with Peru. (Nov 2007)Voted NO on assisting workers who lose jobs due to globalization. (Oct 2007)Voted YES on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005)Voted YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004)Voted YES on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003)Voted YES on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003)Rated 61% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues. (Dec 2002)Extend trade restrictions on Burma to promote democracy. (Jun 2007)Mike Pence on Government Reform Click here for 15 full quotes on Government Reform OR background on Government Reform.Campaign Finance Reform is censorship. (Feb 2008)Voted NO on Senate pay raise. (Jun 2009)Voted YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations. (May 2007)Voted YES on granting Washington DC an Electoral vote & vote in Congress. (Apr 2007)Voted NO on protecting whistleblowers from employer recrimination. (Mar 2007)Voted YES on requiring photo ID for voting in federal elections. (Sep 2006)Voted NO on restricting independent grassroots political committees. (Apr 2006)Voted YES on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers. (Oct 2005)Voted YES on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)Voted YES on restricting frivolous lawsuits. (Sep 2004)Voted NO on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions. (Feb 2002)Voted YES on banning soft money donations to national political parties. (Jul 2001)Prohibit non-legislated earmarks. (Jul 2005)Sunset Act: review every federal agency every 12 years. (Jan 2009)Member of House Judiciary Committee. (Mar 2011)Mike Pence on Gun Control Click here for 7 full quotes on Gun Control OR background on Gun Control.Voted YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers. (Oct 2005)Voted YES on prohibiting suing gunmakers & sellers for gun misuse. (Apr 2003)Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record. (Dec 2003)National cross-state standard for concealed carry. (Jan 2009)Teach kids Eddie Eagle GunSafe's lifesaving message. (May 2010)Loosen restrictions on interstate gun purchases. (Oct 2011)Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC. (Mar 2007)Mike Pence on Health Care Click here for 20 full quotes on Health Care OR background on Health Care.Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (Apr 2011)Voted YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund. (Apr 2011)Voted NO on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Apr 2009)Voted NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)Voted NO on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)Voted NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)Voted NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)Voted NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)Voted YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)Voted YES on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)Voted NO on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)Voted YES on small business associations for buying health insurance. (Jun 2003)Voted YES on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)Voted YES on allowing suing HMOs, but under federal rules & limited award. (Aug 2001)Rated 11% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)Repeal any federal health care takeover. (Jul 2010)Deauthorize funding for Obamacare. (Jul 2010)Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law. (Jan 2011)Mike Pence on Homeland Security Click here for 15 full quotes on Homeland Security OR background on Homeland Security.Voted YES on extending the PATRIOT Act's roving wiretaps. (Feb 2011)Voted NO on requiring FISA warrants for wiretaps in US, but not abroad. (Mar 2008)Voted NO on Veto override: Congressional oversight of CIA interrogations. (Mar 2008)Voted YES on removing need for FISA warrant for wiretapping abroad. (Aug 2007)Voted NO on restricting no-bid defense contracts. (Mar 2007)Voted YES on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant. (Sep 2006)Voted YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight. (Apr 2006)Voted YES on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder terrorists. (Feb 2005)Voted YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses. (Feb 2005)Voted YES on supporting new position of Director of National Intelligence. (Dec 2004)Voted YES on adopting the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. (Oct 2004)Voted YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Apr 2003)Voted YES on permitting commercial airline pilots to carry guns. (Jul 2002)Rated 0% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record. (Dec 2003)Extend reserve retirement pay parity back to 9/11. (Dec 2007)Mike Pence on Immigration Click here for 7 full quotes on Immigration OR background on Immigration.Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)Voted YES on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)Voted YES on extending Immigrant Residency rules. (May 2001)Rated 100% by FAIR, indicating a voting record restricting immigration. (Dec 2003)Rated 92% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance. (Dec 2006)End Birthright Citizenship; no more anchor babies. (Apr 2009)Declare English as the official language of the US. (Feb 2007)Mike Pence on Jobs Click here for 10 full quotes on Jobs OR background on Jobs.$700B stimulus did not deliver promised employment. (Jan 2010)Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct 2008)Voted NO on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill. (Jun 2008)Voted NO on restricting employer interference in union organizing. (Mar 2007)Voted NO on increasing minimum wage to $7.25. (Jan 2007)Voted YES on end offshore tax havens and promote small business. (Oct 2004)Voted YES on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports. (Oct 2001)Voted YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)Rated 7% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-union voting record. (Dec 2003)Rated 100% by CEI, indicating a pro-workplace choice voting record. (May 2012)Mike Pence on Principles & Values Click here for 5 full quotes on Principles & Values OR background on Principles & Values.Rated C by the Club for Growth, pro-growth but not targeted. (Sep 2004)Rated 0% by the AU, indicating opposition to church-state separation. (Dec 2006)Member of the House Republican Young Guns. (Sep 2010)Member of the Tea Party movement. (Aug 2010)Designate first weekend in May as Ten Commandments Weekend. (Apr 2011)Mike Pence on Social Security Click here for 2 full quotes on Social Security OR background on Social Security.Voted YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable. (May 2001)Rated 22% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)Mike Pence on Tax Reform Click here for 20 full quotes on Tax Reform OR background on Tax Reform.Across-the-board tax relief better than stimulus bill. (Jan 2010)Voted NO on extending AMT exemptions to avoid hitting middle-income. (Jun 2008)Voted NO on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes. (Dec 2007)Voted YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends. (Dec 2005)Voted YES on providing tax relief and simplification. (Sep 2004)Voted YES on making permanent an increase in the child tax credit. (May 2004)Voted YES on permanently eliminating the marriage penalty. (Apr 2004)Voted YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent. (Apr 2002)Voted YES on $99 B economic stimulus: capital gains & income tax cuts. (Oct 2001)Voted YES on Tax cut package of $958 B over 10 years. (May 2001)Voted YES on eliminating the Estate Tax ("death tax"). (Apr 2001)Reduce the capital gains tax . (Jan 2001)Phaseout the death tax. (Mar 2001)Rated 76% by NTU, indicating a "Taxpayer's Friend" on tax votes. (Dec 2003)Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation. (Dec 2006)Replace income tax & employment tax with FairTax. (Jan 2009)Taxpayer Protection Pledge: no new taxes. (Aug 2010)No European-style VAT (value-added tax). (May 2010)Replace income tax & estate tax with 23% sales tax. (Jan 2011)Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. (Jan 2012)Mike Pence on Technology Click here for 15 full quotes on Technology OR background on Technology.Reject the censorship of the Fairness Doctrine. (Feb 2008)Voted NO on delaying digital TV conversion by four months. (Mar 2009)Voted YES on retroactive immunity for telecoms' warrantless surveillance. (Jun 2008)Voted NO on $23B instead of $4.9B for waterway infrastructure. (Nov 2007)Voted NO on establishing "network neutrality" (non-tiered Internet). (Jun 2006)Voted YES on increasing fines for indecent broadcasting. (Feb 2005)Voted YES on promoting commercial human space flight industry. (Nov 2004)Voted YES on banning Internet gambling by credit card. (Jun 2003)Voted YES on allowing telephone monopolies to offer Internet access. (Feb 2002)Promote internet via Congressional Internet Caucus. (Jan 2001)Permanent ban on state & local taxation of Internet access. (Oct 2007)Popularize Electronic Signatures with ESIGN Day. (Jun 2010)End net neutrality; allow tiered Internet service. (Jan 2011)Sponsored bill prohibiting return of the Fairness Doctrine. (Jan 2009)No performance royalties for radio music. (Mar 2009)Mike Pence on War & Peace Click here for 11 full quotes on War & Peace OR background on War & Peace.Voted YES on banning armed forces in Libya without Congressional approval. (Jun 2011)Voted NO on investigating Bush impeachment for lying about Iraq. (Jun 2008)Voted NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)Voted YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date. (Jun 2006)Voted YES on approving removal of Saddam & valiant service of US troops. (Mar 2004)Voted YES on authorizing military force in Iraq. (Oct 2002)Solidarity with Israel in its fight against terrorism. (Apr 2002)Strengthen sanctions on Syria & assist democratic transition. (Apr 2008)No contact & enforce sanctions on Iran until threat is gone. (May 2011)Support the completion of the US mission in Iraq. (Feb 2007)Sanctions on Iran to end nuclear program. (Apr 2009)