Georgetown College’s Student–Run Newspaper
November 2, 2016
Presidential election in one week
Volume CXXXVI Issue 19
A look at the four presidential, Kentucky’s two senatorial candidates By BAILEE BOGGESS Staff Writer With the election only one week away, here are a few reminders of each candidate’s platform to keep you updated. There follows a deeper look at our two major party presidential candidates and the two most well–known minor party candidates. Kentucky’s Senate candidate positions are also presented. Running as the Democratic nominee is Hillary Clinton, and her running mate is Tim Kaine. Clinton has based the foundation of her platform on women’s rights, immigration laws and health care. She has frequently supported an equal pay for equal work policy. She says that the US should enforce the current border policy instead of creating a harsher new one, and she supports the use of the Obamacare system. She is pro– choice in abortion. As for taxes, Clinton believes in increasing the amount of taxes which people in higher tax brackets pay. She has also said that paid family
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leave for full-time employees is essential. She believes in raising the federal minimum wage. Clinton encourages more restrictions for purchasing a gun. She supports accepting refugees from Syria. Clinton has often been criticized for her participation in the infamous email scandal and other aspects of crony capitalism. Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, with Mike Pence as his running mate. Trump is pro–life. He believes that the United States should increase border patrol and that all illegal immigrants should be reported and deported back to their own countries. He also desires to build a wall along America’s southern border. Trump does not support Obamacare and wishes to replace it. Also, he believes in raising the minimum wage and lowering the tax rates for corporations. He wants to stop the acceptance of Syrian refugees. Trump has been an anti– establishment candidate since
the beginning and has frequently spoken out against Washington lobbyists. Trump has often been criticized for his seemingly constant and irrational insults, willingness to use torture and nuclear weapons and previously wanting to ban all Muslims from entering the U.S. Gary Johnson and his running mate Bill Weld are the nominees from the Libertarian Party. He is pro–choice. He believes that the government should not be involved in the health care system. He wants to make it easier for potential immigrants to acquire work and student visas. Even as a Libertarian, he supports regulation against pollution. An adamant voice against corruption in Washington, Johnson has spoken against big government and crony capitalism. Johnson wishes to slightly cut the military budget, yet still have a strong national defense. He wishes only to attack back, not intervene unnecessarily. Johnson would support legislation that reduces taxes
and government size. He also believes in stricter gun control laws for criminals and the mentally ill, but otherwise leaving them as they are. Some criticisms of Johnson are his ignorance of Aleppo, Syria, and his desire to abolish the IRS. Jill Stein and her running mate Ajamu Baraka are the nominees for the Green Party. Stein, like Clinton, believes in equal pay for equal work. She also says that businesses should have to publish their salary rates for employees and that the federal minimum wage should be increased. She is pro–choice. Stein does not support Obamacare but wants to have a single–payer system. She wants to make an easier transition for immigrants into the country. She wants to provide a free college education to all students. Stein wants to end military interventions and drone strikes. She believes in stricter restrictions when purchasing a gun including harsher background checks. As a member of the Green
Party, Stein wishes to expand regulations and incentives to improve enviromnetal health. Criticisms against Stein include her wanting to ban GMOs and believing that cancelling student debt is the same as the government bailing out Wall Street. Congressional candidates are also important when considering for whom to vote this week. The Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate is Jim Gray. As the major of Lexington, Gray has seen the minimum wage increased and led the city to a budget surplus. He supports coal miners and wants the free market to lead Kentucky gradually from coal to renewable energy. The Republican candidate is Rand Paul. He is the incumbent. Against the Patriot Act, Paul is a to–the–letter right– leaning Libertarian, wishing to protect individual liberty before anything else. He would like to grow Kentucky’s coal districts back to their former employ.
Jim Gray and Rand Paul debate page 2
Race: The Power of an Illusion page 7
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI comes out page 8
Exercise and mental health page 10