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What is Each Presidential Candidate's Stance on Technology and the Internet?

Al Gore on Technology

·         Create e-government, interactive access for all citizens. (Jun 5)

·       Tighten privacy protections over medical information. (May 29)

·       Promote $500B market for energy technology. (Apr 23)

·       V-chip & Internet filters are parental tools to protect kids. (Apr 20)

·       Unhealthy concentrations of power snuff out competition. (Apr 9)

·       Bridge the Digital Divide. (Apr 3)

·       Broadcasters required to assist with “Democracy Endowment”. (Mar 27)

·       Assisted heavily with invention of Internet in 1989. (Mar 3)

·       Regulate Internet privacy & child access, but not content. (Mar 1)

·       Universal Internet access should be a national priority. (Feb 21)

·       Tax-free Internet a catastrophe for local governments. (Dec 1999)

·       Postpone Mars for domestic spending. (Dec 1999)

·       Proud of helping Internet; not proud of claiming invention. (Oct 1999)

·       Connect every school to the Internet. (Jun 1999)

·       Expand crime-fighting computer technology nationally. (Jun 1999)

·       Triana satellite would inspire environmental consciousness. (Jun 1999)

·       Use high tech to deliver government and social services. (May 1999)

·       Genome project yes; genetic discrimination no. (May 1999)

·       Electronic Bill of Rights for personal privacy. (May 1999)

George W. Bush on Technology

·         Tax ban keeps Internet growing & affordable. (May 10)

·       Bush would be more friendly toward Microsoft. (Apr 9)

·       $20B increase in R&D spending; permanent R&D tax credit. (Apr 2)

·       Census long form is intrusive; not sure he’d fill it out. (Mar 31)

·       Uses Internet for e-mail and for campaign disclosure. (Mar 2)

·       Technology programs are obsolete before they start. (Jan 26)

·       Internet may or may not help mom & pop - wait & see. (Jan 7)

·       Extend Internet sales tax ban; but wary of Main St. losses. (Dec 1999)

·       Make the Internet a duty-free zone. (Aug 1999)

·       No Y2K lawsuits if good-faith effort made. (Jun 1999)

·       Census by head count, if possible. (Jun 1999)

·       V-chip OK, but cultural changes are better. (May 1999)

Harry Browne on Technology

·        Keep government out of the Internet. (Jan 13)

·     Y2K, like Internet, will be solved by free market. (Jan 1999)

·      If Microsoft loses, consumers will pay more. (Jan 1999)

·      Competition makes high tech work--keep it unregulated. (Jul 1995)

Hillary Clinton on Technology

·       Increase spending for libraries. (Mar 15)

·       Equal opportunity will bridge the digital divide. (Jan 12)

·       We can do more for New York’s biotechnology industry. (Nov   1999)

·       Train teachers to use technology in classrooms. (Jul 1999)

Pat Buchanan on Technology

·       Microsoft is over the top; but they’ll survive Justice case. (Nov 1999)

Ralph Nader on Technology

·       More free info from govt via computers & airwaves. (Feb 21)

·       Ruling against Microsoft bodes well for competition. (Nov 1999)

·       Microsoft is anticompetitive and anticonsumer. (Nov 1998)

·       Microsoft must be stopped. (Nov 1998)

Rick Lazio on Technology

·       Technology fuels our economy. (May 4)

·       Maintain a world-class transportation infrastructure. (May 4)

Rudy Giuliani on Technology

·       No privacy concerns with DNA-like fingerprinting. (Jan 13)

·       Project Smart Schools puts computers in every classroom. (Dec 1999)

Washington Monthly: Presidential Aptitude Test

This site analyzes the positions of Gore, Bradley, Bush, and McCain on a number of issues.

SelectSmart.com American Presidential Candidate Selector

This interactive database helps determine which candidate most closely matches your political views

www.realchange.org

This site digs up the dirt on the Presidential candidates.  Learn about what each candidate has in their skeleton closet.  This site is very interesting and very informative. They claim to be “the right place for dirt, attitude and opinionated character reviews of all the Presidential Candidates.”