Policy/Issue Quiz #2 - Nuclear Weapons and Testing and Proliferation
Vote Nuclear - Issue #1: Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing *Question: Should the United States resume nuclear weapons testing as soon possible?
Background: In resuming nuclear testing, the US would unilaterally break the international moratorium on nuclear testing -- in spite of the facts that: 1) we are trying to discourage Pakistan, Korea and other nations from testing and arming themselves with Nuclear Weapons; 2) our allies in the Americas and in Europe are urging that we do not do so.
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Voting Issue #2 - Begin "safer" testing Nuclear Weapons in the deserts of Nevada. *Question: Should the United States begin testing Nuclear Weapons in the deserts of Nevada as soon as possible on the basis that Nuclear Testing "will be safer this time"?
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Voting Issue #3 - The US should immediately budget for the research and development of new nuclear weapons. *Question: Should the US immediately budget for the research and development of new nuclear weapons, including the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (“Bunker Buster”) and “small yield nuclear weapons” (“mini-nukes”)?
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Voting Issue #4 - Temporary storage of High-Level Nuclear Waste in Utah. *Question: Should high-level nuclear waste be stored anyplace in Utah, as long as the storage is only "temporary"?
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Voting Issue #5 - Travel of High-Level Nuclear Waste across Utah's on I-70 and I-15. *Question: Should it be OK for High-Level Nuclear Waste to travel across Utah on I-70 and I-15 to arrive in destinations in states like Nevada and/or further west -- as long as there are only 15 to 25 trailer trucks per day and they travel at speeds of less than 35 miles per hour?
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Vote Nuclear - Issue #6: Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *Question: This issues question is a critical consideration in the voting process set up on this page. If you are "reading each 'proposal' thoroughly", as requested in the instructions above, it is CRITICAL that you answer this issue: "Not Sure". Any answer other than "Not Sure" means that you are NOT reading thoroughly and we will weigh your survey answers accordingly. "Not Sure"is the ONLY appropriate answer to this Issue Proposal.
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Voting Issue #7 - Interstate transportation of High-Level Nuclear Waste. *Question: Should cities and states that create High-Level Nuclear Waste be able to transport their waste over interstate borders to other cities and states, rather than dealing with their own High-Level contamination problems themselves?
Background: European countries have treaties prohibiting such transport across their boundries, but the US should be different -- each state should share its problems with other states.
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Voting Issue #8 - Include costs of disposal and storage of High-Level Nuclear Waste in the price of the electricity to the local user. *Question: Should all of the costs of nuclear-generated electrical power, including the costs of High-Level Nuclear Waste storage and disposal, NOT be added into the pricing of the electicity generated and offered to its local users? Instead, should the costs of the storage and disposal of High-Level Nuclear Waste be deferred, and then paid out of the national budget? -- meaning every citizen in America should pay for the High-Level storage and disposal requirements of the few states who have benefited from the nationally subsidized electrical power?
Background: While users now pay a "surcharge" for the use of nuclear generated electrical power, the fund [now approximately $9B is estimated as approximately 25% of the anticipated costs of waste and disposal. We are currently subsidizing the balance.
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Voting Issue #9 - Support Yucca Mountain Nevada as a permanent storage facility for High-Level Nuclear Waste (see Issue #5). *Question: Should Yucca Mountain Nevada be developed and approved as a permanent storage facility for High-Level Nuclear Waste, inspite of unresolved geo-instabilities, because it's the ONLY site pending approval for long-term storage AND if it goes THERE, it won't have to come to Utah -- even though it will have to be transported without high-level security escort through Utah highways (see Issue #5)?
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Voting Issue #10 - The US Senate should ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty which outlaws nuclear weapons testing and provides verification of compliance. *Question: Should the US Senate should ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty which outlaws nuclear weapons testing and provides verification of compliance with the treaty?
Background: This treaty was signed by Clinton and has not yet been submitted to the Senate for ratification by the Bush administration.
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Voting Issue #11 - Congress should expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to cover Utah residents. *Question: Should Congress expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to cover Utah residents and other individuals for illnesses which have been determined are/were actually caused directly by exposure to fall out from nuclear testing in Nevada decades ago?
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Solutions Section
#1. I can vote with my dollars! * In today's world, I really can vote with my dollars every day! I can do this by spending by money of food and expenses and products and services that create value while they promote and strengthen the economy -- locally and nationally -- FROM retailers and vendors who promote and strengthen the my local economy and national economy by re-investing a portion of there profits into the community. (For MORE Information, click here . Vendors and retailers click here, too! ) Select as many boxes as you like!
#2. I can vote with my TIME! * In today's world, I really can vote with my TIME! I can VOLUNTEER. I can spend a little time each day, or each week, or at least each month. I can work with Not-For-Profit Organizations ("NGOs") and/or for community or church projects that promote and strengthen my character and my work skills. My actions can even support my neighbors and community. My activities can strengthen the local economy and the national economy by REDUCING TAXES .(For MORE Information, click here . Vendors and retailers click here, too! ) Select as many boxes as you like!
#3 - I will vote at the BALLOT BOX. * In todays world, I can also vote in elections. It is best to get involved early so you can choose which candidates and issues go on the ballot. Otherwise, others restrict your choices and the power of my vote by restricting what goes on the ballot.
#4. I will vote my conscience when I am called to jury. * Most of us do NOT appreciate how important this activity is. I can commit to voe my conscience and I will NOT be influenced by what is expedient -- even under pressure -- nor will I be influenced by my personal chances for gain. If the truth looses, I loose eventually.
#5. I will "VOTE" with a financial contribution. *I realize that politics based on "beliefs" and "personalities" don't work. Politics must be based on facts and solutions. I realize that I can make MY OWN "campaign finance reform" simply by pledging NOT to vote for candidates who have taken corporate money (click here for a list of candidates and where their contributions come from. I want to contribute NOT more than $300 to this effort to get these issues in the public debate. I understand that contributions are limited to $100 to BHP and $200 for Joes campaign ; and the only other way to contribute to this cause is to REFER my friends and/or to contribute by VOLUNTEERING for a community project or ''NGO'' . (To contribute NOW, click here.)
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