“Thompson already has raised eyebrows on taxes; traveling last month in Iowa, he refused to rule out raising taxes.” Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070906/ap_on_el_pr/gop_analysis;_ylt=AlbyF.4aY13Z3AVbSgsPPQSyFz4D

Three step plan: 1. “The Iraqi parliament should vote on whether they want us there. If they do, we have greater world standing to be there. If not, that sends a strong message to the United States on what it should do next in Iraq.” Source: candidate's website.

2. “The United States should work with Iraqis to support elections of leaders in each of the nation's 18 provinces to operate under a national government. A model much like states in the United States, this will give Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds their own pieces of Iraq. The creation of distinct states or regions will form a confederation that allows each group to operate their local affairs in a manner that best suits its people, religious beliefs and culture, and goals for the future. These states would provide representation to a national government that would provide a defense for all of Iraq and an economic infrastructure.” Source: candidate's website.

3. “We should encourage the Iraqi government to give every Iraqi a stake in the nation’s rich oil reserves. Oil revenues should be divided in thirds among the national government, the provincial governments and individual Iraq citizens. This will create great incentive for all Iraqis to protect their oil reserves, while ensuring that their federal and provincial governments govern fairly. This strategy gives the Iraqi people a place and a stake in their country. And it creates the incentives and motivation for the Iraqi people to rise up and determine their personal and national destiny. This is a proven model currently used in Alaska, where the citizens of that state receive annual royalties from oil production there.” Source: candidate's website.

4 step plan. 1. “We must build a system centered on preventive medicine, rather than curative. In this country, we wait until people get sick and then spend billions of dollars to try to make them well again. Why not invest up front in keeping our families healthy in the first place?” Source: candidate's website.

2. “We must use information technology to cut costs, reduce medical errors and create a more efficient health care system. Our doctors use the latest technology to cure your illnesses, but manila folders to keep track what’s wrong with you. The industry needs to work together to overcome the barriers to implementing information technology in the health field. We must make sure different systems to communicate with each other, so the information on a patient from a doctor’s office in Iowa is useful to a hospital in California. Doctors, nurses and technicians must know how to use this new technology, and health care providers must be sure the technology is having the intended effect - that is, to save money and more importantly, to save lives.” Source: candidate's website.

3. “Third, we must use the private sector and public sector to provide health insurance for all. It is a basic common sense approach to keeping people healthy and reining in health care costs. Governor Thompson proposes requiring states to organize purchasing pools among the uninsured. Such an arrangement would provide health insurance for families, while allowing the purchasing pools to negotiate better prices for care.” Source: candidate's website.

4. “We must, once and for all, make sure health care and longterm care is affordable. For government, our Medicare and Medicaid systems will soon break the budgets – and families across America are grappling with how to pay for longterm care for themselves and for their parents. This isn’t a problem that will go away if we simply ignore it.” Source: candidate's website.

“Governor Thompson opposes amnesty and believes that America must enforce its immigration policies to the fullest extent of the law. People who are found to be in the country illegally should be returned to their home countries and should have to wait at the end of the line, behind people who are seeking to enter the country or become citizens legally.” Source: candidate's website.

“Governor Thompson is pro-life and signed one of the nation’s first partial-birth abortion bans. Under Thompson, the number of adoptions in Wisconsin increased by 22 percent, while the number of abortions decreased by 37 percent. Just as he did in Wisconsin, Thompson would appoint strict constructionist judges who do not legislate from the bench.” Source: candidate's website.

“Governor Thompson believes marriage is between a man and a woman. He supports states’ rights in determining the definition of marriage and believes it should be done legislatively or by referendum.” Source: candidate's website.

“Governor Thompson believes Congress can make No Child Left Behind stronger, and do so without wavering on its core principles.” Source: candidate's website.

Supports Bush's tax cuts and also supports making them permanent. Source: candidate's website.