Marco Rubio: Campaign Issues
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Where he stands
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Budget/Deficit/Taxes
- Supports a flat federal tax rate
- Opposes the capital gains tax
- Has stated that no taxes should ever be raised during a recession
- Believes that the age at which a person should begin collecting Social Security should be raised for people more than ten years away from retirement, due to increased life expectancy
- Would repeal the Affordable Care Act
Immigration
- Wants to modernize immigration in order to compete for global talent
- Believes human trafficking law and deferred action has caused border crisis
- Would give kids of illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates
- Believes in green cards after ten years, plus fee, minus federal benefits
Energy/Environment
- Would partner with private companies for transportation system
- Believes human activity is not causing climate change
- Wants Hurricane Savings Accounts for homeowners' insurance
- Would fix the environment with free market, not government mandates
- Wants to utilize toll revenues to widen and improve highways
- Voted no on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems
Foreign Policy
- North Korea is a criminal syndicate, not a government
- Our policy should lead to more liberty for the Cuban people
- Cuba must improve on human rights for engagement to continue
- Engagement with Vietnam and China has not led to freedom
- Cuba embargo was designed to protect American companies
- Believes the U.S. should provide more assistance to Jordan, stay involved against ISIS
- Has said the Russian government is a government of liars
Domestic Issues
- Opposes same-sex marriage
- Strongly pro-life
- Consensus that life begins at conception; so no abortion
- Believes there is no responsible way to use marijuana recreationally
- More from Campaign 2016
—Jennie Wood
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