Compare And Contrast Republicans And Democrats

Republicans vs. Democrats
Immigration
Republicans recognize that our nation is enriched by immigrants seeking a better life. In many cases immigrants have fled violence and oppression searching for peace and freedom. All suffered and sacrificed but hope for a better future for their children in America. Republicans agree that the lack of security along our borders has contributed to the flow of narcotrafficking, gang violence, and the yearly forced servitude and slavery of over 50,000 women and children from foreign countries by human smugglers. While our nation has been enriched by the determination, energy, and diversity of immigrants, Republicans believe that in this nation of laws, immigration policies should be followed and that securing our borders is vital to ensuring the safety of our citizens. Democrats believe that as the world superpower, it is a fundamental right for the United States to provide unconditional aid and comfort to the citizens of other nations. Democrats believe in open borders, unconditional amnesty, and that the laws of this nation be curtailed to provide non-emergency assistance and legal forms of identification to foreign nationals.
Education
Republicans believe all students, regardless of race or socio-economic background, should become proficient in both reading and math.
While it is desirable that children learn more than one language, mastery of the English language will allow our children to be competitive at the university level. Republicans also believe that schools should be held accountable for student progress through testing, which can be used to identify individual children’s’ needs. These reports, at both the student and school level, should be provided to the parents to ensure accountability. Democrats believe that tests burden teachers and waste classroom instruction time. They also believe children should be forced to stay in schools that fail to teach the basic skills. Democrats argue that literacy should be left for unions to define rather than local PTAs or other parent groups.
National Defense Republicans believe in a strong national defense. Republicans know that defending our nation against its enemies must be a fundamental commitment of the federal government and this requires the best-trained, best-equipped and most effective military in the world. With
America as the world’s only superpower, Republicans believe that true security comes from the strength of character to act collaboratively, when possible, and alone when necessary. After the tragedy of 9-11, America must be ready to fight terrorism abroad in order to prevent it at home. Democrats advocate for scaling down our military and reducing the money spent on military intelligence. Democrats believe that true security comes from negotiations with foreign nations, even if they harbor or have financial ties to terrorist groups. Democrats believe that we must ask other nations for permission before we act to protect our own security.
Taxes and Government Spending Republicans work tirelessly to cut government spending and to eliminate government waste. Republicans believe individuals should control both their own and their government’s pocketbook – the people should authorize all tax increases. Democrats believe that government knows what is best for individuals. They argue that federal bureaucrats better understand the needs of a community than a locally elected council and the federal government should define the tax burden necessary to meet its obligations, because this is too complicated for individuals to understand.
Abortion
The Republican Party upholds the principle that every human being, born and unborn, young and old, healthy and disabled, has a fundamental, individual right to life.
Like Abraham Lincoln, they rely on the Declaration of Independence for the authority to assert that every individual human being has a Creator-endowed right to life, and that it is the duty of government to protect that right. In the tradition of Abraham Lincoln, they assert that no human being, born or unborn, can be considered the property of another, and they repudiate the Roe v. Wade decision which presumed to give some individuals the so-called "right" to terminate the life of
others. Democrats are generally for abortion. They believe that women have the right to their own body. They justify their position by saying that the “baby” is just a bunch of cells so they aren’t actually killing anyone.
My position Through research and lots of consideration, I have decided to declare myself as a Democrat. The main reason being is because they are pro-abortion. There are times in life where having a child will ruin the life of both the mother and child, because the mother couldn’t support her child causing the child to endure of life with no support. People don’t understand the situation some mothers are in and don’t realize they shouldn’t be making decision for other people, which is why I support pro-abortion.

Works Cited
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