Mark McCracken recognizes the issues facing rural communities. He supports farmland preservation and is a strong advocate for a better public education system.
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Illegal Immigrants
Offer them a path to citizenship once they have paid a fine and any back taxes.
Universal Health Care
Employers.
Pennsylvania Brain Drain
Increase incentives to attract businesses to the state, such as the Keystone Innovation Zones that were set up in the state four years ago.
Campaign Finance Reform
I favor the “clean money” approach, giving each candidate a set amount of public money—the system currently in use in Maine and Arizona).
Iraq
There should be a timetable for the removal of U.S. troops.
Climate Change
Global climate change is happening, but because we do not fully understand what’s fueling it, it would be imprudent to act.
Energy Independence
Congress should support alternative energy research, such as clean-coal and ethanol projects, and also promote nuclear power and conservation.
No Child Left Behind
NCLB is failing to close the achievement gap, won’t make its 2014 goals, and has not significantly improved reading and math achievement. The law should be scrapped.
Transportation Funding
Lease roads to private entities and abolish the Turnpike Commission.