Stein is a graduate of Harvard College. (Creative Commons/Wikipedia)

A doctor and former candidate for governor of Massachusetts, Stein will be the party’s first candidate to have qualified for federal matching funds, The New York Times reported, which is a “a milestone for this 11-year-old alternative party” which does not accept corporate donations.

On the Issues breaks down a few of Stein’s key political statements in recent years:

On the budget and the economy:

• Reduce spending via military cuts & preventive health. (Dec 2011)
• Stimulus plan was not big enough. (May 2012)
• End the Bush-Obama recession; ask wealthy to pay share. (Dec 2011)

On the environment:

• Environment & economy are interdependent; not at odds. (Dec 2011)
• Sustainable transportation plus sustainable food supply. (Dec 2011)
• $200M for 50,000 green jobs: address both supply demand. (Sep 2010)
• Sustainable development; and ban genetically modified food. (Nov 2001)

On energy and oil:

• National ban on fracking; natural gas is not clean. (Jan 2012)
• World War II-scale mobilization to reduce carbon burden. (Jan 2012)
• Renewable energy is win-win for economy & national security. (Dec 2011)
• Nuclear energy is dirty, dangerous and expensive. (Dec 2011)
• Logging wood for electricity is neither clean nor green. (Sep 2010)

Read the full story at the New York Times here and On the Issues here.

Read more on Neon Tommy's coverage of the 2012 Presidential Election here.

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