On The Third Hand

Undo the bankruptcy bill enacted by this administration
Strongly agree - except to note that it was not enacted just by this administration - both sides deserve blame.

Repeal the estate tax repeal
Disagree.

Increase the minimum wage and index it to the CPI
Strongly disagree.

Universal health care (obviously the devil is in the details on this one)
Probably would disgree with the details.

Increase CAFE standards. Some other environment-related regulation
Disagree in general - might agree on a few specifics.

Pro-reproductive rights, getting rid of abstinence-only education, improving education about and access to contraception including the morning after pill, and supporting choice. On the last one there’s probably some disagreement around the edges (parental notification, for example), but otherwise.
Strongly agree. Abstinence-only education doesn’t work. I have no objection to explaining the benefits of abstinence - only to abstinence-only eductation.

Simplify and increase the progressivity of the tax code
Agree with simplify, disagree with increase the progressivity (though I wouldn’t scream over Jane Galt’s tax plan too loudly). Would prefer a national sales tax with refund to lower tax groups.

Kill faith-based funding. Certainly kill federal funding of anything that engages in religious discrimination.
Strongly agree. The first amendment being what it is, we are required to fund cults like $cientology, as well as radical Islam. Thanks, but no thanks.

Reduce corporate giveaways.
Depends. Dump most subsidies. My view of what ‘corporate giveaways’ are will otherwise probaby differ.

Have Medicare run the Medicare drug plan.
Disagree. Government-run anything is always a disaster.

Force companies to stop underfunding their pensions. Change corporate bankruptcy law to put workers and retirees at the head of the line with respect to their pensions.
Some laws already on the books need changing. (See Assymetrical Information on this one - I agree with Jane.)

Leave the states alone on issues like medical marijuana. Generally move towards “more decriminalization” of drugs, though the details complicated there too.
Strongly agree.

Paper ballots
Agree. I’m tired of conspiracy theories about electronic machines.

Improve access to daycare and other pro-family policies. Obiously details matter.
Probably would disgree with their details.

Raise the cap on wages covered by FICA taxes.
Agree, also raise retirement age. (I like Jane’s tax plan - see above - on this too. I just don’t think it would get passed.)

Marriage rights for all, which includes “gay marriage” and quicker transition to citizenship for the foreign spouses of citizens.
Agree with first. Agree with second, if and only if, we enact something to be sure those spouses were freely chosen from someone who is NOT related to the American spouse. There should also be something in place to be sure it’s not a fee-based marriage (marrying someone for a fee, just to get them citizenship).

[Update] Oops - as Tim pointed out in the comments, I forgot to link the original “test” at Atrios, or the one edited by Kevin Drum. Omission now corrected.