2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Where does Hillary stand on fracking these days [View all]tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Keystone - against, and not for the reasons you might think. Keystone XL is owned by TransCanada, which is a wholly foreign-owned corporation. The reason the Sate Dept. was originally involved is because the approval would have allowed a foreign company to take the land owned by American citizens by imminent domain. The State Dept. does not regulate environmental issues, so she never addressed Keystone as an environmental issue while SoS.
TPP - unlike many other, she waited until she read what was involved before deciding. Far too many jumped on both sides before the actual agreement was presented. once she saw the details, she came out against it.
Fracking - she is against fracking in locations where there are geological formations that have a higher degree of instability, which is a common sense approach. Fracking is not always a problem.
Minimum wage - increase it, but based upon the average cost of living of a state, with $12 per hour minimum at the least.
Social security - she has said that social security must be maintained and with an increase in benefits with no increase in full retirement age.
Solar and wind - she has said over and over that she supports these and has even stated that she wants to put the coal mining industry out of business. As a note, solar and wind are not a fix-all by any means and cannot be supported in many areas of the US.
Infrastructure - she has said many times that this has to be a priority.
NONE of these issues have had a shift in her policies. She has been consistent, but practical.