Robert Broadus' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Robert Broadus has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2016 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
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- “Instead of a land where life, liberty, and property are protected by government, children are exterminated in their mothers' wombs, the elderly are euthanized, every American is forced to buy health insurance against their will, and redistributionist policies govern our daily existence.” (www.justiceandliberty.us)
- “I firmly believe that […] the Federal Government should not be able to destroy (tax) individuals against their will through an income tax.” (votesmart.org)
- “Lowering taxes on business and personal incomes will put more money into the hands of individual citizens and business owners.” (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- “On the Federal level, the government should cut spending dramatically and pay down the national debt. John Maynard Keynes was a Socialist, and his economic theories have proven a failure, and have left us with trillions of dollars of insurmountable debt.” (votesmart.org)
- “Lower taxes […] lead to greater job creation as businesses use the additional capital to expand. I will aggressively pursue a policy of lower taxes, Free Trade, and laissez-fair capitalism to increase Peace, Prosperity, and Opportunity to all Americans.” (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- “I fully support exploration of all sources of fuel throughout the states that can be achieved through a free-market economy.” (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- “Instead of a land where life, liberty, and property are protected by government, children are exterminated in their mothers' wombs, the elderly are euthanized, every American is forced to buy health insurance against their will, and redistributionist policies govern our daily existence.” (www.justiceandliberty.us)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- “Carson has made a strong showing, but failed to stand for conservative principles when he caved in to the LGBT movement and apologized for stating the truth about homosexuality.” (www.facebook.com)
- “I believe marriage is a religious sacrament, and should therefore be decided by churches and by the people who attend them.” (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- “[...] the Democrats want to hang on to a failed New Deal program that is itself trillions of dollars in debt.” (www.facebook.com)
- “While current participants would be allowed to continue using these plans if they choose, future generations would be given free-market investment alternatives, and participants should always have the choice of opting out, or investing in a personal retirement plan or medical savings account.” (votesmart.org)
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
| Pro-life | a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | ||
| No | b) Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy? | ||
| Yes | c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | d) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered? | ||
| Yes | e) Should federal subsidies be prohibited from being used for abortion procedures? | ||
| STATES SHOULD DETERMINE THROUGH THEIR OWN LEGISLATURES WHEN LIFE BEGINS. WHENEVER LIFE BEGINS, THE STATE IS BOUND TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE. | |||
1) SpendingIndicate what federal funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.2) TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.
| Eliminate | a) Agriculture | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Increase | 1) Intelligence operations | ||
| Slightly Decrease | 2) Military hardware | ||
| Slightly Decrease | 3) National missile defense | ||
| Maintain Status | 4) Salary and benefits for active duty personnel | ||
| Greatly Decrease | 5) Programs to improve troop retention rates | ||
| Slightly Decrease | 6) Research and development of new weapons | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Eliminate | f) Homeland security | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Eliminate | h) Medical research | ||
| Eliminate | i) Scientific research | ||
| Eliminate | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Eliminate | l) Welfare | ||
| Greatly Decrease | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Eliminate | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Corporate taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
| Eliminate | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Yes | 3) Do you support the elimination of the federal estate tax? | ||
| Yes | 4) Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year? | ||
| No | 5) Do you support using government funds in an effort to stimulate and improve the economy? | ||
| b) (Useful) | |||
| HEALTH CARE, SOCIAL SECURITY, FICA, MEDICARE | |||
| TAXES SHOULD BE LEVIED ONLY FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES TO FULFILL LEGITIMATE DUTIES OF GOVERNMENT ENUMERATED IN THE CONSTITUTION | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support privatizing elements of Social Security? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing the federal minimum wage? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the ability of workers to unionize? | ||
| No | e) Do you support federal funding for job-training programs that retrain displaced workers? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns? | ||
| No | b) Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns? | ||
| No | d) Should candidates for federal office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations? | ||
| No | f) Do you support limiting the President's ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements? | ||
| POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD NOT BE LISTED ON ANY ELECTION BALLOT | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related training and job-placement assistance when released? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with substance abuse treatment? | ||
| No | d) Do you support reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles | |||
| No | a) Do you support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students? | ||
| No | b) Do you support federal funding for universal pre-K programs? | ||
| No | c) Do you support federal funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | d) Do you support federal funding for K-12 school vouchers? | ||
| No | e) Do you support the federal government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
| THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NO LEGITIMATE ROLE IN EDUCATION. | |||
| No | a) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
| No | b) Do you support international emissions targets aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
| No | c) Do you support allowing energy producers to trade carbon credits under a "cap and trade" system? | ||
| No | d) Do you support strengthening fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support domestic oil exploration in federally-protected areas? | ||
| No | f) Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support the development of nuclear reactors? | ||
| THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NO LEGITIMATE ROLE IN REGULATING ENERGY. PRIVATE COMPANIES SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO INNOVATE & THE MARKET WILL PICK THE WINNERS & LOSERS. STATES SHOULD REGULATE THEIR OWN TERRITORY, NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, EXCEPT FOR INTERSTATE WATERWAYS. | |||
| No | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you believe that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individual citizens to own guns? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns? | ||
| No | d) Do you support a ban on assault rifles? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles | |||
| No | a) Do you support a publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
| No | b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | ||
| Yes | c) Should the federal government expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support relaxing regulations on the importation of prescription drugs? | ||
| THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NO CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE IN HEALTHCARE, BUT I SUPPORT STATES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, WHICH ARE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CONSTITUTION. | |||
| No | a) Do you support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants? | ||
| No | b) Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country? | ||
| No | c) Do you support establishing English as the official national language? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| I WANT OUR LAWS TO BE ENFORCED. PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE ILLEGALY SHOULD BE SENT BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE OR LANGUAGE. | |||
| No | a) Do you support United States military action in Afghanistan? | ||
| No | b) Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing economic development assistance for Afghanistan? | ||
| No | d) Should the United States continue to strike suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States? | ||
| f) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state? | |||
| No | g) Do you support increasing sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates? | ||
| Yes | h) Do you support the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq? | ||
| No | i) Do you support the United States' involvement in free trade agreements? | ||
| f) yes and no BRING THE TROOPS HOME & STOP POLICING THE WORLD. LET PAKISTAN & AFGHANISTAN POLICE THEMSELVES. IF WE INVADE, WE ARE OCCUPIERS, VIOLATING THEIR SOVEREIGNTY. LET ISRAEL & PALESTINE WORK OUT THEIR OWN PROBLEMS - WE WILL SUPPORT WHAT BENEFITS THE USA. | |||
| Yes | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
| No | b) Do you support allowing openly-gay men and women to serve in the United States military? | ||
| No | c) Do you support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research? | ||
| Yes | d) Should the federal government end affirmative action programs? | ||
| GET GOVERNMENT OUT OF MARRIAGE. LEAVE IT TO CHURCHES. NO ONE SHOULD FLAUNT THEIR SEX LIVES OPENLY WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS. ALLOW THE MILITARY TO ENFORCE ITS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT. | |||
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