Ashley Woolard's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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North Carolina Congressional Election 2010 Political Courage Test
| 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? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| On question d) Substancial evidence of danger to the woman's must be presented | |||
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.
| Maintain Status | a) Agriculture | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Increase | 1) Intelligence operations | ||
| Slightly Increase | 2) Military hardware | ||
| Greatly Increase | 3) National missile defense | ||
| Slightly Increase | 4) Salary and benefits for active duty personnel | ||
| Greatly Increase | 5) Programs to improve troop retention rates | ||
| Slightly Increase | 6) Research and development of new weapons | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Eliminate | f) Homeland security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Slightly Increase | h) Medical research | ||
| Slightly Increase | i) Scientific research | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Eliminate | l) Welfare | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Eliminate | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Eliminate | d) Corporate taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| 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? | ||
| 6) Other or expanded principles | |||
| On question 6) I certainly believe in security for the homeland, however the octopus that has become The Departmen of Homeland Security needs to be done away with from the top down and the necessary frunctions replaced in the departments from whence the came. Maybe we could borrow one of the Presidents Czar slots to oversee the operation. | |||
| On question f) As low income families pay no taxes, it's impossible to increase their taxes. We should eliminate the "earned income tax credit". Everyone should pay something toward the maintenance of our government. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the ability of workers to unionize? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support federal funding for job-training programs that retrain displaced workers? | ||
| On question e), If we can't get these folks retrained and back to work we can't get them back on the tax rolls. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support limiting the President's ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements? | ||
| On question b) Union members should be able to opt out of having their dues used to support candidates who they don't support. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs? | ||
| On question b) I support this reluctantly - this ought to be basic skills training to enable prisioners who have done their (full) time to have a chance to get entry level positions. With out that - they'll be back in prison to get their "3 hots and a cot". | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| On question d) I support the principle of vouchers because so many of our schools are so far substandard that it's unfair to demand that our children go to them. I do however believe that it should be a state financed program as all education programs should be. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support the development of nuclear reactors? | ||
| All my Ns and Ys should be recorded as emphatic | |||
| 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? | ||
| I also oppose all govenmental efforts, localm state or federal, to restrict ownership of guns through extra taxation on guns and ammunition, or restrictive regulation and certification. | |||
| No | a) Do you support a publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| There are four keys to "fixing" our health care/insurance system: tort Reform, competition across state lines, menu based insurance - select and purchace the coverage that best suits your needs and pocketbook and personal health care savings accounts. | |||
| No | a) Do you support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| The future of our nation may depend more on closing our borders and reducing the illegal population through: strict control and severe punishment for individuals and businesses; enforcing existing federal laws; allowing all states to pass "Arizona type" laws for enforcing immigration laws | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support United States military action in Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing economic development assistance for Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | f) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support increasing sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| On a), b) and c ) my votes are reluctant. We need to revise the rules of engagement to allow our forces to protect themselves- That said - our best chances for victory lie in covert "black" operations and in the use of drone and smart bomb technology. We're losing too many of our people trying to fight the war that the Brits and Russians fought unsuccessfully before us. Economic development $ should only come if Afghanistan becomes secure from Islamic terrorism. On question f) - only if we can be sure that Palistine is unable to attack its neighbor. | |||
| 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? | ||
| c) Do you support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research? | |||
| Yes | d) Should the federal government end affirmative action programs? | ||
| Undecided on c) Very conflicted on this - The scientific value of this is in heavy dispute and until I see something definitive - one way or the other, I will have to pray over my future votes in this area. | |||
| 1. The creation of jobs through the decrease of taxes and regulations on small business. I believe there would be a net increase in revenue with no additional funding as the new jobs created would produce new revenue. 2. Total repeal of Obamacare replacing it with tort reform, competition for insurance beyond state lines, menu driven insurance allowing policy owners do decide what coverage best suits their needs, and individual tax free health savings accounts. 3. Do everything in my power to defend our 2nd Amendment rights and enforce those rights on states and municipalities wishing to limit our rights. |
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