Kenneth Proctor's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Kenneth Proctor 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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- "We should eliminate Federal income taxes and move to a national Consumption tax instead." (onyourballot.vote411.org)
- "Ending the failed war on drugs would go a log way toward solving racial inequality." (votersguide.michigan.com)
- "Now is the time to dramatically cut state spending by downsizing Michigan's state government. Ask yourself, what State programs are truly essential to your personal well-being? Very few. We can and should cut programs to live within our means." (votesmart.org)
- "The best thing the government can do for job creation is to get out of the way. Government is the source of most of the barriers that impede business and job growth. A little more freedom in America's marketplace and we would get a little better economy. A lot more freedom in America's marketplace and our economy could reach new heights." (votersguide.michigan.com)
- "We need real tax relief across the board, not just for the politically well connected." (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.
- "No form of energy production should be subsidized with Taxpayer money." (onyourballot.vote411.org)
- "Private investment in alternative energy must be allowed without the mountains of red tape and endless litigation." (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "I fully support the Second Amendment, and will not support any restrictions on our rights to defend ourselves." (votesmart.org)
- "Obamacare is a monster that is outgrowing it's cage. There were no incentives put in place to control or reduce costs, so eventually it will become too expensive for anyone to afford. Obamacare is the polar opposite of a free market approach. The best free market approaches to American Health-care would eliminate the mandate to force people to buy something they may not need, or want." (votersguide.michigan.com)
- Do you favor the deportation of all undocumented immigrants? "No. It is too big a job. It would create a worse police state than we already have. It would severely harm, if not destroy our economy." (votersguide.michigan.com)
- 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.
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-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I believe reproductive issues are not the Constitutional realm of the Federal government. | |||
| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| We should bring all of our troops home now. Afghanistan is too corrupt... all of our spent taxpayer money and spilled blood will be in vain. | |||
Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing the federal budget.In order to balance the budget,
| Yes | do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| No | do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | do you support reducing Medicaid spending? | ||
| Yes | do you support reducing Medicare spending? | ||
| Yes | Is balancing the budget a legislative priority? | ||
| End all of our wars now. Eliminate corporate welfare now. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Election are being bought by monied special interests. The average American has lost a lot of ground. | |||
| No | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| The criminal justice system is broken. There are too many corrupt lawyers, prosecutors, and judges to insure that innocent people aren't put to death. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | Do you support spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | Do you support the temporary extension of unemployment benefits? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | ||
| Our country needs prosperity, but prosperity cannot flourish in an environment of war and foreign intervention. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| Eliminate the Dept. of Education and let the States decide what their education systems should look like. | |||
| Yes | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| Providing that the energy producers are held accountable for any environmental damages they may cause. | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I do know that if the earth experiences another eruption from a super volcano, this whole issue becomes meaningless. | |||
| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| I'm a Life member of the NRA and a decorated Vietnam infantry veteran. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| No | Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| The affordable care act is not affordable, it will increase costs, decrease care and have a negative affect on our economy. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Yes | Do you support allowing illegal immigrants, who were brought to the United States as minors, to pursue citizenship without returning to their country of origin? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police? | ||
| There is middle ground here for solutions that neither side of the issue had looked at. We need more legal immigration. I believe English should be our official language. | |||
| Yes | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| Marriage is not the proper constitutional realm of the federal government. | |||
| No | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| No | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| End our wars including the failed war on drugs and bring all of our troops home NOW. | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| S.S. would not be an issue if we eliminated corporate welfare and reduce military spending globally. | |||
SpendingIndicate what federal spending levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.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.
| Greatly Decrease | a) Agriculture | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Eliminate | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Decrease | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Decrease | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Decrease | j) Space exploration | ||
| Greatly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| Greatly Decrease | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| Most of these expenses are better targeted at state and local levels. | |||
| As a Libertarian I wish to see all taxes eventually eliminated. Moving in that direction I support going to the Fair tax and eliminating the IRS | |||
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