Sean Seibert's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Sean Seibert has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2014 Political Courage Test.
Texas Congressional Election 2014 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I have taken an oath to uphold the constitution, the Supreme Court has ruled that a woman has a constitutionally protected right to this medical procedure. A women's choice for this procedure is between herself, her doctor and her God. | |||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| DoD is the largest portion of discretionary spending. DoD needs to truly evaluate all programs and see where funds can be cut. Such as the Ammo transfer program, perks given to Flag officers, Use of contractors. There are ways to control and reduce DoD budget without risking readiness or jeopardizing National Security. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Although the Court have ruled that Corporations are people and have a First Amendment right to be heard. I am in favor of campaign finance reform across the board that ensures the political field is a level playing field allowing voters to opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice. | |||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| I support Capital Punishment under the current law that is established in Texas. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering taxes as a way of promoting growth in the economy? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| When the Federal Government uses funds to promote economic growth, it has to be a long term investment in the infrastructure, such as the Interstate Highway System that was enacted in the 1950's and lasted decades. I am opposed to stimulus that is for shovel ready or a short term infusion. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| I believe that education should be controlled at the lowest local level with little direction or constraints from the federal government | |||
| Yes | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| We need to expand our energy production to make us self sufficient. What we do not use in oil or natural gas should then be exported. | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Climate changes. Yes the amount of carbon based fuels have contributed. But the U.S. is not the biggest polluter. China and India are the biggest violators. Placing strict regulations on U.S. Business will make us less competitive and slow down our economy. | |||
| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| The Constitution is clear in the second amendment. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| The Courts have ruled it is Constitutional as a Tax. The ACA needs to be corrected. in its current form it has increased the size and reach of government. In addition as a Tax it is not making health affordable. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| For those that want to become a citizen of the U.S. must follow the procedures. I do support a guest worker program. In addition their are children that were brought here when they were very young. They should have a path to become legal residents, not citizens. | |||
| No | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| Yes | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| On directions from the President the U.S. Military should take the appropriate actions to protect our National Interest as laid out in the National Security Strategy | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| I am in favor of change to the way contributions are made to Social Security. For any change to occur it should only impact those that are 20 years or more from retirement. | |||
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.
| Slightly Decrease | a) Agriculture | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Arts | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Slightly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Slightly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Space exploration | ||
| Slightly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| Slightly Decrease | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| We must live within the means that we have. We can not spend more than we bring in. | |||
| Our Tax code needs to be overhauled. 73,000 pages of tax regulations. I am in favor of a flat tax. | |||
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