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Missouri Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Roe v. Wade has forced states to destroy life as opposed to protect it. | |||
| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| Our actions will/have not established a liberal democratic state, in addition to the fact that billions of tax dollars are used to support a corrupt regime. | |||
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? | ||
| We can reform the above programs listed and save billions. In regards to defense, we can reform defense policies and save. (i.e. Foreign Aid, Nation Building, U.S. Bases in 130+ nations). | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| These types of regulations have not established transparency. | |||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| This is usually a state decision. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| The federal government has a long history of printing, borrowing, and taxing! When such takes place it is spent inefficiently and ends up in the hands of special interests. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| The Department of Education needs to be eliminated. | |||
| Yes | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| Deregulation of safe energy sources is needed. | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| More regulations based on guided results is not what we need. | |||
| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| The Constitution is clear concerning the 2nd Amendment. | |||
| No | 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 2010 "Affordable Care Act" will drive up artificial inflation of health care. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Our current legal immigration paths need to be reformed to encourage equality, being said several Federal mandates encourage illegal immigration by providing services and an ever expanding entitlement state. | |||
| No | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| The federal government has no role in this issue, the 10th Amendment provides process to such. Homosexual couples NEED the same legal status though in regards to tax, legal, and health care concerns. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| There are other avenues to attempt to prevent Iran from attaining a nuclear weapon. In regards to terrorists, I would prefer a more constitutional and diplomatic approach with other nations in addressing these individuals who wish to do harm. | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| Social Security is broken, the federal government has treated such as a revenue stream as opposed to an expenditure. Social Security funds have been misused. | |||
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 | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Arts | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Medical Research | ||
| Slightly Decrease | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Slightly Decrease | j) Space exploration | ||
| Greatly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Slightly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| Slightly Decrease | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Eliminate | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| -Defense operations need reformed. -The Dept. of Education should be eliminated and the revenue given to the states. -Homeland security functions need reformed. | |||
| -I support a Fair tax system as opposed to an income tax. | |||
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