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Eddie Zamora, Jr.'s Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Eddie Zamora, Jr. has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2014 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests.

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Issue Positions

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  • "All of our rights are inalienable and are given us by God. Among these are the right to Life (Eddie Zamora is 100% Pro-Life), Liberty (with responsibility), and the pursuit of property or happiness (with personal responsibility)." (votesmart.org)
  • "Eliminate al income taxes and go to a "fair tax"." 2006 PCT (votesmart.org)
  • 2006 PCT:"indicate what federal funding levels you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category, you can use a number more than once.Greatly Increase c) DefenseGreatly Increase f) Homeland securityGreatly Increase h) Law enforcementSlightly Increasen) Transportation and highway infrastructure" (votesmart.org)
  • "Government's role in creating jobs is to take excessive regulations off the backs of our small businesses, so they can grow and produce real, good-paying jobs!" (votesmart.org)
  • "...we will never improve education if we don't shut down the U.S. Department of Education." (votesmart.org)
  • "We are for Energy Independence, with the ability to harvest all of our natural resources, including oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear power, with full regard for free-market principles, without unnecessary government interference." (votesmart.org)
  • "We are for Energy Independence...without unnecessary government interference." (votesmart.org)
  • "PRO-RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS. I strongly support your right to keep and bear arms. This is an inalienable right that comes from God, not from government. WE THE PEOPLE have a right to defend our lives, our families, our friends, our neighbors and our nationa, and to protect ourselves against a tyrannical government run amuck when and if necessary.Amendment II of The Constitution explicitly protects from infringement, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms. Thus, we must protect the 2nd Amendment." (votesmart.org)
  • "ABOLISH OBAMACARE. Americans have enjoyed the best healthcare in the entire world...until now. Obamacare is a disaster that is threating our access to quality, immediate healthcare. As more parts of the "Affordable" Care Act are enacted, people are becoming increasingly aware of just how UN-AFFORDABLE it really is and how destructive this policy is to our entire healthcare system.Healthcare is a personal responsibility. No one should be forced by their government ot purchase anything and no one should expect "free" anything unless they are willing to go and work for free. Doctors don't want to work for free, nor do they want to become de facto employees of the government. Obamacare is unconstitutional and must be abolished immediately!" (votesmart.org)
  • "I strongly support LEGAL immigration, while securing our borders and compelling illegal immigrants to adhere to all of our laws, with absolutely no amnesty." (votesmart.org)
  • "PRO-MARRIAGE. Marriage is a covenant relationship established by God and consists of one natural man and one natural woman." (votesmart.org)
  • "The finest men and women in America (and some from outside) volunteer for front-line service in protection of our freedom, our nation and our Constitution. Every Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine and Coast Guard Cadet knows what they are putting at risk, but also what they are defending, and while not all of them will see front-line combat action, they will all play a vital role towards the same in some form of support." (votesmart.org)
  • 2006 PCT: "c) Invest a portion of Social Security assets collectively in stocks and bonds instead of United States Treasury securities." (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.
The Political Courage Test asks candidates which items they will support if elected. It does not ask them to indicate which items they will oppose. Through extensive research of public polling data, we discovered that voters are more concerned with what candidates would support when elected to office, not what they oppose. If a candidate does not select a response to any part or all of any question, it does not necessarily indicate that the candidate is opposed to that particular item.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.

X a) Abortions should always be illegal.
b) Abortions should always be legal.
c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
X f) Prohibit public funding of abortions and to organizations that advocate or perform abortions.
"I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb"- God- That's what He says in His Word (Bible) and that's what I believe. Also- The Courts DO NOT have Constitutional Authority to make laws. Let's kick this back to the Legislature so "We the people" can debate and decide this issue and not the courts.

Using the key, indicate what federal funding levels you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category, you can use a number more than once.Budget Priorities

a) Agriculture
b) Arts
Greatly Increase c) Defense
d) Education
e) Environment
Greatly Increase f) Homeland security
g) International aid
Greatly Increase h) Law enforcement
i) Medical research
j) National parks
k) Public health services
l) Scientific research
m) Space exploration programs
Slightly Increase n) Transportation and highway infrastructure
o) Welfare
p) Emergency preparedness
"We the People" are the government and spending should be prioritized to items we the people cannot individually pay for but are absolutely essential for safety & well being.

Defense Spending

Greatly Increase a) Armed forces personnel training
Greatly Increase b) Intelligence operations
Slightly Increase c) Military hardware
Greatly Increase d) Modernization of weaponry and equipment
Greatly Increase e) National missile defense
Greatly Increase f) Pay for active duty personnel
Greatly Increase g) Programs to improve troop retention rates
Greatly Increase h) Research and development of new weapons
Greatly Increase i) Troop and equipment readiness
Our troops and veterans are the Greatest of Americans.

Using the key above, indicate what federal tax levels you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category.TaxesIncome Taxes:Family IncomeRetiree IncomeOther Taxes:Deductions/Credits:

a) Less than $25,000
b) $25,000-$75,000
c) $75,000-$150,000
d) Over $150,000
f) Over $40,000
Slightly Increase a) Alcohol taxes
Eliminate b) Capital gains taxes
Slightly Increase c) Cigarette taxes
d) Corporate taxes
e) Gasoline taxes
Eliminate f) Inheritance taxes
g) Other or expanded categories
Greatly Increase a) Charitable contributions
Greatly Increase b) Child tax credit
c) Earned income tax credit
Greatly Increase d) Medical expense deduction
e) Mortgage deduction
Greatly Increase f) Student loan credit
g) Other or expanded categories
Eliminate and go to a "fair tax"
Eliminate al income taxes and go to a "fair tax".
Yes 4) Do you support the permanent repeal of the federal estate tax?
Yes 5) Do you support making President Bush's tax cuts permanent?
Eliminate wasteful spending.
If you don't feel comfortable going to your neighbor and demanding a check then don't do so to Uncle Sam in Washington, because your neighbor IS the government-- We the People are the government.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.

a) Support public taxpayer funding for federal candidates who comply with campaign spending limits.
X b) Increase the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns.
c) Prohibit Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions to candidates for federal office.
d) Allow unregulated soft money campaign contributions to political parties or committees.
X e) Remove all contribution limits on federal campaigns and parties.
f) Require Section 527 organizations to register with the Federal Election Commission as Political Action Committees.
g) Do you support instant run-off voting?
Yes h) Should Election Day be a national holiday?
Yes i) Do you support a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and woman?
Campaign contributions are free speech. Homosexuality is a chosen sinful behavior that God calls "an abomination", for which He destroyed 2 cities, Sodom and Gomorah. It's really not much different than alcoholism or drug addiction. "The sins of the father are passed on to the children to the third and fourth generations"- Bible, Old Testament

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.

X a) Support the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
b) Eliminate the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
X c) Support programs to provide prison inmates with educational, vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
X d) Support programs to provide prison inmates with drug and alcohol addiction treatment.
e) Reduce prison sentences for those who commit non-violent crimes.
f) Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, and disability be prosecuted as federal hate crimes.
g) Impose stricter penalties for those convicted of corporate crimes.
X h) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
Programs proven to reduce reidivism rates should be encouraged and supported (like Bible based recovery & repentance programs.) The Bible and Prayer BACK IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS is the key and at the root of all violent crime today.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding drugs.

X a) Support mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs.
b) Expand federally sponsored drug education and drug treatment programs.
c) Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
d) Allow doctors to recommend marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes.
X e) Increase border security to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the United States.
f) Eliminate federal funding for programs associated with the "war on drugs."
g) Support a federal law to standardize testing and penalties for steroid use in professional sports.
Drugs are a cheap counterfeit high that don't compare with The Joy of The Lord accessbile via personal repentance and forgiveness If you don't forgive, it's like drinking a cup of poison and then sitting back and waiting for the other person to die-- it's not going to hurt them, but it could DESTROY you.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.

X a) Support national standards for and testing of public school students.
X b) Allow parents to use vouchers, (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children to any public school.
X c) Allow parents to use vouchers, (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children to any private or religious school.
X d) Allow teachers and professionals to receive authorization and funding to establish charter schools.
X e) Reward teachers with merit pay for working in low-income schools.
f) Increase funding for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings, infrastructure, technology).
g) Support affirmative action in public college admissions.
h) Increase funding of programs such as Pell grants and Stafford loans to help students pay for college.
X i) Support federal tax incentives to help families save for college.
Equal OPPORTUNITY for all. Equal RESULTS can never be mandated because everyone does not put forth the same effort or even the same desires. Let's not have any more reverse-discrimination, (called "affirmative action".)

1) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.2) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding affirmative action.

a) Increase funding for national job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market.
X b) Reduce government regulation of the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
c) Provide tax credits or grants to businesses that offer child care services to employees.
d) Encourage employers to offer flex-time scheduling, comp-time, and unpaid leave for family emergencies.
e) Eliminate all federal programs designed to reduce unemployment.
f) Increase the federal minimum wage.
g) Support the right of workers to strike without fear of being permanently replaced.
h) Include sexual orientation in federal anti-discrimination laws.
a) The federal government should consider race and gender in government contracting decisions.
X b) The federal government should discontinue affirmative action programs.
c) The federal government should continue affirmative action programs.
Let's get "the government" off the backs of We The American People and our small business owners who provide jobs every day of the week.
(a) No (c) No Leet's end all racial and gender discrimination, including all reverese discrimination - Bring back mens' wrestling programs. Let's end all racial and gender discrimination, including all reverse discrimination-- Bring back Men's wrestling programs.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.

a) Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Water Act.
b) Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Air Act.
c) Support Clear Skies Act to reduce power plant emissions by setting a national cap on pollutants.
X d) Require states to compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses of privately-owned land.
X e) Relax logging restrictions on federal lands.
X f) Relax standards on federal lands to allow increased recreational usage.
X g) Support increased development of traditional energy resources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil).
h) Strengthen emission controls and fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles.
X i) Support opening a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration.
X j) Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels to reduce pollution.
k) Support the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel.
l) Allow energy producers to trade pollution credits.
m) Support the Kyoto Protocol to limit global warming.
(k) Only if it does not require regular fossil fuels to produce it. (ethanol)

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.

a) Reauthorize the ban on the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting.
b) Maintain and strengthen the current level of enforcement of existing federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
X c) Ease federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
X d) Repeal federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
X e) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns.
f) Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows.
g) Require a license for gun possession.
The 2nd Amdt. was written for National Defence AND so that We The People could defend ourselves against a tyrannical government. I strongly support the 2nd Amendment- The Right of We The People to keep and bear Arms.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health care.

a) Providing health care is not a responsibility of the federal government.
b) Implement a universal health care program to guarantee coverage to all Americans regardless of income.
X c) Expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts.
X d) Establish limits on the amount of punitive damages awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
e) Support expanding prescription drug coverage under Medicare.
X f) Offer tax credits to individuals and small businesses to offset the cost of insurance coverage.
g) Support automatic enrollment of children in federal health care programs such as CHIP and Medicaid.
h) Support stem cell research on existing lines of stem cells.
i) Allow laboratories to create new lines of stem cells for additional research.
If ye don't feel comfortable demanding a check from your neighbor then don't demand one from the Federal Govt. Because your neighbor IS the government; We The People-- Adult stem cells HAVE yielded results; embrionic stem cells HAVE NOT! God does not kill someone to heal another.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding immigration.

a) Decrease the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country.
b) Establish English as the official national language.
c) Support a temporary worker program that would enable illegal immigrants to work in the United States legally.
d) Relax restrictions barring legal immigrants from using government funded social programs (e.g. public housing, food stamps).
e) Support amnesty for illegal immigrants already working in the United States.
Use electronics, flying drones, many more boots on the gournd to PREVENT ALL ILLEGAL attempted entry. Enforce laws already on the books. REAL IMMIGRANTS ENTER LEGALLY and then assimilate to become U.S. citizens.

International AidIndicate which principles you support (if any) regarding United States economic assistance.

X a) Aid should be granted to countries when extraordinary circumstances cause disaster and threaten civilian lives.
X b) Aid should be granted to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States.
X c) Aid should be eliminated for any nation with documented human rights abuses.
d) International Aid programs should be scaled back and eventually eliminated.
The constitutionality of benevolent aid can be debated, but we are a benevolent people, helping those in dire need.

International Policy1) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the Middle East.2) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding Central and East Asia.3) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the United Nations.

a) Should the United States continue to provide leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?
b) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state?
c) Should the United States withdraw its troops from Iraq?
d) Should the United States send more troops to Iraq?
f) Other or expanded principles
Yes a) Should the United States use diplomatic and economic pressure to encourage North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program?
Yes b) Should the United States use military force to dismantle the North Korean nuclear weapons program?
c) Should the United States remove the North Korean government from power?
d) Should the United States increase financial support to Afghanistan?
e) Should the United States increase military support to Afghanistan?
No a) Should the United States maintain its financial support of the United Nations?
Yes b) Should the United States decrease its financial support of the United Nations?
No c) Should the United States commit troops to United Nations peacekeeping missions?
4) Should the United States lift the travel ban to Cuba?
5) Should the United States increase its financial support to Colombia to combat "the war on drugs?"
6) Should aid to African nations for AIDS prevention programs fund distribution of contraceptives?
Yes 7) Should aid to African nations for AIDS prevention programs fund abstinence education?
As the Iraqi troops stand up, we should stand down. Israel should be encouraged to defend herself, even pro-actively and pre-emptively.
(b) If necessary Deal with North Korea through China since N. Korea is a puppet of the Chinesge Govt.
Since the majority of the U.N. is against the U.S. and our interests and our Constitution, we should leave the U.N. and kick them out of this country.
Abstinence works every time it's tried.

International TradeIndicate which principles you support (if any) regarding international trade.

No 1) Do you support the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
No 2) Do you support the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)?
3) Do you support the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
No 4) Do you support continued U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
Yes 5) Should a nation's human rights record affect its normal trade relations (most favored nation) status with the United States?
6) Do you support the trade embargo against Cuba?
7) Should trade agreements include provisions to address environmental concerns and to protect workers' rights?
We should not agree to anything that weakens U.S. sovereignty or undermines our U.S. Constitution. We should end Agreements, treatise, and anything that is against our constitution and our sovereignty.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding national security.

Yes a) Do you support using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists when ordinary civilian courts are deemed inappropriate or impractical?
b) Should the United States grant law enforcement agencies greater discretion to read mail and email, tap phones, and conduct random searches to prevent future terrorist attacks?
Yes c) Should the United States hold foreign states accountable for terrorists who operate in their country?
d) Should the federal government increase funding to states and cities for homeland security?
e) Do you support the prohibition of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of prisoners in U.S. custody?
Yes f) Do you support a policy of pre-emptive military strikes against countries deemed to be a threat to U.S. national security?
Protect AMERICAN lives, not terrorists. Terrorists are NOT signatories of the Geneva Convention and the Geneva Convention protections DO NOT APPLY to TERRORISTS. (Ununiformed combatants intermingling with civilians)-- The courts were wrong on this and need to be overrulled by the Congress and the president.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding Social Security.

X a) Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts which they manage themselves.
b) Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts managed by private firms contracted by the government.
X c) Invest a portion of Social Security assets collectively in stocks and bonds instead of United States Treasury securities.
d) Increase the payroll tax to better finance Social Security in its current form.
e) Lower the annual cost-of-living increases.
f) Raise the retirement age for individual eligibility to receive full Social Security benefits.
We The People know how to invest our money better than the government.

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding technology and communication.

X a) Collect taxes on commercial Internet transactions.
b) Continue the moratorium on Internet taxation.
X c) Implement government regulation of Internet content.
d) Support government mandates to curtail violent and sexual content on television.
e) Support strict penalties for Internet crimes (e.g. hacking, identity theft, worms/viruses).
X f) Support legislation to detail how personal information can be collected and used on the Internet.
g) Regulating the Internet is not a responsibility of the federal government.
h) Other or expanded principles

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare and poverty.

X a) Require welfare recipients to spend at least 40 hours a week in a combination of work and training programs.
b) Increase funding for child care programs.
c) Continue to give states and local governments flexibility in and responsibility for welfare programs through federal block grants.
X d) Direct federal poverty aid through religious, community-based, or other non-profit organizations.
e) Abolish all federal welfare programs.
f) Support housing assistance for welfare recipients.
Support and encourage churches to do their jobs and help the poor and needy.
My top 3 priorities WHEN elected on November 7th: 1. Protect ALL Americans, particularly those that God is forming in their mother's womb. 2. Protect the sanctity of marriage as God established and ordained thousands of years ago and which the U.S. has recognized since before 1776. 3. Eliminate all Income tax and go the "fair tax," because "We The People" know how to spend our own moeny better than the government.

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