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No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
I SUPPORT COMBAT OPERATIONS FOR [illegible] DURATION. BUT IT IS TIME TO GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN. |
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? | ||
Yes | do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
No | do you support reducing Medicaid spending? | ||
No | do you support reducing Medicare spending? | ||
Yes | Is balancing the budget a legislative priority? |
Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? |
Yes | 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? | ||
Yes | Do you support spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation? | ||
Yes | Do you support the temporary extension of unemployment benefits? | ||
Yes | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? |
Yes | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? |
Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? |
Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
Yes | Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act? |
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? |
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? |
No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? |
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.
Maintain Status | a) Agriculture | ||
Maintain Status | b) Arts | ||
Greatly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
Maintain Status | d) Education | ||
Maintain Status | e) Environment | ||
Slightly Decrease | f) Homeland Security | ||
Maintain Status | g) International aid | ||
Maintain Status | h) Medical Research | ||
Maintain Status | i) Scientific Research | ||
Slightly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
Maintain Status | k) United Nations | ||
Maintain Status | l) Welfare | ||
m) Other or expanded categories | |||
a) Capital gains taxes | |||
Maintain Status | b) Corporate taxes | ||
Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
Maintain Status | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
Maintain Status | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
Greatly Increase | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
Maintain Status | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
Slightly Increase | j) Payroll taxes | ||
Greatly Increase | k) Other or expanded categories | ||
[Capital gains taxes] RAISE CAPITAL GAINS TAXES ON HIGH INCOME FAMILIES (OVER $1 MILLION) |
Campaign Finance Reform We also need to reduce the influence of money on members of Congress by having Congress act to instruct the Federal Communications Commission to require the media to provide sufficient free air time (the air waves are free), counterbalanced against paid political advertising time, for all federal candidates in general elections to air their views. As an example: If there is five minutes of paid political advertising time, then there should be five minutes of free time. The intent is to reduce the need for money in federal elections. |
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