Bernard Sansaricq's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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- Bernard Sansaricq. Presentation. 6 July 2010. "I deeply respect and support the Sanctity of Life...Definitely: I have the deepest respect for the Sanctity of LIFE from the time of Conception...Life begins at Conception! Yes, that's make me Pro-Life!" (www.sansaricq4congress.org)
- Bernard Sansaricq. Presentation. 6 July 2010. "My Pledge to the People of America and The Constituents of District 23 in Florida I will Fight to? abolish the Death Tax." (www.sansaricq4congress.org)
- Bernard Sansaricq. Presentation. 6 July 2010. "I will vote against all bail-outs unless strictly necessary to keep jobs in our country." (www.sansaricq4congress.org)
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- Bernard Sansaricq. Presentation. 6 July 2010. "Almost every school in the 23rd District has a failing rate of over 50%. We have to make sure that we give the school district an upper hand in school's curriculum and provide more security and better pay for teachers. Also provide school vouchers to all students whose parents would wish to have them attend better schools while we work to strengthen the school system of every school in the District to provide better education." (www.sansaricq4congress.org)
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- Bernard Sansaricq. Contact Information. 6 July 2010. "Bernard Sansaricq is a member of: NRA: Because I strongly believe in the Second Amendment." (www.sansaricq4congress.org)
- Bernard Sansaricq. Presentation. 6 July 2010. "Allow open market purchase of health care insurance throughout the US, rather than restrict options by state and other market driven solutions. Strengthen the Medicare program for our seniors, and provide Medicaid to those who can't afford health Insurance, making sure that the program is not abused by illegal aliens and those who can definitely afford to pay for their own Insurance. Make sure we provide health care and prescriptions funding for all Senior citizen born or residing legally in this country. Too many of them are not able to purchase badly needed prescriptions drugs, while collecting just straight Social Security checks." (www.sansaricq4congress.org)
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- Bernard Sansaricq. Presentation: Support Our Troops. 6 July 2010."We must ensure that Troops funding must NEVER stop as long as American soldiers are deployed in a war zone." (www.sansaricq4congress.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.
| Pro-life | a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | ||
| No | b) Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy? | ||
| Yes | c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | d) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered? | ||
| Yes | e) Should federal subsidies be prohibited from being used for abortion procedures? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles | |||
1) SpendingIndicate what federal funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.2) 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 Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Increase | 1) Intelligence operations | ||
| Slightly Increase | 2) Military hardware | ||
| Maintain Status | 3) National missile defense | ||
| Slightly Increase | 4) Salary and benefits for active duty personnel | ||
| Slightly Increase | 5) Programs to improve troop retention rates | ||
| Slightly Increase | 6) Research and development of new weapons | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Greatly Increase | f) Homeland security | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Medical research | ||
| Maintain Status | i) Scientific research | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Greatly Increase | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| i) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Yes | 3) Do you support the elimination of the federal estate tax? | ||
| Yes | 4) Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year? | ||
| Yes | 5) Do you support using government funds in an effort to stimulate and improve the economy? | ||
| 6) Other or expanded principles | |||
| No | a) Do you support privatizing elements of Social Security? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing the federal minimum wage? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the ability of workers to unionize? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support federal funding for job-training programs that retrain displaced workers? | ||
| d) unions may balance the insufficient Fl. labor laws which allow huge corporations to exploit employees for profit reasons. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns? | ||
| Yes | b) Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | c) Do you support removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns? | ||
| Yes | d) Should candidates for federal office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support limiting the President's ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related training and job-placement assistance when released? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with substance abuse treatment? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support federal funding for universal pre-K programs? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support federal funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support federal funding for K-12 school vouchers? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support the federal government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support international emissions targets aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support allowing energy producers to trade carbon credits under a "cap and trade" system? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support strengthening fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support domestic oil exploration in federally-protected areas? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support the development of nuclear reactors? | ||
| I do not support the current "Cap and Trade" legislation, but we must protect our environment on a global scale | |||
| No | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you believe that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individual citizens to own guns? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns? | ||
| No | d) Do you support a ban on assault rifles? | ||
| d) but I will support a very strict background check on anyone trying to purchase assault rifles | |||
| No | a) Do you support a publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | ||
| Yes | c) Should the federal government expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support relaxing regulations on the importation of prescription drugs? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles | |||
| No | a) Do you support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support establishing English as the official national language? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| we must secure the borders with Mexico & Canada and have full control of all our coast lines | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support United States military action in Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing economic development assistance for Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | d) Should the United States continue to strike suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States? | ||
| f) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state? | |||
| Yes | g) Do you support increasing sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates? | ||
| Yes | h) Do you support the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq? | ||
| Yes | i) Do you support the United States' involvement in free trade agreements? | ||
| h) after the country is completely secured | |||
| Yes | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
| No | b) Do you support allowing openly-gay men and women to serve in the United States military? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research? | ||
| Yes | d) Should the federal government end affirmative action programs? | ||
| b) don't ask-don't tell is good - | |||
| Education - I will establish an after school program for children who qualify. This program will provide tutoring, increase graduation rates, and assist with college entrance and funding Labor Laws - I will introduce reform of labor laws in order to protect efficient and loyal employees from exploitation by huge corporation for profit reasons. Furthermore I will lobby in Tallahassee for similar laws in Florida. I pledge to stand against exploitation of all kinds of the American worker Term Limits - I will introduce legislation that will limit congressmen to 4 terms and senators to 2 terms |
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