Jeffrey Clark's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Jeffrey Clark refused to tell citizens where he/she stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2010 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
Issue Positions
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- Jeffrey Clark. Issue Position: Sanctity of Life. 17 September 2010. "I stand in support of the sanctity of life. I believe that life begins at conception and any attempt to assign an artificial age of viability is an attempt to justify the taking of a human life. As parents my wife and I did not wait to celebrate and dream of the possibilities for our unborn child until it reached some legally conjured definition of viability nor would the grief associated with the loss of our unborn child be lessened because it had not yet reached that imagined laps of time which defines viability in our society today...It is no longer acceptable to maintain the status quo when it comes to the sanctity of life. Steps and safe guards must be put in place to protect the unborn and the elderly to prevent the unnecessary and immoral destruction of life." (www.crashtheirparty.com)
- Jeffrey Clark. crashtheirparty. 25 March 2010. "Dems:No choice in ? of health insurance:Pro choice in ? of a human life. Hypocrisy Socialism always values control over life and liberty." (twitter.com)
- Jeffrey Clark. Issue Position: Tax Reform. 17 September 2010. "Our current Tax code is 66,000 pages long and nearly 500 million words. The code is complicated and unfair and a source of great frustration to most Americans. The Tax code and the IRS are used as political tools to maintain power and to threaten and intimidate opposing points of view. Our current tax code is unacceptable and I will work to reform and simplify the tax code with the goal of abolishing the IRS. I have read and considered several tax reform proposals and Personally, I support the Fair Tax concept, and here is why, the Fair Tax picks up everyone, the underground economy, and the illegal's, In fact, no one escapes even the tax evaders that ship their funds to overseas tax havens. I will join other law makers in supporting the Fair Tax. With that said the implementation of the Fair Tax would be a long and arduous process requiring an amendment to the Constitution as well as an extensive education campaign to combat the demagoguery opponents would level against Fair Tax. In the mean time I will work to reduce the tax burden on citizens and small business. I will vote no on any new spending program that would require a Tax increase." (www.crashtheirparty.com)
- McNeill, Brian. 2010. WSLS 10: Election 2010: Will Jeff Clark play spoiler in 5th District?" 21 June 2010. "One of Clark's top priorities is the "Fair Tax," a concept in which the IRS would be dissolved and all federal income taxes would be eliminated in favor of a single 23 percent sales tax. The idea, Clark said, would be more equitable and simpler than the current tax system. "I would like to see the Fair Tax," he said. "It's a great system, across the board." (www2.wsls.com)
- McNeill, Brian. 2010. The Daily Progress: Obama infrastructure idea divides 5th District foes. 7 September 2010. "[Jeffrey] Clark, a Tea Party member from Danville, said he acknowledges that new investment in the nation's roads and other infrastructure could put some people back to work, but he doubts it would do much to improve the nation's unemployment rate. Clark is concerned, he said, that Obama's plan would add even more onto the nation's $13 trillion debt. "Who's going to pick up the cost here?" Clark said. "Also, is this [infrastructure spending] some way to pay off Big Labor? That needs to be looked at." (www2.dailyprogress.com)
- McNeill, Brian. 2010. WSLS 10: Election 2010: Will Jeff Clark play spoiler in 5th District?" 21 June 2010. "[Jeffrey] Clark added that ideas to reduce and reform government spending must also include entitlement programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. "I'm not opposed to privatizing Social Security," he said." (www2.wsls.com)
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- Jeffrey Clark. Issue Position: Energy Policy. 17 September 2010. "We have large domestic supplies of oil and natural gas and we must be able to reduce government imposed restriction on drilling and mining in order to reduce our dependency on foreign oil and allow for economic growth. We must expand the use of clean safe nuclear power and we must allow the utility companies and the market to research and overcome serious feasibility issues facing current wind and solar technology. Setting government mandated renewable energy requirements will only raise the cost of producing electricity and will actually hinder innovation in the renewable energy segment. As your representative, I will support domestic energy production and work to reduce government restrictions on the expansion of domestic energy resources." (www.crashtheirparty.com)
- Jeffrey Clark. Issue Position: The 2nd Amendment. 17 September 2010. "The founders were clear that the right for the people to bear arms was crucial to the security and survival of the young republic. Some of the founders went as far to say that every citizen of a republic should own and be taught to use a gun. I will not support any legislation that would infringe the right of the people to keep and bear arms. We must not allow the incremental subversion of our rights in the name of social change. I will work to reverse unconstitutional restrictions on firearms and I will not support any legislation that will allow the federal government to impose new restrictions through legislation. I will always stand for the people's right to keep and bear arms." (www.crashtheirparty.com)
- Jeffrey Clark. Blog. 17 September 2010. "My family and I recently stood with fellow Americans on the lawn of the United States Capital in opposition to the congressional health care bill. Several of the speakers held up the 2,000 page bill to demonstrate its massive and intrusive nature. It was more than evident that only lawyers, career politicians, and lobbyist working together could have created such a massive and manipulative document. A bill that would take control of 1/6 of the US economy and through legal wording and manipulation would be able to twist and assault the constitution of the United States in the name of some envisioned social justice." (www.crashtheirparty.com)
- Jeffrey Clark. Issue Position: Healthcare Reform. 17 September 2010. "I believe healthcare is in need of serious reform. However I do not advocate government control over our healthcare industry. Most people can agree on some fundamentals concerning health care. 1st Insurance companies should not be able to drop your coverage due to serious illness nor should they be able to raise your premiums with the intent of making coverage so cost prohibitive that you simply can no longer afford it. 2nd We must allow for true competition by allowing insurance policies to be sold across state lines. 3rd No heath care reform can be serious contemplated without Tort reform there by addressing the abundance of junk law suits. 4th We must rein in Medicare and Medicaid cost by identifying fraud and applying harsh penalties for that fraud. The current version of the House and Senate healthcare bills do nothing to address these issues and the current proposals are more about expanding government control then truly addressing healthcare." (www.crashtheirparty.com)
- Jeffrey Clark. Issue Position: Sanctity of Life. 17 September 2010. "A new front is developing in the battle for preserving the sanctity of life and that is confronting government sanctioned euthanasia that will eventually be implemented in the adoption of universal health care. There is overwhelming evidence from countries that have universal government run health care that seniors are commonly moved to the back of the line when being considered for treatment and often die before treatment can be administered resulting in de facto euthanasia." (www.crashtheirparty.com)
- Jeffrey Clark. Issue Position: Illegal Immigration. 17 September 2010. "Illegal immigration is a serious problem, no more than that it's a crime. It is taxing our countries financial resources and depleting the potential job pool that Americans could be accessing to put themselves back to work. I would not support any legislation that involved Amnesty or that simply nullified existing procedures in the name of making immigration easier. I also would support making being in this country illegally a felony. We have the most lax immigration laws of any country. If you and I were found to in Mexico illegally we could be charged with a felony. Americans must also be informed what is really driving the Illegal immigrants in this country and examine why it is that Mexico has such strict immigration laws while chiding us when we attempt to enforce our existing laws. The Mexican government as well as ours is covering up the ugly truth concerning the reason for the tide of Mexican immigrants flooding into the United States. They would have us believe these people are immigrating for better living conditions and wages for their family and although this may be true there is an additional ugly component of racism that must be exposed. The Mexican government is encouraging, promoting, and facilitating the immigration of Mexican natives not of Mexicans of Spanish decent. Mexican natives are a highly discriminated against group that is generally perceived to be uneducated and considered to be a drag on the finances of Mexico. We should but pressure on the Mexican Government to end their raciest policies and to integrate their own society by providing equal representation, access and opportunity for all of its citizens. I will take step to stop the Illegal Immigration problem in this country and will not support any bill with that will grant any form of amnesty for the current illegal's in this country. You are not a law abiding citizen if you try and pick and choose what laws you obey. These illegal immigrants are criminals and should be treated as such and should face the penalties for violating our laws. I stand in support of Arizona's new Immigration enforcement bill and will stand in solidarity with any state that stands in her own defense on matters of Immigration. The Federal Government has failed to enforce immigration laws causing a need for the states to take enforcement matter s in their own hands to ensure their own security and finical stability." (www.crashtheirparty.com)
- Ind. Candidate Jeff Clark Discusses Ending the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Youtube..
- Jeffrey Clark. Issue Position: Our Military. 17 September 2010. "As the father of a marine currently deployed in Afghanistan I have strong feelings about supporting our troops. As a parent I understand that the decision to deploy our young men and women requires careful consideration. We owe our troops a clearly defined mission with achievable goals and objectives. We cannot hinder our troops with rules of engagement that tie their hands and ask them to fight a politically correct war. We must not play political games by attaching amendments and government pork to military spending bills. I will support and promote legislation that would ban this practice and only allow military related items to be attached to military appropriation bills." (www.crashtheirparty.com)
- McNeill, Brian. 2010. WSLS 10: Election 2010: Will Jeff Clark play spoiler in 5th District?" 21 June 2010. "[Jeffrey] Clark's son is a Marine heading back to Afghanistan for a second tour in January. Clark wants Congress to relax the military's rules of engagement and thinks the Pentagon needs to outline a more clearly defined goal in Afghanistan. "If they're not willing to do that, then they should just bring our troops home," he said." (www2.wsls.com)
- Jeffrey Clark. Issue Position: Marriage Amendment. 17 September 2010. "The Founding fathers made it very difficult to amend the constitution of the United States. I think that before resorting to amending the constitution we should do everything possible to resolve the issue at the state level. With that being said I think with an activist federal judiciary trying to implement social reform by subverting the legislative process it is necessary for the people to take drastic measures to stave off this assault on our values. I would rather see our legislative and executive branches of government intervene and abolish activist courts such as the 9th circuit court of appeals. This move would send a message to the rest of the federal courts to stop legislating from the bench. Our country was designed to be governed by a constitution and not judicial precedence. I will stand in support of an amendment to constitution defining marriage as between a man and a woman. I will do so in hopes that the wave of growing support for this movement will cause our government to take action to protect marriage and put an end to judicial activism there by rendering the need for the amendment irrelevant." (www.crashtheirparty.com)
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