| Full Name: | Scott T. Keller |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Family: | Wife: Nora; 4 Children: Julie, Isabella, Marcus, Priscilla |
| Birth Date: | 02/16/1962 |
| Birth Place: | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Home City: | Land O' Lakes, FL |
| Religion: | None |
Scott T. Keller
Scott T. Keller's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Presidential Election 2012 Political Courage Test
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 | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
[pro-choice and pro-life selected] |
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Budget | |
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 an administrative priority? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
I believe a paradigm shift is needed. We need to bring military spending in-house, get back to sovereign debt free currency, and enable states and cities to handle most social programs. I would share many innovative ideas. |
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Spending | |
Indicate 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. | |
| Slightly Increase | a) Agriculture |
| Eliminate | b) Arts |
| Slightly Decrease | c) Defense |
| Greatly Increase | d) Education |
| Slightly Decrease | e) Environment |
| f) Homeland Security |
| g) International aid |
| Greatly Increase | h) Medical Research |
| Greatly Increase | i) Scientific Research |
| Greatly Increase | j) Space exploration |
| Greatly Decrease | k) United Nations |
| Eliminate | l) Welfare |
| m) Other or expanded categories | |
f) 3-4 (maintain status- slightly decrease) |
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Taxes | |
Indicate 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) Capital gains taxes |
| b) Corporate taxes |
| Eliminate | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) |
| Eliminate | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) |
| Eliminate | 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) |
| Slightly Decrease | i) Inheritance taxes |
| j) Payroll taxes |
| k) Other or expanded categories | |
b) 4-6 (slightly decrease- eliminate) I would shift the methods of getting money distributed to states and businesses, return to sovereign money, & end the Fed. |
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| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
I believe campaigns should be 100% free and should not be influenced by donations |
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| No | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
Capital punishment solves nothing and there is no real "repayment" by the criminal. |
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| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? |
| No | 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 2010 temporary extension of unemployment benefits? |
| No | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
I believe income taxes should be eliminated in combined with a comprehensive plan for making them obsolete. Economic "stimulus" should be handled at the state and local basis while the congress insures proper federal money/currency management. |
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| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
I believe states should get federal grants depending on population as part of the new distribution strategy for newly created currency. |
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| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? |
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? |
| No | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
Climate change will happen even without our contributions & we should be prepared or it. We should be doing our best to not pollute as it's for our own benefit anyway. We should shift rapidly to renewable & free energy sources. |
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| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? |
| Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? |
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
We need very specific and pin pointed operations with the support of any nation involved. We also need to get at the root causes of terrorism rather than restricting freedom. |
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| Yes | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
Any law-abiding citizen should be able to purchase firearms. Criminals should not be able to. |
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| Yes | 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? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
There are much better ways to ensure everyone has adequate medical care. We do not need big government or big business to do it. |
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| 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? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
Immigration laws and approaches need to be completely overhauled. |
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| Do you support same-sex marriage? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
[yes and no selected] |
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| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
I believe social security should be overhauled. Retirement age should be 55 and innovation could greatly reduce the costs. |
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| Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding. | |
1. Economic sovereignty & positive trade balances annually. |
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