Joe Sizemore's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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- Council Member (Franklin County, IN) - District 1
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Indiana Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Yes | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from 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? | ||
| 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 a legislative priority? | ||
| i believe there are people that are abusing these systems. I would like to examine this closer | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I have accepted no money for my campaign, all I have asked is for people to spread the word pass out fliers and cards. There is to much money involved for a job the is suppose to be for the protection of rights for the people. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| Our schools are in trouble, what I do support is the support of our teachers to help them get the job done. If our public education system fails our country will suffer greatly, we must address this problem and do whatever needed to fix it. I have already confirmed my promise to the teachers of my area if elected I will do whatever I can to help them in any way possible. | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| our planet can only give so much. It seems we neglect things in the name of money. | |||
| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| Restrictions only apply to law abiding people not the criminals-- no votes on banning or regulating guns. | |||
| 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? | ||
| This health care issue is a mess, I wish this would have been done in a more professional way and not in a way that hardly any American understands. The only thing I offer here is the current law has to many gray areas, I would be open to some kind of health care reform if it gets rid of the money hungry middle men and cleans up hospital billing and overcharges. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| illegal immigrants are hurting our economy by sucking it dry. We can not afford to pay for these people. I hate to be this way because Im not a mean person and I dont blame any of these people for wanting to come to the US its just the fact we cant demolish our way of life we have taken so long to build. | |||
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| If we are going to keep Social Security the way it is we have to keep the payment into the system the way it is. | |||
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.
| Slightly Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Arts | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Medical Research | ||
| Slightly Decrease | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Decrease | j) Space exploration | ||
| Maintain Status | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| Greatly Increase | m) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Slightly Increase | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | k) Other or expanded categories | ||
| we as nation need to account for every dollar spent on any and all programs, it is our responsibility as elected reps. to oversee and maintain this process. | |||
| Keep taxes for people the same lets get rid of wasteful spending | |||
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