Scott Barea's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Presidential Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I follow the historical model based on the "quickening" concept. Simplified - Independent heartbeat = human life. State's rights issue. I know, Mommy told you one world goverment would mean you could just whine to one goverment agency but here in the real world we know how to cross the Brooklyn Bridge safely. | |||
BudgetIndicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing the federal budget.In order to balance the budget,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.
| do you support reducing defense spending? | |||
| do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | |||
| do you support reducing Medicaid spending? | |||
| do you support reducing Medicare spending? | |||
| Is balancing the budget an administrative priority? | |||
| Eliminate | a) Agriculture | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Eliminate | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Eliminate | l) Welfare | ||
| Greatly Increase | m) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Eliminate | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Eliminate | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Eliminate | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Eliminate | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| Balanced Budget = Total Income from all sources - Total expenses and outlays = $0 left over. therefore? all options on the table including getting the national goverment out of state expense areas. Balance Your checkbook hippies! | |||
| [Defense, Medical research, Scientific research, Space exploration] combine you idiots. Pot to smoke when you eat fried chicken and waffles | |||
| National sales tax Income tax people (inc. indians) 9% Income tax corp/ (EBITDA) 9% Sales tax on all non resale items 9% | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| 1,000,000 motivated individuals can kick the ass off 5,000 billionairs anyday. See: Hessions, re: War of Indepencence. | |||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Serial/Unrehabitable: Murderers Rapists Pedaraets male & female (sorry [illegible]) | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | ||
| If the U.S. in October 2008 had written a check for $60,000 & $30,000 respectively to those who received the $600 & $300 Pres. Bush sent we'd be fat wealthy and lazier than ever. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | |||
| Yes | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| [Q: Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?] [Response:] as in tomato plants and such? STUPID WORDING Q1 is idiotic. Obviously urban environments have climate conditions different than agrarian. Should we just kick out all the poor and burn them down? Yes! | |||
| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| No | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| Q1 - Guarding lithium mines & poppy fields is not combat operations. Q2 - Bring the the [...] Home today. Well, after a short vacation in Tehran. Q3 - Targeting means identifying & prosecuting right? The Murder of U.S. Citizens by the U.S. Goverment w/o due process (etc. trial, openness) is TREASON! | |||
| 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? | ||
| States should expand low income programs, but that's not up to the President. | |||
| Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | |||
| 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? | |||
| No | Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police? | ||
| [Q: Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?] [Response:] So no immigrant rodeo for citizenship to give steers a rest? How about we work with free peoples of the globe to improve their home countries as a focal point? Also George Washington had the right idea. | |||
| Yes | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| Marriage has 2 components. Contract law - all 2 person combos allowed. Endorsement by religious organizations should be left up to their respective organizations. | |||
| No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| I support the eventual phasing out of social security taxes. | |||
| 1. Restoring the rule of constitutional law at the national level 2. The invasion and subjugation of Reddit.com by Sinotown & [illegible] hoardes. 3. Ensuring the profitability of the U.S. goverment and meeting its obligations to its employees and retirees. 4. Honoring its veterans by treating them with the medical care and benefits appropriate for their sacrifice in time, sweat, and friends & family. 5. Free universal university education for all citizens (Liberal Arts/critical thinking skills a must have) 6. Ripping up and [...] all over, that [...] Patriot Act. What I borrow from the library is my own [...] |
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