Michael Whitley's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Presidential Election 2012 Political Courage Test
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.
| Yes | do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| Yes | do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | do you support reducing Medicaid spending? | ||
| No | do you support reducing Medicare spending? | ||
| Yes | Is balancing the budget an administrative priority? | ||
| Slightly Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Arts | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Eliminate | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Slightly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Slightly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Space exploration | ||
| Slightly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Eliminate | l) Welfare | ||
| Eliminate | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Eliminate | 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) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Eliminate | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| Our Tax System Needs to be Changed, (Every Tax we presently Pay From City up to Federal should be abolished) impose new tax system. 20% Consumtion Tax. | |||
| Homeland Security to be obsorbed by Defense Budget, Welfare to become workfare. | |||
| In new Tax System a cause Tax will be imposed on items like Cigarettes, and Alchol | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Only Campaign Contributions should be from People not Corporations Our Gov. is By the People, for the People, Of the People, not By the Corporations, for the Corporations of the Corporations | |||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Also Feel that our prison System should be Self Sustaining and not tax payer funded. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Federal Spending does not promote economic growth. Tax Incentives for job creation is only a Temporary Fix. By Changing Welfare to Workfare unemployment will not be needed. Under the 20% Consumption Tax there will be no need for Tax relief | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| There needs to be a National Education so that Education is equal all across the Country. This will not create larger Government (as a matter of fact my plan would cut the size of Education in every State and maintain the same at Federal Level. | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| No | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| No | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| I support an emediate withdrawl of our Troops | |||
| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| I support the right to bear arms without any infridgement on our rights to do so | |||
| 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? | ||
| I support the Repeal of the above and sending Healthcare back down to the States. (I also support the States going to a coop Style Healthcare System where it will remain in the Private Sector | |||
| 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? | ||
| I support the States Rights to defend their borders and to make their own laws for doing just that. | |||
| No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| I support shurring up Social Security so that it will not become insolvent, and restricting the ability of the Government to borrow from it. With the 20% Consumption Tax, we would still pay into S.S. and be able to increase the amount we pay into it for a higher payout when we retire. | |||
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