| Full Name: | Robert David Steele |
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Family: | Married; 3 Children |
| Birth Place: | New York |
| Home City: | Oakton, VA |
Robert David Steele
Robert David Steele's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Presidential Election 2012 Political Courage Test
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Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? |
 | Other or expanded principles |
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 | |
AUTOMATED PAYMENT TRANSACTION (APT) TAX REPLACES ALL TAXES, IS TINY, HITS WALL STREET. SOLVES DEBT, SS, MEDICARE |
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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. | |
| Maintain Status | a) Agriculture |
| Greatly Increase | b) Arts |
| Greatly Decrease | c) Defense |
| Greatly Decrease | d) Education |
| Greatly Increase | e) Environment |
| Eliminate | f) Homeland Security |
| Eliminate | g) International aid |
| Maintain Status | h) Medical Research |
| Maintain Status | i) Scientific Research |
| Slightly Decrease | j) Space exploration |
| Eliminate | k) United Nations |
| Maintain Status | l) Welfare |
| m) Other or expanded categories | |
50% OF FEDERAL BUDGET IS FRAUD, WASTE, ABUSE. END TAXES ENDS ALL SUBSIDIES, EARMARKS, AND LOOPHOLES. CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PEOPLE- FOCUS ON LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY. |
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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. | |
| 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 |
| k) Other or expanded categories | |
APT TAX REPLACES ALL, SUPER PROGRESSIVE, TINY. |
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| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
TOTAL ELECTORAL REFORM NEEDED - CF W/O BALLOT ACCESS, GERRYMANDERING, TERM LIMITS, NATIONAL BALLOT INITIATIVES IS LARGELY USELESS. |
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| No | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? |
| Other or expanded principles |
| 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? |
| Yes | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LACKS BOTH INTELLIGENCE & INTEGRITY. USE NATIONAL BALLOT INITIATIVES. |
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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 | |
ELIMINATE DEPT OF EDUCATION. SECRETARY GENERAL FOR EDUCATION, INTELLIGENCE & RESEARCH - REDIRECT 60 BILLION FROM SECRET INTEL TO FREE ONLINE EDU & OPEN RESEARCH |
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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 | |
WE HAVE PLENTY OF ENERGY. KEYSTONE & OFFSHORE ARE SCAMS. POVERTY ERADICATION #1, DISEASE #2, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION #3 |
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| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? |
| Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? |
| No | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
I'M A FORMER SPY & SECOND RANKING CIVILIAN IN USMC INTELLIGENCE. US GOVERNMENT IS OUT OF CONTROL, LIES TO PUBLIC, DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS DOING- RON PAUL HAS IT RIGHT. |
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| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS IS ABSOLUTE. |
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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 | |
HEALTH IS FOUR PARTS: INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILIM, ORGANIZATIONAL RESPON. NATURAL/ALTERNATIVE CURES, HONEST EFFECTIVE MEDICAL/PHARMA AT 50% COST (ELIMINATE WASTE) |
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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 | |
STATE RIGHTS TRUMP FEDERAL ... NO RENT/ EMPLOYMENT W/O VALIDATED DOCUMENTS. |
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| Do you support same-sex marriage? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
NONE OF MY BUSINESS. GOVT SHOULD NOT BE IN MARRIAGE BUSINESS. |
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| No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? |
| Other or expanded principles | |
APT TAX ELIMINATES DEBT PROTECTS SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE. SOCIAL CONTRACT MATTERS. |
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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. | |
RESTORE INTEGRITY TO ELECTORAL PROCESS, GOVERNANCE, ECONOMY, & SOCIETY. DO THIS WITH THIRD WAVE NETWORK TRASHING TWO-PARTY TYRANNY, CAUTION CABINET, END WINNER TAKE ALL ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BALANCED BUDGET, TRUE COST ECONOMICS. |
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