Thomas Tierney has demonstrated Political Courage by telling citizens where he stands on the issues he may face if elected.
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? | ||
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 a legislative priority? |
Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? |
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? |
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 repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
No | Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
Medicare for everyone age 65 and over Optionally electable Medicare for everyone under age 65 Medicaid at all ages as a low income supplement |
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? |
No | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
Support economic parity measures (esp. income allocation) for same-sex couples as well rights to adopt and foster-parent. |
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? | ||
Re: Iran nukes ---> As a last resort |
No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
Under no circumstances - - this would destrop the Program. |
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.
Maintain Status | a) Agriculture | ||
Slightly Decrease | b) Arts | ||
Slightly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
Slightly Decrease | d) Education | ||
Slightly Increase | e) Environment | ||
Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
Maintain Status | g) International aid | ||
Maintain Status | h) Medical Research | ||
Maintain Status | i) Scientific Research | ||
Slightly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
Maintain Status | k) United Nations | ||
Maintain Status | l) Welfare | ||
m) Other or expanded categories | |||
Greatly Increase | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
Maintain Status | b) Corporate taxes | ||
Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
Slightly Increase | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
Maintain Status | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
Slightly Increase | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
Greatly Increase | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
Greatly Increase | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
Greatly Increase | j) Payroll taxes | ||
k) Other or expanded categories |
Immediately restore income and estate tax rates to Clinton-Gingrich levels and then begin a major re-write of the IRC. Absolutely no Social Security benefit cuts [but tighten up disability eligibility] and increase funding to target a 50-year solvency goal with 50% of new taxes coming from a Wage Base extension and the other 50% coming from FICA rate increases Replace Obamacare with Medicare for everybody and Medicaid as a low income supplement. Look at a Humphrey-Hawkins remedy for unemployment. Get a buzz going about population levels, planet stress, super bugs, food production, resource depletion, carbon dioxide levels, etc. |
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