Albert Potts has demonstrated Political Courage by telling citizens where he stands on the issues he may face if elected.
No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
I would support an immediate drawdown of all U.S. forces and contractors. |
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? | ||
No | do you support reducing Medicaid spending? | ||
Yes | do you support reducing Medicare spending? | ||
Yes | Is balancing the budget a legislative priority? | ||
Unsustainable national debt is unsustainable. |
No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
I support the idea that political office should not be bought, sold, or purchased by big money anywhere. |
Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
I support capital punishment for capital crimes. |
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? | ||
Yes | Do you support the temporary extension of unemployment benefits? | ||
No | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | ||
I support the principle that the citizen him or herself should benefit from the results of their labor and that the federal government does not have a "right" to tax the results of the people's labor. |
No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
I support the principle of getting the federal government out of the education business altogether. |
Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? |
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 Congressional removal of Supreme Court justices who have voted to uphold laws that are contrary to the Constitution. |
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? | ||
I will support a Congressional investigation into how the federal government has come to allow the level of immigration--legal, illegal, and government-sponsored--that has brought the nation to this state of affairs. |
No | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
No | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon? |
Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
I support allowing individuals to divert the entire portion of social security taxes into personal retirement accounts. |
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.
Greatly Decrease | a) Agriculture | ||
Greatly Decrease | b) Arts | ||
Greatly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
Eliminate | d) Education | ||
Slightly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
Eliminate | f) Homeland Security | ||
Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
Greatly Decrease | h) Medical Research | ||
Greatly Decrease | i) Scientific Research | ||
Greatly Decrease | j) Space exploration | ||
Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
Greatly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
Eliminate | m) Other or expanded categories | ||
Eliminate | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
Eliminate | b) Corporate taxes | ||
Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
Maintain Status | 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 | |||
Congressional health care coverage and retirement benefits |
I would support Congressional action to repeal the Affordable Health Care Act; the impeachment of the Sitting President; and the abolishment of the Internal Revenue Service. I would support these measures toward the goal of returning the federal government to its Constitutional contraints and the return to the ideal of a government of the people, by the people, and FOR the people. I will support priorities which return true liberty to the people. |
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