Rob Roark's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Texas Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| No | 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? | ||
| No | do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | do you support reducing Medicaid spending? | ||
| No | do you support reducing Medicare spending? | ||
| Yes | Is balancing the budget a legislative priority? | ||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| 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 temporary extension of unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | ||
| ONLY ON INFRASTRUCTURE THAT FULFILLS THE ROLE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE CONSTITUTION, AND USING TAX FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR THAT PURPOSE (IE, GAS TAX FUNDS FOR INTERSTATE BRIDGES) | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NO ROLE IN EDUCATION. IT IS NOT OUTLINED IN THE CONSTITUTION, SO IT CANNOT REQUIRE REFORMS. THAT IS A STATE ISSUE. | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| HUMAN ACTIVITY IS AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT I DISAGREE WITH "CONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE" | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| IF MINORS DO NOT PURSUE CITIZENSHIP OR FOLLOW LAWS, THEY RETURN TO FAMILY IN THEIR NATIVE COUNTRIES. | |||
| No | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| MARRIAGE IS A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE A ROLE IN. | |||
| 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? | ||
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 | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Education | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Environment | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Medical Research | ||
| Maintain Status | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Decrease | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Slightly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Maintain Status | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Slightly Increase | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| -I ADVOCATE A FLAT INCOME TAX WITHIN THE CURRENT TAX CODE. BUT I WOULD ALSO REPEAL THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX. -I WOULD PASS FUEL TAX BACK IN BLOCK GRANTS TO THE STATES. | |||
| 1.) REDUCE FEDERAL SPENDING AND ENACT A BALANCED BUDGET THAT IS PASSED AND IMPLEMENTED BY BOTH HOUSES. 2.) ORGANIZE MY CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE TO HAVE 75% OF THE STAFF IN THE DISTRICT TO: A.) COMMUNICATE COMMUNITY BEST PRACTICES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. B.) ENABLE OPEN/TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION WITH REGULAR, REALTIME, INTERACTIVE "TOWN HALL" MEETINGS VIA STREAMING VIDEO. (WITHIN STAFFING BUDGET) C.) BE THE ADVOCATE FOR THE DISTRICT CONSTITUENTS TO REDUCE GOVERNMENT ROADBLOCKS AND RED TAPE. 3.) VOTE "NO" IF LEGISLATION VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION OR CANNOT BE UNDERSTOOD/COMMUNICATED TO THOSE I REPRESENT. (85 WORDS) |
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