Thomas Barnett's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Indiana 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? | ||
| Stabilization, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction Operations (SSTRO) in Afghanistan should become our focus. | |||
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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| SUPER PACs have become a tool for the top economic 1% of this country to influence election outcomes. At the base of it all it is those with money telling those without what they should think or vote, and I would go far enough to say it is a form of legal voter fraud. I will not let a SuperPAC be formed for me. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| When a High School Graduate from Indiana is sat next to a High School Graduate from Alabama their level of knowledge is different. Education should be standardized nationally. | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I will not have my future robbed from me or our future children. This Congress is currently doing just that on a daily basis. I will tell anyone to look at the youngest member of their family and challenge they to say "I am sorry we used all the gas, oil, and polluted all the water. I did nothing about it because change is inconvenient and not profitable." | |||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| If the federal government will not deport illegal criminals, then yes the states have every right to enforce the laws themselves. | |||
| Yes | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| The Constitution of the United State states very clearly we are ALL EQUAL. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| If the choose to privately invest their retirement and SS. They must understand that they will receive no safety net, and will be on there own in the event of another recession or depression. They will take 100% responsibility for any consequences that would arrive from that choice. | |||
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.
| Slightly Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Slightly Increase | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Maintain Status | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Slightly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Maintain Status | k) United Nations | ||
| Slightly Increase | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Greatly Increase | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Eliminate | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| k) Other or expanded categories | |||
| We now live in global community, and noone better unsterstands that then our younger generartions. There are more important and pressing issues that must be delt with now if this country and Humanity has a chance to survive through the damage being done to our planet, our home, and our citizens on a hourly basis. We get one life to live,and only one planet to live on. Why a person would wanna leave this world in a worse postion than when they came into it? Americans need to start looking past their own property line, at the larger picture. |
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