Vivianne Falcone's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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New York Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I believe in accurate sex education as well as affordable contraception. | |||
| Yes | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| I am a strong supporter of our United States military and the efforts of our soldiers who protect and defend this country. I supported the initial war effort in Afghanistan and I am now in favor of withdrawal of our troops from Afghanistan. | |||
Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing the federal budget.In order to balance the budget,
| No | 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? | ||
| 2. Everyone should pay their fair share of taxes. 3. and 4. I support cost-containment for both medicaid and medicare. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| To have a truly democratic election system, we must have complete transparency for campaign contributions and current campaign finance laws need significant reform. Corporations and labor unions are two fundamentally different entities which should be separately regulated due to the disparity in resources of large corporations versus most other organizations including labor 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | ||
| 2. We need to make sure that businesses create and keep good jobs in America; then they get the reward/incentive. 5. I support extension of tax relief for working and middle class families. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| As a former teacher, I feel strongly about education reform. I believe that successful schools show continuous improvement in their programs, curriculum,faculty and student development. I believe in supporting and rewarding innovative schools with federal grant funding and using funds to facilitate reforms and transformation in under-performing schools. However, I am opposed to the use of public funds for private schools as advocated by many charter school proposals. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| No | Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police? | ||
| 3. I think federal law should be enforced by a federal entity. Local tax dollars should be used for local law enforcement. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | 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 | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Arts | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Defense | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Education | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Maintain Status | g) International aid | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Medical Research | ||
| Maintain Status | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Space exploration | ||
| Maintain Status | k) United Nations | ||
| Maintain Status | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Slightly Increase | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Slightly Increase | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Slightly Increase | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| k) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Jobs: If all Americans pay their fair share in taxes, there would be enough funds to support infrastructure projects. I support "Bring the Jobs Home" as we need incentives for employers to create and keep good jobs in the USA. Education: An educated population is an asset. I believe in a strong public school system. If we are to be a competitive nation, we need to make higher education (post secondary and/or vocational training) a priority. Higher education has to be both affordable and available, or we forfeit a generation of progress and growth. |
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