Robert Witterschein's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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New Jersey Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| While I personally disapprove abortion, it is not governments responsibility to regulate moral behavior. | |||
| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| No | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| The wars are unconstitutional, illegal and uneconomical End the wars and bring our troops home. | |||
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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| No | Is balancing the budget a legislative priority? | ||
| Congress only has the authority to appropriate funds, not budget. Eliminate all spending not authorized by the Constitution. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Eliminate political campaign contributions from lobbyists, banks, corporations, unions, PAC's, and trade associations. | |||
| No | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| This is a state issue, and it is up to the states and the people of those states to decide the punishment of 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? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| Eliminate the IRS, abolish the 16th Amendment, and eliminate taxation on a federal level. Get the government out of economic affairs. Unemployment benefits are really a state issue. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| Education is not a Federal government function | |||
| No | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| Energy policy is not a Federal government function. | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| The Federal government only has the authority to get involved in this when it deals with disputes among states. However that can be dealt with in the courts not with government agencies. | |||
| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| The 2nd Amendment allows the right for all individuals to bear arms/carry guns without any infringement from the government. | |||
| 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? | ||
| The Federal government has no authority to get involved in health care and use force and other means possible to force an individual to purchase a service. | |||
| 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? | ||
| We need true immigration reform, which would allow individuals from other countries to freely come here much easier. The reason why immigration is a problem is due to the laws we currently have. | |||
| Yes | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| Marriage should be decided by people. No government on any level should be getting involved in this issue. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Abolish Homeland security and have a foreign policy of Mind Our Own Business. | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| While I support allowing the Baby Boomer generation to collect Social Security, I am in favor of allowing everyone else to opt out of it | |||
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.
| Eliminate | a) Agriculture | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Eliminate | e) Environment | ||
| Eliminate | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Eliminate | h) Medical Research | ||
| Eliminate | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Eliminate | l) Welfare | ||
| Eliminate | m) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Eliminate | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Eliminate | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Eliminate | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Eliminate | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Eliminate | 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 | ||
| Allow anything not authorized by the constitution to be optioned to the states. All unauthorized spending needs to be phased out and eliminated. | |||
| Taxation on a federal level is unconstitutional and illegal Taxation is a state issue. | |||
| Audit and abolish Federal Reserve End All Wars and bring troops home Abolish IRS Immigration Reform End the War on Drugs Repeal Patriot Act Repeal NDAA and CISPA Prosecute Congress for Perjury and Obstruction of Justice End Fractional Reserve Banking States Rights End Corporate Welfare End Corporatism Abolish the TSA and Homeland Security Enforce the Constitution End the Two Party Dictatorship |
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