Jim Fulner's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Michigan Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I am the only candidate in this race that is 100% Pro-Life from conception to natural death. even if you join the Army. | |||
| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| I only support a time table if the time table is NOW | |||
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? | ||
| Yes | do you support reducing Medicare spending? | ||
| Is balancing the budget a legislative priority? | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| THEY WILL DO IT REGARDLESS. MAKING IT ILLEGAL JUST MAKES THEM DO IT IN SECRET, AND FIND LOOPHOLES. REMOVING REGULATIONS INCREASES INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND MAKES FOLLOWING THE MONEY EASIER. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | Do you support the temporary extension of unemployment benefits? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | ||
| I WOULD RATHER ELIMINATE ALL TAXATION BUT GIVEN THE CHOICE I WOULD SUPPORT TEMPORARY TAX RELIEF | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| I SUPPORT A SEPERATION OF SCHOOL AND STATE | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| IS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CONSUMERS AND THE MARKET, NOT GOVERNMENT, TO CHANGE THE HUMAN IMPACT 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| THE BORDER IS AN ARTIFICAL LINE USED TO CONTROL PEOPLE, NOTHING MORE. IT IS IMMORAL TO TREAT INDIVIDUALS DIFFERENTLY BASED ON WHAT SIDE OF SAID ARTIFICAL LINE HE HAPPENS TO BE BORN ON. | |||
| Yes | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
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| I SUPPORT THE SEPERATION OF MARRIAGE AND STATE GOVERNMENTS SHOULD TREAT PEOPLE AS INDIVIDUALS, EQUALLY WHETHER THEY ARE SINGLE, MARRIED, GAY OR STRAIGHT. MY PERSONAL OPINION ON THE IDEA OF LGBT PARTICIPATING IN MATRIMONY IS IRRELEVANT. | |||
| 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 ELIMINATING TAXATION, INCLUDING SOCIALIST INSECURITY. I WOULD PROBABLY VOTE FOR IN FAVOR OF A BILL AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. | |||
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 | ||
| Eliminate | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Eliminate | e) Environment | ||
| Greatly Decrease | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Eliminate | h) Medical Research | ||
| Eliminate | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Eliminate | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| Slightly Increase | 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 | ||
| PROMOTING FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROSECUTION OF MURDERERS OF THE PRE-BORN | |||
| Socialist Insecurity Tax Medicare Tax Candidate drew a bracket around these two taxes, drew a line connecting it to j) and wrote "same thing" alongside the line Invisible tax of Inflation | |||
| In a libertarian society there will be no need for for the legalized theft, known as taxation, it will be unnecessary as most services currently provided by the government will likely be provided more efficiently by a free market, Similarly a centralized banking system is unnecessary as competitive currencies and other forms of barter will allow individuals to better know the products they purchase and the people who produce it. Short of a libertarian society Congress should enact ERIC WhoRU's People's Central Bank, eliminating all taxation and funding all 4 levels of government through the interest on loans to private... |
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