Adam King's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Adam King submitted the 2014 Political Courage Test after the official deadline and release of results to the media. The candidate's late responses are provided here as a public service.
California Congressional Election 2014 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I am pro-choice up until a certain point which I believe should be around the first trimester. I say yes to choice but no to late term abortion. There is a Bi-Partisan solution to this debate, which involves "yes" to pro-choice and "no" to late term abortions. The only exception to late term is a mothers risk, in which we always choose the mother. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| First and foremost we need budgetary efficiency. Our government wastes over $300 Billion a year due to poor management of money or in the paying of premiums. Lets reduce the budget by spending our money efficiently. I support allowing competition into defense contracting which we don't have today. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| First and foremost we need campaign finance reform which allows for 501 c-3s to participate in the election process. This is one of the greatest issues in our modern election and campaign finance reform must happen soon if the people wish to take control over The House. | |||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| For cases of clear murder we should support capital punishment. In a situation where there is the slightest doubt of the verdict of the murder, suspension of capital punishment is a must. Our courts first should be compassionate, yet not afraid to do what is necessary to keep our society safe. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering taxes as a way of promoting growth in the economy? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| I believe we need to incentives companies to invest into domestic manufacturing. This is the only way we will ensure jobs in the US, while at the same time ensuring our companies don't export labor overseas. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| I believe in School Choice, Students first over teachers, ending teacher tenure, and high tech learning are just some ways we need to reform our schools. Also I believe we need to bring back job training programs like home economics, woodshop, and other vocational studies into our High School to train our youth to earn. | |||
| Yes | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| I believe that we can drill for energy in a clean and efficient way without destroying our environment. | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| I believe that we should keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, but I believe that the 2nd amendment should be upheld and that it was intended to keep government from becoming tyranical superceding its and superseding its mandate from the people. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| I like the concept of our collective responsibility to ensure the healthcare of each and every American. What I would like to see is the actual regulation of Health Care and not just the availability of affordable health insurance. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | |||
| We have an absolute responsibility to our citizens to ensure that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon. There is nothing peaceful about their nuclear program. They have plenty of energy, they do not need nuclear power. We must not just for the world, but ourselves, that no new governments receive nuclear weapons. | |||
| 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.
| Slightly Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Slightly Increase | b) Arts | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Slightly Increase | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Maintain Status | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Maintain Status | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Eliminate | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Eliminate | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Eliminate | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Eliminate | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Eliminate | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Eliminate | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| k) Other or expanded categories | |||
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