Bob Forthan's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Presidential Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I'm Not a father, but if elected a lot of childred will die, due to the government can't care for everyone, And survival of the fittest, I can't believe people in Africa, And Around the world are starving, while Americans baste in luxury. | |||
BudgetIndicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing the federal budget.In order to balance the budget,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.
| Yes | do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | Is balancing the budget an administrative priority? | ||
| Greatly Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Slightly Decrease | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Eliminate | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Decrease | h) Medical Research | ||
| Slightly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Decrease | j) Space exploration | ||
| Greatly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Eliminate | l) Welfare | ||
| Eliminate | m) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Eliminate | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | k) Other or expanded categories | ||
| I want to fire all Federal Employees and start over to balance the budget, I can't afford all the perks federal employees get, who will work if I fire all federal employees, thirty-six million unemployed people, ninety percent paid under two thousand dollars cash. | |||
| Unemployment | |||
| Pay anyone willing to work for less than two-thousand dollars cash, no I.D. needed | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I support only one type of campaign contribution and that is cash, all debts paid in cash only transactions, and then follow the money, I hear candidates are trying to collect a billion dollars. | |||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| I believe in no gun control, so all death row federal inmates that have no appeals left will be put to death, because a lot of American people at first will die at the hands of someone else however new death row inmates will be put to death in thirty days to make room for more inmates, good enough for Saddam good enough for America | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | ||
| If elected for every Senator in America a Dome Home will be built, dome homes are structures that will house less than five thousand people, will buy parts from business, train people who will be paid less than two thousand dollars a mouth, and a place to live. for life. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| I believe in education reform but not for federal grants. Kids are smarter these days, with the invention of computers, I want a program to graduate kids a fifteen years old and then a program teaching kids a skill for life, also year round school to off set early graduation. | |||
| 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 reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| If elected I would by Presidential Order change all Traffic Signs to stop signs, America spends one hundred million dollars a day on fuel, stop signs would cause so much congestion American people would be limited from driving long distances in cities, then I would order all street lamps off to detour travel. | |||
| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| No | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| No | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| I do not support any military action in Afghanistan, except rebuilding that earthquake regime, I would teach them how to build Dome Homes structures that will house less than five thousand people, and would withstand their earthquake zone, these people need a minimum standard of living. If elected America will have enough internal threats. | |||
| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| I do not support any restrictions on gun control, no gun control will save the environment, who will attend any sporting events if their was no gun control. | |||
| 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? | ||
| If elected, I would repel the 2010 Affordable health Care Act. First there is nothing affordable about the act, second by presidental order end the invention of all insurances, no Social Security, medicaid, medicare, auto, home, and so on, I feel the invention of insurance only benefit the white man and keeps him in power. | |||
| 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? | ||
| If the illegal immigrants had white skin, their would be no citizenship problems now their enough land in our Southern states, to please both sides of the border. I want to build DOME HOMES structures that will house less than five thousand people, southern states are below sea level, I would raise [illegible] feet no fall out shelters | |||
| Yes | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| I believe in same sex marriages, and I believe in no gun control, so if couples are willing to own and carry a gun, then I support your choice. | |||
| No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| What's withheld from your paycheck is an insurance on your future, I'm against all insurances, they only benefit the white man and keep him in power, I would pay off all debts claims to social security, and used what left to build Dome Homes | |||
| First priority, and this will not cost any money, by Presidential Order, I would order all states to change almost all traffic signals to stop signs, this order would stop the drain of our national treasures, America spends one hundred million dollar a day on fuel, second I would order all traffic lamps off at night to restrict travel at night, last I would tell all Senators to go home find a park, or federal land to build Dome Homes. |
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