Jim Berns' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
On The Ballot: Running, Republican for State House (OH) - District 25
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Ohio Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
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| I have adopted 8 children. If more adopted maybe there would be less abortions. Some women will choose to abort their babies. They will have to live with their decision and face the judgement of God when the die. | |||
| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| Our continued combat and diplomatic operations in Afghanistan reduce our security and make the likelihood of a terrorist attach here greater. Defend the continental U.S.A. and let the other countries solve their own problems. We are paying for the war with borrowed money which is a far greater danger to our security than some illiterate Taliban fighter. | |||
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? | ||
| Yes | Is balancing the budget a legislative priority? | ||
| If you want to make any problem worse ask the government to fix it. I support defending the continental USA. George Washington warned us against getting involved in foreign wars. Friendly relations with all entangling alliances with none. Our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has make a terrorist attack here more likely and reduce our security while adding trillions to the deficit and wasting the lives of thousands of our young people. The Social Insecurity system is a Ponzi scheme and should be fazed out in an orderly manner with private charity and savings instead. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| More candidates from the Libertarian Party need to be elected. They totally recognize the Constitution and limited government. The Democrats and Republicans got us into this mess and it is crazy to think they will get us out of this mess. Vote Libertarian! | |||
| No | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| I do not support government organized murders. It is also cheaper to send people to prison for life than to pay all the court expenses to finally have them executed | |||
| 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? | ||
| Businesses and individuals create economic growth. It is a big lie that the government can create jobs or economic growth. Government can destroy economic growth by their mischief! | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| I support the separation of government and education and oppose government standardized testing. | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police? | ||
| Yes | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
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| If you love another person go ahead and call yourself married. | |||
| 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? | ||
| They should be allowed to opt out of the Social Insecurity Ponzi Scheme. | |||
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 | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Eliminate | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Eliminate | h) Medical Research | ||
| Eliminate | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Decrease | 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 | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | 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 | ||
| Eliminate | k) Other or expanded categories | ||
| All of these except National Defense would be better left to the private competitive sector. | |||
| The government is way too big and every problem they clame to solve they make much worse. | |||
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