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Oklahoma Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I authored the ban on partial birth abortions while a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. | |||
| Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | |||
| Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | |||
| I support the timetable for operations and withdrawl to be determined by our military leaders on the ground in Afghanistan. | |||
Indicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing the federal budget.In order to balance the budget,
| do you support reducing defense spending? | |||
| do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | |||
| Yes | do you support reducing Medicaid spending? | ||
| do you support reducing Medicare spending? | |||
| Yes | Is balancing the budget a legislative priority? | ||
| I support requiring a "Sunset" provision for all federal programs requiring reauthorization every 5-10 years or program termination would result. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| All contributions should be reported in a timely basis (both direct and indirect) | |||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| I authored the "victims rights" legislation while a member of the Oklahoma House that required parole eligibility notification to crime victims and the right of victims family members to be present at executions. | |||
| Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | |||
| Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | |||
| 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 support economic freedom and low flat tax rates that lessen government control of individual and corporate spending priorities. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| I support the elimination of the FEDERAL Department of Education. | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | |||
| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| I support our 2nd amendment rights. I was author of the original "concealed carry" legislation. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | |||
| I support a full repeal of Obamacare (PPACA) and a return to free market healthcare and mandate-free options for coverage. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| 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? | ||
| I support states rights to enforce laws on the books that prohibit those in the US illegally From benefiting from their illegal entry and use of government benefits. | |||
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| Yes | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| The protection and continued partnership with Israel should be a priority. | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| I support repayment of diverted trust funds into Social Security. | |||
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 | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Decrease | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Decrease | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Decrease | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| 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 | ||
| Cuts will need to be made in many categories and many programs eliminated in order to save our nation from certain ceonomic collapse unless our budget can be balanced. | |||
| Note: low income familys currently do not pay any federal income tax. (f) Keep Bush tax cuts | |||
| Our federal government has grown too big, too invasive and too expensive to be maintained. The next Congress must severely rein in federal spending and eliminate many programs in order to achieve a balanced budget and stop deficit spending. The top priorities will be to immediately repeal the PPACA (Obamacare), the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory legislation and the new EPA expanded regulations. The repeal of these impediments to economic growth will immediately spur the economy into expansion and will generate new revenues to balance the budget. By duplicate program elimination and the implementation of Sunset provisions for all federal programs [...] |
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