Bob Henry Baber's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Bob Henry Baber has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2014 Political Courage Test.
West Virginia Congressional Election 2014 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| But we are doing abortions far too capriciously in the US. I support opposing sides of this issue coming together to promote: Abstinence and sex education, and stream0lined adoption procedures. Together we can seek a goal of reducing abortions by 1/2. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Campaign finance reform is the single most important issue--trumping all others. Our Democracy is in grave danger of being up for bid to the highest bidders. Also, the two-party system is corrupt from top to bottom. | |||
| No | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Capital punishment is cruel and unusual punishment. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| Corporation "inverting" their taxes overseas is immoral and should be illegal. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| Yes. I do support primarily local control, but believe the government has a role in improving education nationwide. | |||
| No | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| Keystone appears to be an export line that will not benefit the people of the US. | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Here in Appalachia Mountaintop Removal strip-mining is ecocide. Clean coal is like dry water. I understand coal will be with us for some time, but we need to retrain miners, promote energy conservation, and create the green energy jobs of the future--nationwide. | |||
| Yes | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| But I see no indication that anybody will impose limits of any kind on our national obsession with guns. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| It was a decent patch on a torn quilt. About 40 million Americans saw improvement in their situation. Two of my children in college got to come back on my family policy at no cost to me. I understand there were 26 million others like them. I support health care as a right. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| We need to set clear pathways for citizenship. | |||
| Yes | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| The courts are ruling one by one in favor of Gay marriage. I support their right to be as miserable as the rest of us (joke)! | |||
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| No | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| This is a complex question. By what right, I ask, should we, who possess thousands of nuclear weapons, assert that others should not? | |||
| No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| Social Security works well in its current form. | |||
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.
| Greatly Decrease | a) Agriculture | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Greatly Increase | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Slightly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Maintain Status | k) United Nations | ||
| Maintain Status | l) Welfare | ||
| Slightly Increase | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| k) Other or expanded categories | |||
| I support all forms of green energy. | |||
| Campaign finance reform is our number one issue. The supreme Court ruling that money equals free speech is the worst decision ever rendered by the court. I support an Amendment to limit campaign spending. I support raising the minimum wage to at least $10 per hour. This will boost the economy. I support decreasing defense and spending the money on rebuilding our own infrastructure, reducing student debt, and promoting green jobs. |
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