Brad Bookout's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Brad Bookout refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2012 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
Issue Positions
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- Peggy Viereborne. Madison Courier: 11 hope to replace Pence in 6th District. 28 April 2012. "The bond of motherhood is powerful and often instant. I want to protect it and nurture it, not terminate it in any instance. I oppose spending public money for terminating it except where there is grave threat to the mother's health, and even then I will press for private entities to carry that burden. I oppose criminalization of pregnancy termination." (madisoncourier.com)
- Bradley Bookout. Issues: On pregnancy termination. 6 June 2012. "Quite simply and straight forwardly said, I am pro-life." (www.bookoutforcongress.com)
- Bradley Bookout. Issues: On the wars and the military budget. 6 June 2012. "I see no substitute for the U.S. continuing an extra-ordinary military leadership role in the community of nations for the indefinite future. However, having come to that conclusion, we must not leave it just there, but work to evolve to greater reliance on non-military means of the world managing its peacekeeping concerns [¦] Lastly, with respect to Afghanistan and our current kinetic military projects there and elsewhere, I suggest a greater shift to my just said policy direction." (www.bookoutforcongress.com)
- Bradley Bookout. Issues: On the wars and the military budget. 6 June 2012. "We cannot, however, do the military on the cheap; we cannot send our armed forces to do the job on the cheap. I support a keen, lean, mean, redundant military machine. We need a deft, versatile and (read more) massive force regardless of our military philosophy and assessment of our future needs." (www.bookoutforcongress.com)
- Bradley Bookout. Facebook: Timeline. 12 October 2012. "I don't know about you but while I agree taxes should not be raised on the middle class, I don't believe it's right for an elected official to make a pledge to anyone but their constituents! The 2001 & 2003 Bush Tax Cuts were the first time in our nation's history that we cut taxes during a time of war. We must at least talk about allowing those to expire for the wealthiest of Americans in order to address our dire fiscal situation." (www.facebook.com)
- Bradley Bookout. Issues: On a balanced budget amendment. 6 June 2012. "I have shown in my campaign book Super Plan for Jobs that with imaginative, creative approaches to our problems we can accomplish great things and move our country forward in great ways without just throwing more massive government funds and higher taxes at the problems." (www.bookoutforcongress.com)
- Peggy Viereborne. Madison Courier: 11 hope to replace Pence in 6th district. 28 April 2012. "Yes, the national debts should be reduced and reduced through economic growth and frugal, creatively cooperative, spending policies. However, comparing the national debt to personal or corporate debt is like comparing apples to dump trucks, so let's not make that mistake. There is a great deal of misunderstanding among policy makers and the public as to exactly what money is. Without an understanding of that matter, we will continue to indulge in talking past each other." (madisoncourier.com)
- Bradley Bookout. Issues: On a balanced budget amendment. 6 June 2012. "The best thing and the quickest thing we can do for America in general and to manage the budget deficit in particular is to build up the American economy while we use more creative methods than just the same old big spending policies to get great things done." (www.bookoutforcongress.com)
- Rob Cox. Greensburg Daily News: Bookout Bookout adds economic acumen to District 6 race. 27 April 2012. "Bookout named a range of companies he's worked with and helped bring to District 6 in the past three years [¦] 'We've worked on a lot of projects,' Bookout said, 'and we've accomplished significant job creation, but it's not enough. We've had little to no assistance from Washington DC, and we badly need their help; I intend to fix that problem as the District 6 Congressional representative.'" (greensburgdailynews.com)
- Bradley Bookout. Issues: On Education. 6 June 2012. "I am not suggesting stripping our public schools of any of their funding, quite the opposite. What I am suggesting is working partnerships to serve specialized opportunities and needs in flexible ways, especially where parents of K-12 students come forward with initiatives and desires to go beyond the ordinary classroom school day. At the K-12 level, within the school, I would leave the final decision on the fundamentals to the local school board. With respect to national standardized testing, I would leave that matter to the local school board to opt-in or opt-out." (www.bookoutforcongress.com)
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- Bradley Bookout. Issue Position: Environment. 1 January 2012. "With respect to the "cap and trade" carbon footprint reduction movement--which as we all know is a highly controversial idea in the US, although less so in Europe and other regions of the world--while I respect the motives and thought that has gone into this public-private, creative concept, I think we can do better. [¦] What I am concerned about is us building a huge house of cards either with government subsidies on the one hand, or, on the other hand, with taxes with cap and trade systems. I question that cap and trade is a system that has the potential to undermine development of more effective standards and more effective solutions. [¦] I believe that we cannot give up on the concept of reasonable leaders finding better solutions [¦] So, while I am for getting on in a big way with reduction of noxious emissions, I just have fundamental misgivings that cap and trade is the best way to go. Having said that, I feel the burden to propose better ways, and I intend to do that." (votesmart.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Bradley Bookout. Twitter: BradBookout. 2 October 2012. "The Affordable Care Act is a work in progress, It's not perfect, but it's better than what we had #IN6." (twitter.com)
- Bradley Bookout. Issues: On "Obama Care". 6 June 2012. "This legislation is a work in progress. It was designed to be implemented and developed in that way. Some things will be modified, some taken away, and some added." (www.bookoutforcongress.com)
- Kirk Johannesen. The Republic: 6th District candidates debate health care. 4 May 2012. "The 2010 health care law is and was designed as 'a work in progress.' Brad Bookout said. As for health care overall, he's interested in how advances in efficiency and effectiveness can contain or lower health care costs, but not at the expense of the quality of care. And, he said, he's concerned about the special health needs of women and that any policies implemented do not harm small businesses." (www.therepublic.com)
- Bradley Bookout. Issues: On immigration and border issues. 6 June 2012. "'No permission, No entry' must be the rule". (www.bookoutforcongress.com)
- Bradley Bookout. Issues: On families and marriage, women's issues, ethnic and religious diversity, sexual orientation, tolerance, civil respect, and the values of dignity. 6 June 2012. "I will not oppose civil unions by force of law, or, where the state legislatures so decide, I will not oppose same gender unions receiving a marriage license." (www.bookoutforcongress.com)
- Peggy Viereborne. Madison Courier: 11 hope to replace Pence in 6th District. 28 April 2012. "The third most important foreign policy issue is dealing with the rise of terrorism and tyrannical movements we and the rest of the world have been seeing so much of and striving to cope with, especially in the Middle East region, including Iran and stretching outward, as for example, in Afghanistan." (madisoncourier.com)
- Bradley Bookout. Issues: Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. 6 June 2012. "I will work day and night to protect the social security system to be sure it can keep its promises to all retirees, present and future, distant and near, old and young." (www.bookoutforcongress.com)
- Bradley Bookout. Issue Position: Seniors. 1 January 2012. "First of all I will vigorously support strengthening our retirement income and medial services systems for seniors. [¦] I will be unwavering in my support of senior's retirement income and medical programs, including Social Security and Medicare. " (votesmart.org)
- Kirk Johannesen. The Republic: 6th District candidates for Congress weigh in on Social Security, Medicare. "Brad Bookout, an economic development consultant from Yorktown, said he is committed to keeping the programs intact. 'The one thing that can do the most to maintain these programs is a growing economy with more prosperous income earners " making corresponding contributions to these programs at their economic level " along with a reduction in the number of needy and unhealthy,' Bookout said." (www.therepublic.com)
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