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Oregon Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| The federal government has no Constitutional authority in this area. So it truly has no authority at all and should not be involved in any way. Our Constitution was written to limit the power of government TO protect the rights of the people. The federal government was to be especially restrained government closest to the problem is most efficient and the people are better able to maintain control. As the federal government has taken control we the people have lost it. Our government has gone wild and we must work together to restore freedom and regain control. | |||
| Yes | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| I support our troops as they do what they are ordered to do. I do not support the foreign policy that sent them there and oppose any use of our troops without congress having debated and declared war as is required by our Constitution. If congress will not do their job they should be impeached for dereliction of duty. We should not be the policemen of the world. We are borrowing from China to finance these military expenditures and our children are dying and we are hated and making targets of ourselves. Has anything improved since we invaded? | |||
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? | ||
| We must get the federal government out of all areas where they have no Constitutional authority to be. Every time government gets involved costs go up and services and quality goes down. The debt is destroying our nation and medicare is rife with corruption as everything becomes when the mafia government takes control. Every area must be open for inspection until the budget is balanced, the people should decide which areas are a priority for them not the politicians. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| We must eliminate from congress the ability to write laws and tax rules or dole out funds stolen from taxpayers to benefit their campaign donors. This then becomes a non issue. Federal usurpation of powers and massive corruption have created this problem. The best way I see is to return to the 5% import tariff as recommended by Ben Franklin and co. Do not allow congress to tweak it at all, eliminate all income taxes and the IRS. No American should be forced to write an annual accounting of his financial activities to a servant government. | |||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Capital punishment is a deterrent to crime. However our current just us system is absolutely corrupt and does not even work toward justice. It has become a politicized income creator or career builder. We must return to the Constitutionally recommended grand jury system. Where justice is the goal and making the numbers is impossible. Once there had to be a victim for a crime to have been committed and the state could not be the victim of a crime as it is now with say seat belts? We now have an army of bullies patrolling at our expense. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the temporary extension of unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | ||
| Our governments involvement created the mess we are in regulating, licensing and mandates caused the economic collapse. Tax relief must be permanent. To create jobs eliminating income taxes and replacing it with an import tariff of 5% across the board will bring jobs home. It will eliminate uncertainty which kills jobs. It also cuts the corruption in congress. Infrastructure such as roads should be financed with gas taxes and controlled at the local level eliminate the federal department of transportation. States should keep the federal gas taxes paid in their state people of the state should decide what roads built | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| The federal department of education should be eliminated. Millions of dollars are wasted by bureaucratic paper pushers in Washington DC trying to decide how to improve education. Return the money and control to the local level where the money could be spent on things we know improve education. Such as more teachers. We know a lower child to teacher ratio improves educational results. This saves a ton of money and improves education we know what works, why aren't we doing it? | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| It is a political power grab, one more way for governments to control the peasants (that is us) while they fly around on private planes funded with the "carbon taxes" forced on us. Government funded studies show man made global warming and those that do not tow the line do not get funded. It was the same way with the hole in the ozone layer that was going to kill us all and the air pollution bringing on the ice age that was going to kill us all. Government funded studies show a need for more government. Amazing! | |||
| No | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| The right to bear arms is an absolute right. We created this government to secure our rights. Our government should be ensuring that no one can violate my rights. They sure should not be the ones violating them. This nanny government is becoming overbearing and tyrannical. That was the biggest reason why the right to bear arms was not to be infringed. To enable us to remain free. That is the biggest reason governments want to disarm the peasants. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot all agree gun control works and is responsible for governments killing millions of their own people. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Our government does not and should not have the authority to tell us what we have to do. Nor what we can not do. We created this government to secure our rights we are to tell it what we want it to, it is not to tell us. These questions all assume that we are owned by the government! I reject that idea entirely. Our government has screwed up healthcare in this nation so badly it is not going to be easy to fix. However idiot politicians are not who I want in control of my health or health care. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| We either live in a nation governed by laws or we don't. Right now we do not. Our government officials all seem to think they are above the laws. They pick which laws to enforce and against whom to enforce them. This is not conducive to justice nor good government. This is corruption run wild. People should not be rewarded for breaking laws from illegal immigrants to CEO or president you violate the law you should be held accountable for your actions. If the law is unjust it should be abolished, not ignored for some enforced for others. | |||
| Do you support same-sex marriage? | |||
| This is another crap question. This assumes I support government involvement in marriage of any sort. Marriage is a religious institution. Marriage licenses were only needed if you were white and wanted to marry someone black. It was illegal without government permission. Once you got a license the guys with the white hoods had your address! I can not imagine why anyone would want to register their sexual orientation with government? Why should anyone have to ask government for permission to marry? I am shocked how insane things have become. Ask permission from government to marry? Not me, not ever. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Lets see every American intelligence agency has said Iran has no bomb and is not working on one. Iran has signed on to the nuclear non-proliferation agreement and allowed inspections. We allowed them to get new rods for their nuclear energy needs. As if our nation has the right to tell another what they can do? The American government is hated around the world. We give away huge amounts of money we do not have and borrow from China to buy friends and they still hate us. I go to Mexico and they hate Obama as much as Bush! | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| You presuppose that government has authority to tell people what to do and to steal from them!People should not be concerned with government ALLOWING them to do anything!The problem with Social Security is the thieving politicians that stole the money from the "'trust fund." They can not be trusted and there is no fund! The Congressional Retirement fund should be rolled into the empty Social Security Trust Fund to repay our citizens a part of what the politicians stole. The idea they can vote themselves great retirement benefits at our expense while stealing from us. Smoke pouring from ears here! | |||
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 | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Eliminate | e) Environment | ||
| Eliminate | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Eliminate | h) Medical Research | ||
| Eliminate | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Eliminate | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Eliminate | l) Welfare | ||
| Greatly Decrease | m) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Eliminate | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Eliminate | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Maintain Status | 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 | ||
| Greatly Decrease | k) Other or expanded categories | ||
| We must cut all unnecessary or unconstitutional spending and eliminate the debt. We should amend the Constitution to not allow congress to borrow as they have. This was Thomas Jefferson's idea long before it was mine. Please look at where we are spending and how it is being used to transfer wealth from the middle class to those with political connections. I can send documents to anyone to show the shocking waste and corruption. Since they are ignoring the Constitution would amending it help? We must return to the Constitution as the supreme law of the land as it is. | |||
| Eliminate all income taxes and return to the 5% import tariff as originally proposed by Ben Franklin et al. This should bring jobs back to the USA, cut political corruption, get government out of the private lives of most Americans and decrease the cost of tax collection. Excise taxes should be spent on what they were intended for and directed at the local level. Example, federal gas taxes spent in the State they were collected in to build or repair roads and bridges as determined by the people of the state. Not Washington bureaucrats using funds for political gain | |||
| Cutting debt spending, returning control of government to the people, eliminating political corruption. Our government has gone wild spending millions of dollars stolen from middle class Americans on politician's pet project and to repay campaign donors. Washington has become a cesspool. Our money is being squandered on things most Americans would not choose to fund IF they had a choice. We spend millions to arm kids in Chad, buy friends in China, fight drugs in Mexico, send SWAT teams in after raw milk, weed wild hemp from ditches, study computer games. Billions borrowed then wasted. We pay, our people suffer. |
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