Mark Lambert's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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California Congressional Election 2010 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | ||
| Yes | b) Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy? | ||
| Yes | c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | d) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered? | ||
| No | e) Should federal subsidies be prohibited from being used for abortion procedures? | ||
| THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IT HAS BEEN HIGHLY POLITISED BY BOTH THE DEMOCRETES AND REPUBLICANS BECAUSE IT IS A MOST DIFFICULT ISSUE AND IT EASILY POLORIZES THE PUBLIC. THIS IS CLEARLY A STATE ISSUE. | |||
1) SpendingIndicate what federal funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.2) 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.
| Maintain Status | a) Agriculture | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Arts | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Increase | 1) Intelligence operations | ||
| Greatly Increase | 2) Military hardware | ||
| Greatly Increase | 3) National missile defense | ||
| Maintain Status | 4) Salary and benefits for active duty personnel | ||
| Slightly Increase | 5) Programs to improve troop retention rates | ||
| Greatly Increase | 6) Research and development of new weapons | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Greatly Increase | f) Homeland security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Slightly Increase | h) Medical research | ||
| Slightly Increase | i) Scientific research | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Space exploration | ||
| Slightly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Maintain Status | l) Welfare | ||
| Eliminate | m) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Corporate taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | i) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Yes | 3) Do you support the elimination of the federal estate tax? | ||
| Yes | 4) Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year? | ||
| No | 5) Do you support using government funds in an effort to stimulate and improve the economy? | ||
| CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME!! WE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN BUSINESS, INCLUDING NATIONAL SECURITY, BEFORE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE ENTIRE WORLD. WHY GIVE OUR DOLLARS TO DICTATORS WHO HATE US, WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP HERE AT HOME | |||
| THE ENTIRE TAX SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED TO MAKE IT FAIR TO ALL AMERICANS. EVERYONE NEEDS TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!!! PRES. RAGEN SAID HE COULD RUN THE GOVERNMENT ON 15%. WE ARE NOW AT APROXIMATELY 38%. WE NEED TO GREATLY CUT GOVERNMENT WASTE AND PORK, AS WELL AS OTHER SPENDING THAT DOES US NO GOOD. THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW!!! | |||
| THE FEDERAL ESTATE TAX IS EQUAL TO "GRAVE ROBBING". BUT IT WON'T MATTER MUCH IF WE DON'T GET OUR FINANCIAL HOUSE IN ORDER. NOONE WILL HAVE ANY MONEY---THE GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE IT ALL!!! | |||
| No | a) Do you support privatizing elements of Social Security? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing the federal minimum wage? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the ability of workers to unionize? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support federal funding for job-training programs that retrain displaced workers? | ||
| I SUPPORT THE SPENDING OF FEDERAL FUNDS THAT BETTER THE LIVES OF U. S. CITIZENS. AFTER ALL TAX DOLLARS ARE OUR MONEY---NOT THE GOVERNMENTS. | |||
| No | a) Do you support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns? | ||
| Yes | b) Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | c) Do you support removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns? | ||
| Yes | d) Should candidates for federal office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support limiting the President's ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements? | ||
| ALL OF THE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT MUST ACT RESPONSIBLY WHEN IT COMES TO SPENDING. WE NOW HAVE RUN AWAY DEBT--WHICH WILL LEAD TO HIGH INTEREST AND INFLATION. ALL OF THIS NONSENCE NEEDS TO STOP NOW!!! THE DEMOCRATS ARE BACK AT BUYING VOTES, AND THE REPUBLICANS GOT US INTO THIS MESS TO BEGIN WITH. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related training and job-placement assistance when released? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with substance abuse treatment? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs? | ||
| THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS BEEN REDUCED TO BIG BIG BUSINESS AND BIG MONEY. THIS SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED JUST LIKE OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED. THIS INCLUDES WITNESS PROTECTION,JURY SELECTION,AND OTHER ISSUES. | |||
| No | a) Do you support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students? | ||
| No | b) Do you support federal funding for universal pre-K programs? | ||
| No | c) Do you support federal funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | d) Do you support federal funding for K-12 school vouchers? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support the federal government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
| NO PLACE IN THE CONSTITUTION IS EDUCATION MENTIONED!!! IT IS NOT A FEDERAL ISSUE!! THIS A MATTER OF STATES RIGHTS AND STATE GOVERNANCE. EDUCATION IS CLEARLY A STATE ISSUE,AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD KEEP ITS NOSE OUT OF IT. | |||
| No | a) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support international emissions targets aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
| No | c) Do you support allowing energy producers to trade carbon credits under a "cap and trade" system? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support strengthening fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support domestic oil exploration in federally-protected areas? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support the development of nuclear reactors? | ||
| AS A NATION WE NEED TO FREE OURSELVES FROM DEPENDANCY ON FOREIGN SOURCES OF FUEL. WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO GIVE OUR MONEY AWAY--SPECIALLY TO COUNTRIES WHO HATE WHAT WE BELIEVE IN--DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM | |||
| No | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you believe that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individual citizens to own guns? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns? | ||
| No | d) Do you support a ban on assault rifles? | ||
| I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE SECOND AMMENDMENT TO THE LETTER. "THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO BARE ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED." | |||
| No | a) Do you support a publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
| No | b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | ||
| Yes | c) Should the federal government expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts? | ||
| No | d) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support relaxing regulations on the importation of prescription drugs? | ||
| THE MEDICAL ISSUE IS MOST DIFFICULT. IT REQUIRES MUCH MORE INVESTIGATION THAN HAS BEEN PUT FORTH BY EITHER PARTY. UNTIL THIS DETAILED STUDY IS COMPLETE, I OPPOSE ANY GOVERNMENT BASED HEALTH CARE PROGRAM. | |||
| No | a) Do you support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support establishing English as the official national language? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE THE MOST GENEROUS PEOPLE IN THE WORLD!!! WE GIVE GIVE GIVE. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! THERE ARE MASSIVE ABUSES OF OUR MEDICAL SYSTEM! THERE ARE HUGE ISSUES WITH CORRUPTION,DRUGS,MURDER, AND KIDNAPPING. I STRONGLY SUPPORT ARIZONA STATE RIGHTS TO PROTECT IT'S CITIZENS FROM ALL OF THIS CRIME. WHERE IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORTING THE STATE AND ITS CITIZENS. NO ADMINESTRATION WANTS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE--BECAUSE THEY ARE BUYING VOTES. | |||
| No | a) Do you support United States military action in Afghanistan? | ||
| No | b) Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing economic development assistance for Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | d) Should the United States continue to strike suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States? | ||
| Yes | f) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support increasing sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates? | ||
| Yes | h) Do you support the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq? | ||
| No | i) Do you support the United States' involvement in free trade agreements? | ||
| WHO EVER DOES THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR OUR COUNTRY OUGHT TO BE FIRED!! THESE ARE NOT "NEGOTIATIONS". THEY ARE GIVE AWAYS,PERIOD!! NAFTA IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS NEGLEGANCE IN "NEGOTIATIONS". WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF U.S.CITIZENS FIRST. WE NEED JOBS HERE AND NOW! | |||
| Yes | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support allowing openly-gay men and women to serve in the United States military? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research? | ||
| Yes | d) Should the federal government end affirmative action programs? | ||
| LETS GET BACK TO THE BASICS. NONE OF THESE ISSUES ARE THE JOB OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THESE ARE ALL ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED AT THE STATE LEVEL. THESE ARE ALL MORAL ISSUES AND I FOR ONE WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO "BUT OUT" | |||
| I AM FOR MUCH LESS GOVERNMENT, AND MUCH LESS TAXES, AND MUCH MORE PERSONAL FREEDOM. MY ELECTION IS ALL ABOUT YOU!!! IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS...THATS WHY WE ARE IN THE PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE IN TODAY. BOTH THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS CAN TAKE ALL THE "CREDIT "FOR THE MESS WE ARE IN NOW!! THE DEMOCRATS ARE SOCIALISTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ONE THING ONLY--BUYING VOTES TO GET REELECTED. THE REPUBLICANS GET REELECTED BY THROWING MUD, EVEN AT THEIR OWN COMRADS. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!! WITH ME YOU HAVE A TRUE CHOICE! |
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