Scott Keller's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Presidential Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | |||
| [pro-choice and pro-life selected] I'm for finding a way to satisfy both sides. While I believe the federal government should stay out of the decision process, if we focus on medical advances, and economic relief, we can solve the issue in a way that allows a woman to terminate the pregnancy without terminating the life. | |||
BudgetIndicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing the federal budget.In order to balance the budget,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.
| 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 an administrative priority? | ||
| Slightly Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| f) Homeland Security | |||
| g) International aid | |||
| Greatly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Greatly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Eliminate | l) Welfare | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| b) Corporate taxes | |||
| Eliminate | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Eliminate | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Eliminate | 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) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| j) Payroll taxes | |||
| I believe a paradigm shift is needed. We need to bring military spending in-house, get back to sovereign debt free currency, and enable states and cities to handle most social programs. I would share many innovative ideas. | |||
| f) 3-4 (maintain status- slightly decrease) g) 4-5 (slightly decrease- greatly decrease) | |||
| b) 4-6 (slightly decrease- eliminate) j) 4-6 (slightly decrease- eliminate) I would shift the methods of getting money distributed to states and businesses, return to sovereign money, & end the Fed. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I believe campaigns should be 100% free and should not be influenced by donations | |||
| No | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Capital punishment solves nothing and there is no real "repayment" by the criminal. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | ||
| I believe income taxes should be eliminated in combined with a comprehensive plan for making them obsolete. Economic "stimulus" should be handled at the state and local basis while the congress insures proper federal money/currency management. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| I believe states should get federal grants depending on population as part of the new distribution strategy for newly created currency. | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| Climate change will happen even without our contributions & we should be prepared or it. We should be doing our best to not pollute as it's for our own benefit anyway. We should shift rapidly to renewable & free energy sources. | |||
| No | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| We need very specific and pin pointed operations with the support of any nation involved. We also need to get at the root causes of terrorism rather than restricting freedom. | |||
| Yes | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| Any law-abiding citizen should be able to purchase firearms. Criminals should not be able to. | |||
| 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? | ||
| There are much better ways to ensure everyone has adequate medical care. We do not need big government or big business to do it. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Immigration laws and approaches need to be completely overhauled. | |||
| Do you support same-sex marriage? | |||
| [yes and no selected] I believe it's none of the government's business what contracts two people agree to. My personal opinion of someone's behavior should not change that. | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| I believe social security should be overhauled. Retirement age should be 55 and innovation could greatly reduce the costs. | |||
| 1. Economic sovereignty & positive trade balances annually. 2. Return to the states the authority and autonomy that belongs to them. 3. Ensure there's enough money in circulation to handle the load. 4. Focus on being our best here at home before trying to tell other countries how to behave. |
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