Madeline Vance's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Florida Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| for the unborn of any stage of growth, elderly, the handicapped and in a coma | |||
| Yes | Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan? | ||
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? | ||
| No | do you support reducing Medicare spending? | ||
| Yes | Is balancing the budget a legislative priority? | ||
| Its important to reduce the federal government - there are more Fed employees then taxpayers | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| murderers and sexual predators | |||
| 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 temporary extension of unemployment benefits? | ||
| No | Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | ||
| Economic growth and job creation is to be handled by "we the people of each state. The Constitution does not permit federal involvement | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| federal grants are unconstitutional | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| 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? | ||
| The federal government needs to get out of rulings on health care - Its a local and state issue. | |||
| Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | |||
| 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? | |||
| Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police? | |||
| Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | |||
| Yes | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| [Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?] Candidate wrote "?" next to "theaters" | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| We need a social security amendment to the Constitution to keep sticky fingered politicians from dipping into the funds. | |||
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 | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Eliminate | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Eliminate | h) Medical Research | ||
| Eliminate | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Maintain Status | l) Welfare | ||
| Eliminate | m) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Eliminate | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | 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 | ||
| Eliminate | k) Other or expanded categories | ||
| [Indicate 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.] Candidate underlined "federal spending levels" | |||
| - The size of the federal government must be reduced. - The Federal Reserve System must be audited. - " " " " " " removed. - Allow the banks and people to deal directly with the U.S. Treasury. - We have 930 military bases around the world- We must bring our military home from Countries we are not at war with or close to. - The Czars must go - - The "patriot Act" must be repealed along with all Bills that are not in line with the Constitution. |
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