Gary Boisclair's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Minnesota Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Human Life begins at the moment of conception. Our laws must respect this fact. I will fight to protect the unborn, From conception til birth. I will fight to criminalize human pesticides such as "the pill", and RU486, and all forms of child-killing by abortion. | |||
| 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,
| No | 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? | ||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| In theory, yes I support capital punishment; but with our flawed system, I have grave reservations. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief? | |||
| Taxes are necessary for "the common defense" (U.S. Const. Art. 1 Sect. 8 Par. 1). Taxes are also needed for infrastructure, specifically, roads. Beyond these basic needs, taxes enslave the US Citizens. Taxes provide for socialist ends; as such, they undermine Life, Liberty, & the pursuit of happiness. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| The premise that the Federal Gov't be directing the education of the youth contradicts the rightful authority of parents to raise their children as they see fit. | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | |||
| After the Federal Gov't succeeds in regulating solar and volcanic activity, then they can turn their attention to human contributions to earth's atmospheric conditions. | |||
| Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | |||
| [Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?] Candidate answered "neither" with an arrow to both yes and no I do not find any such restrictions in the U.S. Constitution. Perhaps the regulations relating to fully automatic weapons & shot-gun modifications, should remain intact. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| Compulsory giving is the fruit of statist ideals; such as "giving" is not to be confused with compassion, which depends on the free, deliberate choice to help one's neighbor. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No one in their right mind can conceive of extraditing 12 million people. The logistics & capital outlay would be incalculable. That said, illegal immigrants ought to bear the burden of doing Public Service, on a temporary basis, to offset the burdens which they lay upon the U.S. taxpayers. | |||
| No | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| Government has no authority to contradict Natural Law and Divine Law. Marriage is between one man and one woman. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| The U.S. should support & strengthen its ties with Israel. | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| Such a measure would be a good initial measure for the phasing out of the entire Social Security Ponzi Scheme. | |||
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.
| Slightly Decrease | a) Agriculture | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Arts | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Greatly Decrease | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Decrease | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Decrease | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Slightly Decrease | j) Space exploration | ||
| Greatly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Eliminate | l) Welfare | ||
| Eliminate | m) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Eliminate | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Eliminate | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Eliminate | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | 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 | ||
| k) Other or expanded categories | |||
| [g) International aid] if monies will cease to be applied to sterilization of women and forced abortion- then I am in favor of only a "slight decrease." -Medicare -Medicaid | |||
| First of all, we must make it illegal to kill unborn babies. No nation that spills innocent blood can expect the blessings of heaven. I will fight to pass legislation which will protect the unborn, from conception til birth. Second, I will work to guard this nation from all encroachments by foreign/enemy politics, including Islamic encroachments in our laws and in their enforcement. Thirdly, I will fight to end the socialist policies, -the entitlements- which paralyze our economy and which undermine human dignity- Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security- all entitlements must be phased out. |
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