Doug Magee's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Doug Magee has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2014 Political Courage Test.
Mississippi Congressional Election 2014 Political Courage Test
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| The wealthiest individuals and large corporations should pay their fair share of taxes and the tax loopholes that this group uses to avoid paying taxes to the United States Government should be immediately closed by appropriate legislation and executive orders. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Only upon conviction of the most heinous crimes beyond a reasonable doubt with Constitutional Protections afforded. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering taxes as a way of promoting growth in the economy? | ||
| No | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| No | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I also support putting an immediate end to America's dependence on fossil fuels, immediately stopping fracking as a means to produce more fossil fuels (by creating unknown dangers and hazards to the safety and welfare of the people as these practices are not safe and the side effects do more harm than any possible good that could be derived from them), and the immediate development of clean sources of energy such as solar, wind and thermal to produce the energy necessary for the safety and economic well-being of the people. | |||
| Yes | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
| I support reasonable background checks on all sales of guns and ammunition. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| 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 governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
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.
| Maintain Status | a) Agriculture | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Slightly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Increase | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Maintain Status | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Eliminate | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| k) Other or expanded categories | |||
| 1 Preventing the shutdown of government by the billionaire Koch brothers and Republicans and big special interest of corporations who do not pay their fair share of taxes and 2. Preventing their attempt to take away the Constitutional Rights of the People and their Rights to veteran benefits, social security benefits, a fair minimum wage, affordable healthcare, equal pay for equal work for women, rights of women to make healthcare decisions in their best interest, reasonable education and 3. Preventing government bailout of wall street bankers and 4. Rebuilding Infrastructure and clean energy to provide jobs and improve the economy, |
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