This is one (invalid) reason why someone was for prop 8.
And why we need to find ways to reach out to tell people that they are not correct in their understanding of the issues. I found this off of votesmart.org under the Political Courage Test but it is no longer available since the election is over and he lost. I grabbed it from the cache. All spelling errors in the blockquote are his:
Raymond 'Ray' Chui (CA)
Office Seeking: U.S. House
District Seeking: 13
Party: Republican
BiographicalIssue Positions
(Political Courage Test)Interest Group RatingsSpeeches and Public StatementsAdditional Biographical InformationCampaign Finances
What is the Political Courage Test?
California Congressional Election 2008 Political Courage Test
Please Note
The Political Courage Test asks candidates which items they will support if elected. It does not ask them to indicate which items they will oppose. Through extensive research of public polling data, we discovered that voters are more concerned with what candidates would support when elected to office, not what they oppose. If a candidate does not select a response to any part or all of any question, it does not necessarily indicate that the candidate is opposed to that particular item.
Project Vote Smart does not permit the use of its name or programs in any campaign activity, including advertising, debates, and speeches.
Abortion Issues
Budgetary, Spending, and Tax Issues
Campaign Finance and Government Reform Issues
Crime Issues
Education Issues
Employment Issues
Environment and Energy Issues
Gun Issues
Health Issues
Immigration Issues
International Aid, International Policy, and International Trade Issues
National Security Issues
Social Issues
Social Security Issues
Welfare and Poverty Issues
Legislative Priorities
Abortion Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.
a) Abortions should always be illegal.
b) Abortions should always be legal.
X c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester.
X d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
X e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
f) Dilation and extraction or "partial-birth" abortion procedures should be legal.
X g) Medicare, Medicaid, and federal subsidies should be prohibited from being used on abortion procedures.
h) Other or expanded principles.
My personal believes are as checked above. Legally this should also be decided by the States.
Budgetary, Spending, and Tax Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate 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.
1) Budget Priorities
Greatly Decrease a) Agriculture
Greatly Decrease b) Arts
Maintain Status c) Defense
Slightly Decrease d) Education
Slightly Decrease e) Environment
Greatly Decrease f) FEMA
Slightly Decrease g) Homeland security
Slightly Decrease h) International aid
Slightly Decrease i) Law enforcement (Federal)
Slightly Decrease j) Law enforcement (State)
Greatly Decrease k) Medical research
Slightly Decrease l) National parks
Slightly Decrease m) Public health services
Slightly Decrease n) Scientific research
Slightly Decrease o) Space exploration programs
Slightly Decrease p) Transportation and highway infrastructure
Slightly Decrease q) United Nations
Slightly Decrease r) Welfare
s) Other or expanded categories
The U.S. government must live within its means or we (more precisely our children) will all become financial slaves to people holding our debt. If you think $1000 rebate from the government is great then why not $5000 or even $50000. Think about it, government rebate doesn't make sense.
2) Defense Spending
Maintain Status a) Armed forces personnel training
Maintain Status b) Intelligence operations
Slightly Decrease c) Military hardware
Slightly Decrease d) Modernization of weaponry and equipment
Slightly Decrease e) National missile defense
Maintain Status f) Pay for active duty personnel
Maintain Status g) Programs to improve troop retention rates
Slightly Decrease h) Research and development of new weapons
Slightly Decrease i) Troop and equipment readiness
j) Other or expanded categories
Let's see, we spend our blood and money to defend the people of Iraq and then let them come into this country as refugees. So what is the point of fight the war.
3) Taxes
Indicate 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.
Family Income Taxes
Eliminate a) Less than $12,000
Eliminate b) $12,001-$40,000
Maintain Status c) $40,001-$100,000
Maintain Status d) $100,001-$180,000
Maintain Status e) $180,001-$350,000
Maintain Status f) $350,001 and above
g) Other or expanded categories
We can not tax our way out of the fiscal mess. Lower taxes mean higher revenue for the government.
Other Taxes
Maintain Status a) Alcohol taxes
Maintain Status b) Capital gains taxes
Maintain Status c) Cigarette taxes
Maintain Status d) Corporate taxes
Maintain Status e) Gasoline taxes
Maintain Status f) Inheritance taxes
g) Other or expanded categories
The more the govenment tinkers the worse things get. There has to be consistences so people can plan and investment get make.
Deductions/Credits
Eliminate a) Charitable contribution deduction
Eliminate b) Child tax credit
Eliminate c) Earned income tax credit
Eliminate d) Medical expense deduction
Eliminate e) Mortgage deduction
Eliminate f) Student loan credit
g) Other or expanded categories
Eliminate all tax credit as a first step toward a flat and simplify tax code. This will help pay for the elimination of all federal income tax for families making under $40,000 per year.
Yes 4) Do you support the permanent repeal of the federal estate tax?
Yes 5) Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year?
6) Other or expanded principles
Campaign Finance and Government Reform Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.
X a) Support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns.
b) Prohibit Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions to candidates for federal office.
c) Allow unregulated soft money campaign contributions to political parties or committees.
d) Remove all contribution limits on federal campaigns and parties.
e) Support prohibiting ads containing candidates' name that are paid for by third parties from airing 60 days before a primary and 30 days before a general federal election.
X f) Support instant run-off voting (IRV).
g) Support designating Election Day as a national holiday.
X h) Support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations.
i) Support limiting the President's use of signing statements in order to prevent an alternative interpretation of the bill.
j) Support a federal shield law to protect reporter-source privilege.
k) Other or expanded principles
As long as there is full disclosure by people making the contribution there should not be limitations to individual contributions.
Crime Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.
X a) Support the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
b) Eliminate the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
X c) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
X d) Support programs to provide prison inmates with drug and alcohol addiction treatment.
X e) Reduce prison sentences for those who commit non-violent crimes.
X f) Support mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs.
X g) Support strict penalties for internet crime (e.g. hacking, identity theft, worms/viruses).
h) Require that crimes based on sexual orientation be prosecuted as federal hate crimes.
i) Other or expanded principles
For me, there is no such thing as hate crimes. A crime is a crime.
Education Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
a) Support the federal government funding universal pre-K programs.
X b) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school.
X c) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
X d) Allow teachers and professionals to receive federal funding to establish charter or magnet schools.
e) Increase funding for the Pell Grant program.
f) Decrease interest rates of Stafford Loans.
g) Support federal tax incentives to help families save for college.
X h) Ban university financial aid officers from owning stock in or accepting gifts from student loan lenders.
X i) Require universities to disclose financial relationships with lenders.
j) Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
X k) Eliminate all federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
l) Other or expanded principles
Education should be a State program. I will work to eliminate the Department of Education.
Of course I support parental choice via vouchers.
Employment Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.
a) Increase funding for national job-training programs that retrain displaced workers or teach skills needed in today’s job market.
X b) Reduce government regulation of the private sector.
c) Encourage employers to offer child care services, flex-time scheduling, comp-time, and unpaid leave for family emergencies.
d) Increase the federal minimum wage.
X e) Support the right of workers to unionize.
X f) Eliminate all federal programs designed to reduce unemployment.
g) Include sexual orientation in federal anti-discrimination laws.
h) Include gender identity in federal anti-discrimination laws.
i) Other or expanded principles
I don't think government job programs work. These spending create an illustion of congressional action for the sole purpose of helping incumbents' re-election. Don't fall for this trick.
Environment and Energy Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.
a) Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Water Act.
b) Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Air Act.
X c) Support increased development of traditional energy resources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil).
X d) Strengthen emission controls on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles.
X e) Strengthen fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles.
X f) Support domestic oil exploration in areas that are currently restricted.
X g) Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels.
h) Support the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel.
X i) Support research and development of nuclear reactors as an alternative energy source.
j) Allow energy producers to trade pollution credits under "cap and trade" laws.
k) Support international mandatory emission targets to limit global warming.
l) Support international voluntary emission targets to limit global warming.
m) Other or expanded principles
No one single program will make this nation energy independent. Alternative energy, nuclear energy, natural gas powered cars, drilling in ANWR, drilling off the coast, energy conservation, they all need to be implemented.
Gun Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.
X a) Allow individuals to carry concealed guns.
b) Ban the sale, ownership or possession of handguns except by law enforcement and other government officials.
On (c) and (d), indicate what levels (#1-6) you support for the following categories.
Maintain Status c) Enforcement of existing restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
Maintain Status d) Restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
e) Other or expanded principles
Without the second amendment there is no first amendment. If guns were outlawed then only criminals will have guns and I don't want that.
Health Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.
a) Implement a universal healthcare program to guarantee coverage to all Americans, regardless of income.
X b) Expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts.
c) Allow the importation of prescription drugs into the United States.
d) Support expanding prescription drug coverage under Medicare.
e) Offer tax credits to individuals and small businesses to offset the cost of insurance coverage.
f) Support expanding child healthcare programs.
g) Providing healthcare is not a responsibility of the federal government.
h) Other or expanded principles
Immigration Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding immigration.
X a) Decrease the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country.
X b) Establish English as the official national language.
c) Support a temporary worker program.
X d) Support harsher financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
e) Support amnesty for illegal immigrants already working in the United States.
X f) Illegal immigrants should have to return to their countries of origin before being considered for citizenship.
g) Illegal immigrants should be given a pathway to citizenship.
h) Support merit-based visas over family-based visas.
i) Other or expanded principles
We don't need more laws, just enforce the ones we have.
International Aid, International Policy, and International Trade Issues
(Back to top)
International Aid
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding international aid.
a) Support the United States granting aid to countries when extraordinary circumstances cause disaster and threaten civilian lives.
b) Support the United States granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States.
X c) Eliminate United States aid for any nation with documented human rights abuses.
X d) Aid granted by the United States should be scaled back and eventually eliminated.
e) Other or expanded principles
It is not being compassionated when aid is given out with taxpayers money.
International Policy
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding international policy.
Yes a) Should the United States continue to provide leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?
Yes b) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state?
Yes c) Should the United States impose greater international sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates?
Yes d) Should the United States support the Lebanese government against insurgent forces?
No e) Should the United States maintain its troop levels in Iraq?
Yes f) Should the United States withdraw its troops from Iraq?
g) Discuss your proposals for Iraq.
We should withdrawl American troops as soon as possible without jeopardizing American lives. They way I see it we are throwing good money after bad.
Yes h) Should the United States apply greater economic and diplomatic sanctions against North Korea if it fails to abide by its agreement to suspend its nuclear program?
No i) Should the United States increase financial support for Afghanistan?
No j) Should the United States increase military support for Afghanistan?
Yes k) Should the United States trade nuclear fuel to India for civilian purposes?
Yes l) Should the United States decrease financial support for Pakistan?
Yes m) Should the United States decrease military support for Pakistan?
No n) Should the United States be involved in bringing an end to the violence in Darfur, Sudan?
No o) Should the United States be involved in bringing an end to the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
No p) Should the United States provide economic and military support to the Transitional Government of Somalia?
Yes q) Should the United States use sanctions to encourage the government of Zimbabwe to end its human rights abuses?
No r) Should the United States support the creation of an independent nation of Kosovo?
s) Other or expanded principles
The U.S. should stay out of the internal affairs of foreign governments and that is because we can not in a meaningful way affect the outcome anyway.
International Trade
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding international trade.
No a) Do you support the United States imposing economic sanctions on China?
Yes b) Do you support the United States imposing trade sanctions on Venezuela?
Yes c) Do you support the United States involvement in free trade agreements?
Yes d) Do you support the United States involvement in intergovernmental organizations dedicated to trade?
e) Other or expanded principles
Free trade should also mean fair trade.
National Security Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding national security.
Yes a) Do you support using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists when ordinary civilian courts are deemed inappropriate or impractical?
Yes b) Should law enforcement agencies have greater discretion to monitor domestic communications, to prevent future terrorist attacks?
Yes c) Should the United States hold foreign states accountable for terrorists who operate in their country?
No d) Should the federal government increase funding to states and cities for homeland security?
Yes e) Do you support pre-emptive military strikes against countries deemed to be a threat to United States national security?
No f) Do you support the creation of a federal identification card system?
No g) Do you support long-term use of National Guard troops to supplement the armed forces in assignments overseas?
No h) Should the United States expand its missile defense shield?
i) Other or expanded principles
Many in Congress think that by throwing money at a problem the problem get solved. Not true. If the people in charge knows that they will not get any more money then allocated they will get the job done with what they have.
Social Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.
No a) Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry?
No b) Do you support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman?
No c) Do you support federal funding for research on existing embryonic stem cell lines?
No d) Do you support federal funding to create lines of stem cells from new embryos?
No e) Should the federal government consider race and gender in government contracting decisions?
No f) Should the federal government continue affirmative action programs?
Yes g) Should the federal government regulate internet gambling?
h) Other or expanded principles
As far as I know marrage is define as between a man and a woman. The word for same sex couple in marrage is civil union. It is like saying a man is married to 2 women, this can't happen under current law. I support affiirmative action for the disadvantage, especially children from broker homes and not by skin color.
Social Security Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding Social Security.
X a) Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts that they manage themselves.
b) Ensure the viability of Social Security by increasing the payroll tax.
c) Decrease benefits paid to retirees.
d) Support proportional increases of Social Security benefits based on the cost of living index.
e) Raise the retirement age for individual eligibility to receive full Social Security benefits.
f) Other or expanded principles
Welfare and Poverty Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare and poverty.
a) Require welfare recipients to spend at least 40 hours a week in a combination of work and training programs.
b) Continue to give states and local governments flexibility in and responsibility for welfare programs through federal block grants.
c) Support housing assistance for welfare recipients.
X d) Abolish all federal welfare programs.
e) Other or expanded principles
I believe there should be a limited federal bureaucracy. Welfare is better handled at the State level.
Legislative Priorities
(Back to top)
Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
1. Limit federal spending. No more earmarks, period.
2. Immigration reform. Enforce current laws.
3. Energy independent. Allow a vote in Congress regarding drilling in ANWR and off the coast of the United States.
The question I want answered is who told him marriage between two people of the same gender was the same as polygamy which is NOT this debate.
Raymond 'Ray' Chui (CA)
Office Seeking: U.S. House
District Seeking: 13
Party: Republican
BiographicalIssue Positions
(Political Courage Test)Interest Group RatingsSpeeches and Public StatementsAdditional Biographical InformationCampaign Finances
What is the Political Courage Test?
California Congressional Election 2008 Political Courage Test
Please Note
The Political Courage Test asks candidates which items they will support if elected. It does not ask them to indicate which items they will oppose. Through extensive research of public polling data, we discovered that voters are more concerned with what candidates would support when elected to office, not what they oppose. If a candidate does not select a response to any part or all of any question, it does not necessarily indicate that the candidate is opposed to that particular item.
Project Vote Smart does not permit the use of its name or programs in any campaign activity, including advertising, debates, and speeches.
Abortion Issues
Budgetary, Spending, and Tax Issues
Campaign Finance and Government Reform Issues
Crime Issues
Education Issues
Employment Issues
Environment and Energy Issues
Gun Issues
Health Issues
Immigration Issues
International Aid, International Policy, and International Trade Issues
National Security Issues
Social Issues
Social Security Issues
Welfare and Poverty Issues
Legislative Priorities
Abortion Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.
a) Abortions should always be illegal.
b) Abortions should always be legal.
X c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester.
X d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
X e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
f) Dilation and extraction or "partial-birth" abortion procedures should be legal.
X g) Medicare, Medicaid, and federal subsidies should be prohibited from being used on abortion procedures.
h) Other or expanded principles.
My personal believes are as checked above. Legally this should also be decided by the States.
Budgetary, Spending, and Tax Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate 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.
1) Budget Priorities
Greatly Decrease a) Agriculture
Greatly Decrease b) Arts
Maintain Status c) Defense
Slightly Decrease d) Education
Slightly Decrease e) Environment
Greatly Decrease f) FEMA
Slightly Decrease g) Homeland security
Slightly Decrease h) International aid
Slightly Decrease i) Law enforcement (Federal)
Slightly Decrease j) Law enforcement (State)
Greatly Decrease k) Medical research
Slightly Decrease l) National parks
Slightly Decrease m) Public health services
Slightly Decrease n) Scientific research
Slightly Decrease o) Space exploration programs
Slightly Decrease p) Transportation and highway infrastructure
Slightly Decrease q) United Nations
Slightly Decrease r) Welfare
s) Other or expanded categories
The U.S. government must live within its means or we (more precisely our children) will all become financial slaves to people holding our debt. If you think $1000 rebate from the government is great then why not $5000 or even $50000. Think about it, government rebate doesn't make sense.
2) Defense Spending
Maintain Status a) Armed forces personnel training
Maintain Status b) Intelligence operations
Slightly Decrease c) Military hardware
Slightly Decrease d) Modernization of weaponry and equipment
Slightly Decrease e) National missile defense
Maintain Status f) Pay for active duty personnel
Maintain Status g) Programs to improve troop retention rates
Slightly Decrease h) Research and development of new weapons
Slightly Decrease i) Troop and equipment readiness
j) Other or expanded categories
Let's see, we spend our blood and money to defend the people of Iraq and then let them come into this country as refugees. So what is the point of fight the war.
3) Taxes
Indicate 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.
Family Income Taxes
Eliminate a) Less than $12,000
Eliminate b) $12,001-$40,000
Maintain Status c) $40,001-$100,000
Maintain Status d) $100,001-$180,000
Maintain Status e) $180,001-$350,000
Maintain Status f) $350,001 and above
g) Other or expanded categories
We can not tax our way out of the fiscal mess. Lower taxes mean higher revenue for the government.
Other Taxes
Maintain Status a) Alcohol taxes
Maintain Status b) Capital gains taxes
Maintain Status c) Cigarette taxes
Maintain Status d) Corporate taxes
Maintain Status e) Gasoline taxes
Maintain Status f) Inheritance taxes
g) Other or expanded categories
The more the govenment tinkers the worse things get. There has to be consistences so people can plan and investment get make.
Deductions/Credits
Eliminate a) Charitable contribution deduction
Eliminate b) Child tax credit
Eliminate c) Earned income tax credit
Eliminate d) Medical expense deduction
Eliminate e) Mortgage deduction
Eliminate f) Student loan credit
g) Other or expanded categories
Eliminate all tax credit as a first step toward a flat and simplify tax code. This will help pay for the elimination of all federal income tax for families making under $40,000 per year.
Yes 4) Do you support the permanent repeal of the federal estate tax?
Yes 5) Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year?
6) Other or expanded principles
Campaign Finance and Government Reform Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.
X a) Support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns.
b) Prohibit Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions to candidates for federal office.
c) Allow unregulated soft money campaign contributions to political parties or committees.
d) Remove all contribution limits on federal campaigns and parties.
e) Support prohibiting ads containing candidates' name that are paid for by third parties from airing 60 days before a primary and 30 days before a general federal election.
X f) Support instant run-off voting (IRV).
g) Support designating Election Day as a national holiday.
X h) Support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations.
i) Support limiting the President's use of signing statements in order to prevent an alternative interpretation of the bill.
j) Support a federal shield law to protect reporter-source privilege.
k) Other or expanded principles
As long as there is full disclosure by people making the contribution there should not be limitations to individual contributions.
Crime Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.
X a) Support the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
b) Eliminate the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
X c) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
X d) Support programs to provide prison inmates with drug and alcohol addiction treatment.
X e) Reduce prison sentences for those who commit non-violent crimes.
X f) Support mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs.
X g) Support strict penalties for internet crime (e.g. hacking, identity theft, worms/viruses).
h) Require that crimes based on sexual orientation be prosecuted as federal hate crimes.
i) Other or expanded principles
For me, there is no such thing as hate crimes. A crime is a crime.
Education Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
a) Support the federal government funding universal pre-K programs.
X b) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school.
X c) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
X d) Allow teachers and professionals to receive federal funding to establish charter or magnet schools.
e) Increase funding for the Pell Grant program.
f) Decrease interest rates of Stafford Loans.
g) Support federal tax incentives to help families save for college.
X h) Ban university financial aid officers from owning stock in or accepting gifts from student loan lenders.
X i) Require universities to disclose financial relationships with lenders.
j) Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
X k) Eliminate all federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
l) Other or expanded principles
Education should be a State program. I will work to eliminate the Department of Education.
Of course I support parental choice via vouchers.
Employment Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.
a) Increase funding for national job-training programs that retrain displaced workers or teach skills needed in today’s job market.
X b) Reduce government regulation of the private sector.
c) Encourage employers to offer child care services, flex-time scheduling, comp-time, and unpaid leave for family emergencies.
d) Increase the federal minimum wage.
X e) Support the right of workers to unionize.
X f) Eliminate all federal programs designed to reduce unemployment.
g) Include sexual orientation in federal anti-discrimination laws.
h) Include gender identity in federal anti-discrimination laws.
i) Other or expanded principles
I don't think government job programs work. These spending create an illustion of congressional action for the sole purpose of helping incumbents' re-election. Don't fall for this trick.
Environment and Energy Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.
a) Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Water Act.
b) Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Air Act.
X c) Support increased development of traditional energy resources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil).
X d) Strengthen emission controls on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles.
X e) Strengthen fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles.
X f) Support domestic oil exploration in areas that are currently restricted.
X g) Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels.
h) Support the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel.
X i) Support research and development of nuclear reactors as an alternative energy source.
j) Allow energy producers to trade pollution credits under "cap and trade" laws.
k) Support international mandatory emission targets to limit global warming.
l) Support international voluntary emission targets to limit global warming.
m) Other or expanded principles
No one single program will make this nation energy independent. Alternative energy, nuclear energy, natural gas powered cars, drilling in ANWR, drilling off the coast, energy conservation, they all need to be implemented.
Gun Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.
X a) Allow individuals to carry concealed guns.
b) Ban the sale, ownership or possession of handguns except by law enforcement and other government officials.
On (c) and (d), indicate what levels (#1-6) you support for the following categories.
Maintain Status c) Enforcement of existing restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
Maintain Status d) Restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
e) Other or expanded principles
Without the second amendment there is no first amendment. If guns were outlawed then only criminals will have guns and I don't want that.
Health Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.
a) Implement a universal healthcare program to guarantee coverage to all Americans, regardless of income.
X b) Expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts.
c) Allow the importation of prescription drugs into the United States.
d) Support expanding prescription drug coverage under Medicare.
e) Offer tax credits to individuals and small businesses to offset the cost of insurance coverage.
f) Support expanding child healthcare programs.
g) Providing healthcare is not a responsibility of the federal government.
h) Other or expanded principles
Immigration Issues
(Back to top)
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding immigration.
X a) Decrease the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country.
X b) Establish English as the official national language.
c) Support a temporary worker program.
X d) Support harsher financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
e) Support amnesty for illegal immigrants already working in the United States.
X f) Illegal immigrants should have to return to their countries of origin before being considered for citizenship.
g) Illegal immigrants should be given a pathway to citizenship.
h) Support merit-based visas over family-based visas.
i) Other or expanded principles
We don't need more laws, just enforce the ones we have.
International Aid, International Policy, and International Trade Issues
(Back to top)
International Aid
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding international aid.
a) Support the United States granting aid to countries when extraordinary circumstances cause disaster and threaten civilian lives.
b) Support the United States granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States.
X c) Eliminate United States aid for any nation with documented human rights abuses.
X d) Aid granted by the United States should be scaled back and eventually eliminated.
e) Other or expanded principles
It is not being compassionated when aid is given out with taxpayers money.
International Policy
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding international policy.
Yes a) Should the United States continue to provide leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?
Yes b) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state?
Yes c) Should the United States impose greater international sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates?
Yes d) Should the United States support the Lebanese government against insurgent forces?
No e) Should the United States maintain its troop levels in Iraq?
Yes f) Should the United States withdraw its troops from Iraq?
g) Discuss your proposals for Iraq.
We should withdrawl American troops as soon as possible without jeopardizing American lives. They way I see it we are throwing good money after bad.
Yes h) Should the United States apply greater economic and diplomatic sanctions against North Korea if it fails to abide by its agreement to suspend its nuclear program?
No i) Should the United States increase financial support for Afghanistan?
No j) Should the United States increase military support for Afghanistan?
Yes k) Should the United States trade nuclear fuel to India for civilian purposes?
Yes l) Should the United States decrease financial support for Pakistan?
Yes m) Should the United States decrease military support for Pakistan?
No n) Should the United States be involved in bringing an end to the violence in Darfur, Sudan?
No o) Should the United States be involved in bringing an end to the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
No p) Should the United States provide economic and military support to the Transitional Government of Somalia?
Yes q) Should the United States use sanctions to encourage the government of Zimbabwe to end its human rights abuses?
No r) Should the United States support the creation of an independent nation of Kosovo?
s) Other or expanded principles
The U.S. should stay out of the internal affairs of foreign governments and that is because we can not in a meaningful way affect the outcome anyway.
International Trade
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding international trade.
No a) Do you support the United States imposing economic sanctions on China?
Yes b) Do you support the United States imposing trade sanctions on Venezuela?
Yes c) Do you support the United States involvement in free trade agreements?
Yes d) Do you support the United States involvement in intergovernmental organizations dedicated to trade?
e) Other or expanded principles
Free trade should also mean fair trade.
National Security Issues
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Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding national security.
Yes a) Do you support using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists when ordinary civilian courts are deemed inappropriate or impractical?
Yes b) Should law enforcement agencies have greater discretion to monitor domestic communications, to prevent future terrorist attacks?
Yes c) Should the United States hold foreign states accountable for terrorists who operate in their country?
No d) Should the federal government increase funding to states and cities for homeland security?
Yes e) Do you support pre-emptive military strikes against countries deemed to be a threat to United States national security?
No f) Do you support the creation of a federal identification card system?
No g) Do you support long-term use of National Guard troops to supplement the armed forces in assignments overseas?
No h) Should the United States expand its missile defense shield?
i) Other or expanded principles
Many in Congress think that by throwing money at a problem the problem get solved. Not true. If the people in charge knows that they will not get any more money then allocated they will get the job done with what they have.
Social Issues
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Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.
No a) Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry?
No b) Do you support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman?
No c) Do you support federal funding for research on existing embryonic stem cell lines?
No d) Do you support federal funding to create lines of stem cells from new embryos?
No e) Should the federal government consider race and gender in government contracting decisions?
No f) Should the federal government continue affirmative action programs?
Yes g) Should the federal government regulate internet gambling?
h) Other or expanded principles
As far as I know marrage is define as between a man and a woman. The word for same sex couple in marrage is civil union. It is like saying a man is married to 2 women, this can't happen under current law. I support affiirmative action for the disadvantage, especially children from broker homes and not by skin color.
Social Security Issues
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Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding Social Security.
X a) Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts that they manage themselves.
b) Ensure the viability of Social Security by increasing the payroll tax.
c) Decrease benefits paid to retirees.
d) Support proportional increases of Social Security benefits based on the cost of living index.
e) Raise the retirement age for individual eligibility to receive full Social Security benefits.
f) Other or expanded principles
Welfare and Poverty Issues
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Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare and poverty.
a) Require welfare recipients to spend at least 40 hours a week in a combination of work and training programs.
b) Continue to give states and local governments flexibility in and responsibility for welfare programs through federal block grants.
c) Support housing assistance for welfare recipients.
X d) Abolish all federal welfare programs.
e) Other or expanded principles
I believe there should be a limited federal bureaucracy. Welfare is better handled at the State level.
Legislative Priorities
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Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
1. Limit federal spending. No more earmarks, period.
2. Immigration reform. Enforce current laws.
3. Energy independent. Allow a vote in Congress regarding drilling in ANWR and off the coast of the United States.
The question I want answered is who told him marriage between two people of the same gender was the same as polygamy which is NOT this debate.