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Robert Shapiro

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Policy Positions

Abortion

Unknown Position Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
  Other or expanded principles

I will support legislation which will protect the health of the mother.

Budget

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?
  Other or expanded principles

Campaign Finance

Yes Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
  Other or expanded principles

Capital Punishment

No Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
  Other or expanded principles

Economy

Yes Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
Yes Do you support lowering taxes as a way of promoting growth in the economy?
Yes Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
  Other or expanded principles

Education

Yes Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
  Other or expanded principles

Energy

No Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
No Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production?
  Other or expanded principles

Environment

Yes Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
Yes Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
  Other or expanded principles

Guns

Yes Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
  Other or expanded principles

Health Care

No Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
  Other or expanded principles

I would allow the sale of health insurance across state lines. That would provide competition against statewide insurance oligopolies and decrease insurance premiums in many states. I would support legislation that? would allow any legal resident of the United States to buy into Medicare at cost, with pre-tax dollars. All Americans should be able to enroll in Medicare, where they would be eligible for coverage under Parts A and B, as well as Parts D prescription drug access. Because premiums would be equal to cost, the program would pay for itself and provide an affordable alternative to private insurance.

Immigration

No Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
  Other or expanded principles

We need to strengthen our borders and enact stricter laws against recruiting, hiring, and exploiting undocumented workers. Illegal immigrants should not be rewarded for breaking our laws, but those undocumented workers who have been working, paying taxes, and have been productive members of our society, should not be deported, but they should be penalized for breaking our immigration laws and should be forced to wait twice the amount of time to become citizens.

Marriage

No Do you support same-sex marriage?
  Other or expanded principles

I support civil unions.

National Security

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?
  Other or expanded principles

Social Security

No Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
  Other or expanded principles

Spending and Taxes

Spending

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.

Maintain Status a) Agriculture
Slightly Increase b) Arts
Maintain Status c) Defense
Greatly Increase d) Education
Greatly Increase e) Environment
Slightly Increase f) Homeland Security
Slightly Increase g) International aid
Greatly Increase h) Medical Research
Slightly Increase i) Scientific Research
Maintain Status j) Space exploration
Greatly Increase k) United Nations
Maintain Status l) Welfare
  m) Other or expanded categories

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.

Slightly Increase a) Capital gains taxes
Greatly Increase b) Corporate taxes
Slightly Increase c) Excise taxes (alcohol)
Greatly Increase d) Excise taxes (cigarettes)
Greatly Decrease e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
Greatly Decrease f) Income taxes (low-income families)
Greatly Decrease g) Income taxes (middle-income families)
Slightly Increase h) Income taxes (high-income families)
Maintain Status i) Inheritance taxes
Maintain Status j) Payroll taxes
  k) Other or expanded categories

Administrative Priorities

  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. Wall Street must be held accountable for the damage done to the American econom. The Justice Department and the S.E.C. must investigate and prosecute the individuals who engaged in illegal activities which broke the economy.

2. I support term limits for members of both Houses of Congress and a lifetime ban on members of Congress from becoming paid lobbyists.

3. We have laws protecting medical and financial privacy. Since much of our personal information is stored in numerous databases, we need new laws to prevent the networking of these databases to prevent public disclosure of privately stored personal information.