Mississippi Congressional Election 2012 Political Courage Test

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

2. Other or expanded principles
- The Roe v Wade decision by our Supreme Court has no Constitutional basis. Roe V Wade should be overturned.

Afghanistan

1. Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan?
- No

2. Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- I would not publish a timeline for withdrawl that might be used to harm our troops, but I would pull our troops out of Afghanistan immediately. Afghanistan presents no danger to the these united States.

Budget

1. do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes

2. do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

3. do you support reducing Medicaid spending?
- Yes

4. do you support reducing Medicare spending?
- Yes

5. Is balancing the budget a legislative priority?
- Yes

6. Other or expanded principles
- We need to repeal the income tax immediately. Excises, Imposts and Duties were the only methods of taxation authorized in our Constitution prior to the 16th Amendment. The Constitution limited taxaton to these methods for a reason, The reason is, they are the only moral and just methods of taxation. Imposts, Excises, and Duties are dependant on commerce, in one form or another, and as such, it allows an avenue for the person to opt out of payng them. The Income tax is different, The income tax is the Government saying " I have a gun, give me your money"

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- I think if you can pull a lever (vote), then you should be able to contribute as much money as you want. Hoever, if you can't pull a lever, then you cannot contribute a single cent. This system would allow Joe and Jane citizen to contribute as much as they want, but would prohibit contributions from Orgs, Unions, Corps and PACS. This would mean no money from Exxon, Microsoft, Walmart, the NEA, the NRA, MoveOn, Acorn, or the Fraternal Order of Bullfrogs.

Capital Punishment

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- I dont think the Government should be in the business of killing its citizens

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

2. Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
- No

3. Do you support spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- No

4. Do you support the temporary extension of unemployment benefits?
- No

5. Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief?
- Yes

6. Other or expanded principles
- Given the chance, I would repeal the Income Tax and the 16th amendment. But since the Income Tax is the law of the land at this time, I would promote the government giving the citizens their money back, and it doesn't matter in what form it comes. Whenever I hear that 50% of Americans pay ZERO in Income Taxes, I think to myself "good, ..we're half way there".

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- I would repeal and defund the Federal Dept of Education, and I oppose all "federal grants" whether they're competitive or not.

Energy

1. Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- Not only would I reduce the restrictions, I would eliminate them completely.

Environment

1. Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- I believe that mankind might be contributing to climate change, and sometime within the next 5000 years, we're going to have to do something about it (maybe). But I do not support ANY of the Draconian suggestions by those in the Environmental lobby.

Guns

1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- Like the rest of the Bill of Rights, the 2nd amendment is a basic human right. It is the right to self preservation. This is not something men (mankind) can prohibit, even if they wanted to.

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- Yes

2. Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance, as mandated in the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- I am in charge of my property (my money is my property). Other people, regardless of their numbers, and regardless of their imaginative titles, cannot tell me what I can, and cannot do with it. I'll decide what I spend my money on, and you decide what you sepnd yours on, deal?

Immigration

1. Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

2. 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

3. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Marriage

1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Unknown Position

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

National Security

1. Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?
- No

2. Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- No Answer

3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Social Security

1. Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- Unknown Position

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Spending and Taxes

1. Agriculture
- No Answer

2. Arts
- No Answer

3. Defense
- No Answer

4. Education
- No Answer

5. Environment
- No Answer

6. Homeland Security
- No Answer

7. International aid
- No Answer

8. Medical Research
- No Answer

9. Scientific Research
- No Answer

10. Space exploration
- No Answer

11. United Nations
- No Answer

12. Welfare
- No Answer

13. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

1. Capital gains taxes
- No Answer

2. Corporate taxes
- No Answer

3. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- No Answer

4. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- No Answer

5. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- No Answer

6. Income taxes (low-income families)
- No Answer

7. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- No Answer

8. Income taxes (high-income families)
- No Answer

9. Inheritance taxes
- No Answer

10. Payroll taxes
- No Answer

11. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

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.
- No Answer