Indiana 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
- No Answer

Afghanistan

1. Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan?
- Yes

2. Do you support a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

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
- i believe there are people that are abusing these systems. I would like to examine this closer

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- I have accepted no money for my campaign, all I have asked is for people to spread the word pass out fliers and cards. There is to much money involved for a job the is suppose to be for the protection of rights for the people.

Capital Punishment

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes

3. Do you support spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes

4. Do you support the temporary extension of unemployment benefits?
- Yes

5. Do you support the 2010 temporary extension of tax relief?
- No

6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- Our schools are in trouble, what I do support is the support of our teachers to help them get the job done. If our public education system fails our country will suffer greatly, we must address this problem and do whatever needed to fix it. I have already confirmed my promise to the teachers of my area if elected I will do whatever I can to help them in any way possible.

Energy

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

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?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- our planet can only give so much. It seems we neglect things in the name of money.

Guns

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Restrictions only apply to law abiding people not the criminals-- no votes on banning or regulating guns.

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
- This health care issue is a mess, I wish this would have been done in a more professional way and not in a way that hardly any American understands. The only thing I offer here is the current law has to many gray areas, I would be open to some kind of health care reform if it gets rid of the money hungry middle men and cleans up hospital billing and overcharges.

Immigration

1. Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes

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?
- No

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

4. Other or expanded principles
- illegal immigrants are hurting our economy by sucking it dry. We can not afford to pay for these people. I hate to be this way because Im not a mean person and I dont blame any of these people for wanting to come to the US its just the fact we cant demolish our way of life we have taken so long to build.

Marriage

1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

National Security

1. Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?
- Yes

2. Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Yes

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?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- If we are going to keep Social Security the way it is we have to keep the payment into the system the way it is.

Spending and Taxes

1. Agriculture
- Slightly Increase

2. Arts
- Slightly Decrease

3. Defense
- Slightly Decrease

4. Education
- Greatly Increase

5. Environment
- Slightly Increase

6. Homeland Security
- Maintain Status

7. International aid
- Slightly Decrease

8. Medical Research
- Maintain Status

9. Scientific Research
- Slightly Decrease

10. Space exploration
- Greatly Decrease

11. United Nations
- Maintain Status

12. Welfare
- Greatly Decrease

13. Other or expanded categories
- Greatly Increase

1. Capital gains taxes
- Slightly Increase

2. Corporate taxes
- Maintain Status

3. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- Maintain Status

4. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Maintain Status

5. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Slightly Decrease

6. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Maintain Status

7. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Maintain Status

8. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Maintain Status

9. Inheritance taxes
- Eliminate

10. Payroll taxes
- Maintain Status

11. Other or expanded categories
- Greatly Increase

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. Public Education 2. Reducing Spending 3. Restoring Morals back in our society so our Constitution can work again. 4. Hopefully restoring the trust and respect every elected official should strive for and want given to them by the American People.