New York Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test

Abortion

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- We need to INCREASE our cyber-security, but I am confident we can find something to cut from our defense budget. Most specifically, we need to roll back the tax cuts to the top 1% or even increase them until the budget is balance, social security is fully funded, Obamacare is cheaper and all problems are fixed in the V.A.

Campaign Finance

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- PACS-- I do believe that we need to limit the amount of donors to add money at the last minute, however I believe that corporations should be able to support their own interests.

Economy

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

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- I support small business tax reduction and large business tax increases until our budget is balanced.

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- This is a state matter.

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- The question always is, how do we do this cheaply?

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- I am Pro-2nd amendment.

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

2. Other or expanded principles
- We do need to make it more cost effective. It is a good start, but I don't think Repeal and Replace will ever work. Lets try "Tweak and Tweak again."

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- It all depends on the cost of the wall, though.

Marijuana

1. Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- Is "I don't care" an option?

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Yes

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Yes

3. Other or expanded principles
- I am very weak on foreign policy, and plan to just follow Trump's lead on these decisions. With 15 years in the cyber-security however, I might be the most knowledgeable congressman about cyber-security. If you look at the questions that the House asked Mark Zucherburg, you'll see that this is very needed.

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) Term limits for congress and supreme court judges.2) Move to eDemocracy for better policy making3) Balance the Budget4) Increase cyber-defense.