Presidential Election 2012 Political Courage Test

Abortion

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Both sides should compromise for the sake of family issues.

Budget, Spending, and Taxes

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?
- No

4. do you support reducing Medicare spending?
- No

5. Is balancing the budget an administrative priority?
- Yes

6. Other or expanded principles
- [re: do you support reducing defense spending] Within Reason When Obama came into office we had 2 wars now we have 3 Libya also. I will settle all 3 and save us Billions $ in the future.

1. Agriculture
- Greatly Increase

2. Arts
- Maintain Status

3. Defense
- Maintain Status

4. Education
- Greatly Increase

5. Environment
- Greatly Increase

6. Homeland Security
- Maintain Status

7. International aid
- Greatly Increase

8. Medical Research
- Maintain Status

9. Scientific Research
- Maintain Status

10. Space exploration
- Maintain Status

11. United Nations
- Greatly Increase

12. Welfare
- Greatly Increase

13. Other or expanded categories
- *Nuclear Wars Concern*outlaw these weapons of destruction + landmines etc.

1. Capital gains taxes
- Maintain Status

2. Corporate taxes
- Maintain Status

3. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- Maintain Status

4. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Maintain Status

5. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Maintain Status

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

7. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Greatly Decrease

8. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Increase

9. Inheritance taxes
- Slightly Decrease

10. Payroll taxes
- Slightly Decrease

11. Other or expanded categories
- Many areas need to be examined and improved and fair to everyone.

Campaign Finance

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- We don't need to be spending $ Billions on elections - corrupts elected officials and news media coverage.

Capital Punishment

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

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 2010 temporary extension of unemployment benefits?
- Yes

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

6. Other or expanded principles
- We need to be fair to all sides on taxes especially the middle class.

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
- Within reason / Education can be improved without blaming them for the past. Worldwide Education priority also.

Environment and Energy

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

4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Foreign Policy

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

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

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

4. Other or expanded principles
- Targeting capture and stoppage change of attitude of the enemy

Guns

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- [Selected Yes and No] Some restrictions-especially on machine guns to the public Hunters don't need machine guns for hunting.

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
- [re: Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?] Needs to be re-examined: improved wording etc.

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?
- No

3. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police?
- No Answer

4. Other or expanded principles
- [re: Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration law by state and local police?] candidate selected both 'Yes' & 'No' We need to be fair to them and their children "Ole"We need them and they need US/USA

Same-Sex Marriage

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- [re: Do you support same-sex marriage?] candidate selected both 'Yes' & 'No'I am a traditionalist but I think we should negociate a fair way to handle this so both sides will win and settle this dispute. Marriage I for traditionalist/ Marriage II for everything else. Same Rights/Title changes I, II "fair to everyone." *goal.

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
- No. Personal accts can be lost easily and Wall Street Cannot be trusted.

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.
- See: My political flier I am (Ole' Savior).