California Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test

Abortion

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Fund Planned Parenthood.

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- No

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- Implement bipartisan recommendations on the National Debt.

Campaign Finance

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Too much money in politics.

Crime

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

2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes

3. Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders?
- No

4. Other or expanded principles
- If someone kills more than one person than capital punishment fine.

Economy

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

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

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

4. Other or expanded principles
- Tax what you want discourage and lower taxes on what you want to encourage.

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
- Education is mostly a state function and the federal government should have a smaller role.

Energy

1. Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
- Yes

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

3. Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry?
- Yes

4. Other or expanded principles
- Energy independence without contaminating drinking water.

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
- No Answer

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- 2nd Amendment here to stay but common sense background checks are reasonable.

Health Care

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Not unless another option provided to those with pre existing conditions may obtain coverage.

Immigration

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- Immigrants must be fluent in English and if they commit a felony game over.

Marriage

1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes

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 governments hostile to the United States 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?
- Yes

2. Other or expanded principles
- Depends on overall stability of social security and if part of entitlement changes.

Spending and Taxes

1. Agriculture
- Slightly Decrease

2. Arts
- Slightly Decrease

3. Defense
- Slightly Increase

4. Education
- Slightly Decrease

5. Environment
- Maintain Status

6. Homeland Security
- Slightly Increase

7. International aid
- Slightly Decrease

8. Medical Research
- Maintain Status

9. Scientific Research
- Maintain Status

10. Space exploration
- Maintain Status

11. United Nations
- Slightly Decrease

12. Welfare
- Maintain Status

13. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

1. Capital gains taxes
- Maintain Status

2. Corporate taxes
- Maintain Status

3. Small business taxes
- Maintain Status

4. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- Maintain Status

5. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Maintain Status

6. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Greatly Increase

7. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Slightly Decrease

8. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Slightly Decrease

9. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Decrease

10. Inheritance taxes
- Maintain Status

11. Payroll taxes
- Maintain Status

12. 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.
- Implement bipartisan recommendations on the National Debt.Do not pay Congress until it fortifies Social Security.Eliminate age discrimination in the workplace.Commit to care for our military veterans and the mentally ill.Lower income taxes and maintain the home mortgage deduction.Achieve equal pay for women and protect their right to choose.Support marriage equality, food safety and clean drinking water.