Don't know how many big surprises there'll be here, but what the hell.

Abortion Issues:

a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? Pro-life

b) Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy? No

c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? No

d) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered? Yes

e) Should federal subsidies be prohibited from being used for abortion procedures? Yes

f) Other or expanded principles: b: I do not support abortion as a non-health-related issue at all, and thus I believe that it should be illegal in all trimesters unless the life of the mother is at stake.


Budget, Spending, and Tax Issues:

1) Spending: Using the key, indicate what federal funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.

KEY:
1 = Greatly Increase
2 = Slightly Increase
3 = Maintain Status
4 = Slightly Decrease
5 = Greatly Decrease
6 = Eliminate

a) Agriculture -- 4
b) Arts -- 6
c) Defense -- 3
c1) Intelligence operations -- 3
c2) Military hardware -- 3
c3) National missile defense -- 3
c4) Salary and benefits for active duty personnel -- 3
c5) Programs to improve troop retention rates -- 2
c6) Research and development of new weapons -- 2
d) Education -- 4
e) Environment --5
f) Homeland security -- 3
g) International aid -- 4
h) Medical research -- 4
i) Scientific research -- 4
j) Space exploration -- 5
k) United Nations -- 5
l) Welfare -- 5
m) Other or expanded categories: c: Retention rates should be improved, not recruitment rates. What the U.S. is doing now is giving huge bonuses to kids out of high school to enlist, so we have a surplus of ignorant Privates, but cutting re-enlistment bonuses and career opportunities for more experienced NCOs. So not only are we getting more kids who need leadership, we're also pushing away our leadership.

2) Taxes: Using the key, indicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories.

a) Alcohol taxes -- 5
b) Capital gains taxes -- 5
c) Cigarette taxes -- 5
d) Corporate taxes -- 5
e) Gasoline taxes -- 5
f) Income taxes (low-income families) -- 3
g) Income taxes (middle-income families) -- 4
h) Income taxes (high-income families) -- 5
i) Other or expanded categories: f/g/h: Since taxes are collected extremely disproportionally right now, I would heavily support movement towards a flat tax system where everybody pays the same percentage, instead of punishing success and then wondering why nobody tries to be successful.

4) Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year? Yes

5) Do you support using government funds in an effort to stimulate and improve the economy? No -- the best way to stimulate an economy isn't to redistribute income, it's to let people keep and use their own money.

6) Other or expanded principles:


Business and Employment Issues:

a) Do you support privatizing elements of Social Security? Yes

b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? Yes

c) Do you support increasing the federal minimum wage? No

d) Do you support the ability of workers to unionize? Yes

e) Do you support federal funding for job-training programs that retrain displaced workers? No

f) Other or expanded principles: d: I support people's right to unionize, however, I do not at all support the strength of modern-day unions and how involved they are in politics.


Campaign Finance and Government Reform Issues:

a) Do you support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns? Yes

b) Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? No

c) Do you support removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns? Yes

d) Should candidates for federal office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? No

e) Do you support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations? Yes

f) Do you support limiting the President’s ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements? Yes

g) Other or expanded principles:


Crime Issues:

a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? Yes

b) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related training and job-placement assistance when released? Yes

c) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with substance abuse treatment? Yes

d) Do you support reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders? No

e) Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs? Yes

g) Other or expanded principles: a: I only support capital punishment because the current state of our prison system is a joke. If prison sucked as bad as it should, more people would be afraid to commit crimes, which means less people would be in prison. If prison was actually a punishment, we would have nearly as many repeat offenders, and I would have a warmer, fuzzier feeling about letting a murderer "do his time" of twenty-five years of hell, then get out and live out his life.


Education Issues:

a) Do you support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students? Yes

b) Do you support federal funding for universal pre-K programs? No

c) Do you support federal funding for charter schools? No

d) Do you support federal funding for K-12 school vouchers? Yes

e) Do you support the federal government providing college students with financial aid? No

f) Other or expanded principles: c/d: I don't support federal funding for them because that would mean that taxes are collected, then redistributed. I would much rather see people being allowed to keep their own money and spend it as they see fit, including on better education for their children. e: Instead of the government controlling higher education and charging more, then loaning money so that more people can afford to attend college, they should just charge less -- or better yet, let it privitize so that the competition creates a better product, as it always does.


Environment and Energy Issues:

a) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? No

b) Do you support international emissions targets aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? No

c) Do you support allowing energy producers to trade carbon credits under a “cap and trade” system? No

d) Do you support strengthening fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles? No

e) Do you support domestic oil exploration in federally-protected areas? Yes

f) Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy? No

g) Do you support the development of nuclear reactors? Yes

h) Other or expanded principles:


Gun Issues:

a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? Yes

b) Do you believe that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individual citizens to own guns? Yes -- it matters not who "believes" that it does or it doesn't. It does, period.

c) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns? Yes

d) Do you support a ban on assault rifles? No

e) Other or expanded principles: a: By "restrictions", I'm referring to people who have lost their right to own firearms because they can't be trusted with them, whether it be because of crimes committed or mental status. However, I would be wary of the federal government, or any government, creating a "mental stability test", because it could easily be manipulated to be a "loyalty to the government test". d: First of all, there's no reason to ban assault weapons specifically. Second, let's clearly define "assault weapons" or "assault rifles" before we try to regulate them -- in the last decade or so, the term "assault weapon/rifle" has prettymuch meant "any scary-looking gun". And third, the Founding Fathers wanted to guarantee that a militia could form to overthrow the federal government if needed -- they placed no stipulations on securing the right to posess firearms, but only those that are inferior to firearms controlled by the federal government.


Health Issues:

a) Do you support a publicly-administered health insurance option? No

b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? Yes

c) Should the federal government expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts? Yes

d) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? Yes

e) Do you support relaxing regulations on the importation of prescription drugs? Yes

f) Other or expanded principles: c: The federal government should expand tax-free everything.


Immigration Issues:

a) Do you support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants? No

b) Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country? No

e) Other or expanded principles: a: If they can't be trusted to obey the law (as proven by the fact that they're breaking the law already), why offer them citizenship? c/d: Where are you? What's up with a, b, e?


International Policy Issues:

a) Do you support United States military action in Afghanistan? Yes

b) Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan? No

c) Do you support increasing economic development assistance for Afghanistan? Yes

d) Should the United States continue to strike suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan? Yes

e) Do you support granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States? No

f) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state? No

g) Do you support increasing sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates? Yes

h) Do you support the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq? Yes

i) Do you support the United States’ involvement in free trade agreements? Yes

j) Other or expanded principles: e: Not only when it fits our security interests. And especially not in a "you will give us money or we will support attacks against you" security interest type of deal. f: There already is an Arab Palestinian state. It's called Jordan. i: What do they mean? Our own free trade agreements, of course. Meddling in the free trade agreements of other countries, no.


Social Issues:

a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? Yes

b) Do you support allowing openly-gay men and women to serve in the United States military? No

c) Do you support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research? No

d) Should the federal government end affirmative action programs? Yes

e) Other or expanded principles: b: This will only create problems. Think about it -- as soon as it ends, I come out of the closet. Can't let me room with the males now, because there's a chance of sexual harassment or assault on my part. Can't put me with other queers, because there's a chance of sexual harassment or assault on both parts. Can't let me room with the females, because I could be lying. So I need my own room, my own shower, etc. And every other homosexual, male or female, needs their own private living and hygiene area as well. Unless we just go all co-ed like Starship Troopers, but we need more better-looking women first. c: Stem cells can be harvested from multiple sources without having to kill a human being. d: Why should the federal government support employment decisions based on skin color? Why is it only wrong when it benefits white males?