Utah 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?
- No

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

3. Other or expanded principles
- This is an undeclared war. According to Article I, Section 8 of the U S Constitution only Congress is authorized to declare war. In this same section, Congress can grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal. This could have been used to go after Osama Bin Laden. The timetable is to pull out the equipment and troops as quickly and safely as possible.

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
- Defense spending can be reduced by closing installations outside of the United States. We need to protect our own borders. Medicaid and Medicare, although unconstitutional, need to be phased out in a way that will allow people to move to other options. This would probably take at least ten years.

Campaign Finance

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- It should be individuals that voluntarily contribute to campaigns.

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?
- No

2. Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
- No

3. Do you support spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- No

4. Do you support the temporary extension of unemployment benefits?
- No

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

6. Other or expanded principles
- My idea of tax relief is to repeal the 16th amendment. Taxing businesses at all is a bad idea. It becomes a hidden tax to the consumer and stifles growth. Government should not be regulating the private sector.

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
- No Answer

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?
- No

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Guns

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

2. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

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
- No Answer

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 Answer

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

4. Other or expanded principles
- Every person who comes illegally lessens the opportunity for those trying to come legally and who truly want to assimilate into the American way of life from being able to come. There are people who want to come here, learn our language, learn how to live under the rule of law, and contribute to society.

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?
- No

2. Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- No

3. Other or expanded principles
- The best national security is to bring our troops home to protect our own borders and withdraw from the United Nations and other foreign entanglements.

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
- Social Security is unconstitutional. We need to move away from it totally.

Spending and Taxes

1. Agriculture
- Eliminate

2. Arts
- Eliminate

3. Defense
- Slightly Decrease

4. Education
- Eliminate

5. Environment
- Eliminate

6. Homeland Security
- Eliminate

7. International aid
- Eliminate

8. Medical Research
- Eliminate

9. Scientific Research
- Eliminate

10. Space exploration
- Eliminate

11. United Nations
- Eliminate

12. Welfare
- Eliminate

13. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

1. Capital gains taxes
- Eliminate

2. Corporate taxes
- Eliminate

3. Excise taxes (alcohol)
- Eliminate

4. Excise taxes (cigarettes)
- Eliminate

5. Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
- Eliminate

6. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Eliminate

7. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Eliminate

8. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Eliminate

9. Inheritance taxes
- Eliminate

10. Payroll taxes
- Eliminate

11. Other or expanded categories
- States should be allowed to tax fuel or have tolls in order to maintain their highways. That is the only thing those taxes should be used for. I do support tariffs.

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.
- My number one priority is to get us out of the United Nations. My second priority is to bring our troops home. My third priority is to return power and responsibility back to the people and the states (9th and 10th amendment) and give the states federally held land (other than for forts and military installations). I will vote against any bill that is unconstitutional, which means I will usually vote no.