Terri King's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Terri King has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2016 Political Courage Test.
Ohio Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I support the right to life from conception and I do not support euthanasia for the sick or elderly or allowing assisted suicide. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| We need to reduce and do an across the board cut of all government departments and agencies except for our military, which Obama has decimated. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No lobbyists should be allowed to make political contributions. If allowed, all contributions should go into one account to pay down our national debt. | |||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment? | ||
| No | Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| I have been a Prosecutor Magistrate and now do criminal defense and trail work. I do not like mandatory sentences because every case is fact based. For terrorism, killing police officers, and certain other crimes I support mandatory sentencing. but not generally. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| The American people, small businesses, and corporations are being taxed to death. I support a flat tax or a national sales tax instead of an income tax since it would get illegal money or those who are paid under the table. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| I do not support the federal government being involved in our education. They are only interested in indoctrinating our children, not teaching. I hate Common Core, school choices by parents is best. | |||
| Yes | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| No | Do you support funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry? | ||
| I support doing everything. Possible to make US energy independent and providing jobs in the energy areas for American workers. | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I believe our country has the strictest EPA regulations in the world and although I support and want a clean environment, we must put people and jobs first. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| No, I have a CCW and support everyone's second amendment rights to own and bear arms. We must defend our second amendment. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| I support building a wall a wall on both our borders. We can't be a nation without borders. Enforce laws, and do not bring any Islamic people here period. | |||
| No | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| Marriage was made by God and is between one man and one woman. | |||
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| Yes | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| No Muslims from any country should be allowed to come here unless they ARE NOT Islamic. They are not assimilate and do not believe in our constitution. | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| Need all people receiving SSD to get off the system. Too many people receiving social security for drug and alcohol addictions. | |||
SpendingIndicate what federal spending levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.TaxesIndicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.
| Slightly Decrease | a) Agriculture | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Greatly Increase | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Slightly Decrease | h) Medical Research | ||
| Slightly Decrease | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Decrease | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Greatly Decrease | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | c) Small business taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | f) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | h) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | j) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Eliminate | k) Payroll taxes | ||
| We are taxed to death. Cut budgets straight across the board and eliminate waste. | |||
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