Mark Williams' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Mark Williams refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2010 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
Issue Positions
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- Mark Williams. Issue Position: Taxes. "The Fair Tax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a rebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality, and, through companion legislation, the repeal of the 16th Amendment. The Fair Tax Act (HR 25, S 296) is nonpartisan legislation. It abolishes all federal personal and corporate income taxes, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, and self-employment taxes and replaces them with one simple, visible, federal retail sales tax administered primarily by existing state sales tax authorities. The Fair Tax taxes us only on what we choose to spend on new goods or services, not on what we earn. The Fair Tax is a fair, efficient, transparent, and intelligent solution to the frustration and inequity of our current tax system." (votesmart.org)
- Mark Williams. Issue Position: Government. "Reduce the size immediately. Cut spending. Limit power within the boundaries of the Constitution. Cut spending again. Currently for every dallor California sends to Washinton the state only receives 70 cents in return. My goal if elected would be to reverse this trend get California its fair share and work to keep our tax dollars from being sent to Washington so the states can have control over local projects not the federal governemnt." (votesmart.org)
- Mark Williams. Issue Position: Insurance/Financial Bailouts. "Let the free market work. Investments are commonly known to have a risk. Its unfortunate people lost their hard earned money however the market will steady itself without governmental intrusion. I understand that people 50 years plus lost in excess of 5 billion this year. One more thing about this, we printed up a trillion dollars basically bankrupting our country to give money to businesses to prevent them from bankrupting." (votesmart.org)
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- Mark Williams. Issue Position: Repeal Cap and Trade. "June 26, 2009 Congress took the United States another step towards socialism. Now more than ever we need to change out Congress and the Senate. This mandate will break the backs of Americans. We can't afford to wait and see." (votesmart.org)
- Mark Williams. Issue Position: Energy. "Stop subsidizing ethanol! Drilling here at home to lesson our dependence on foreign oil. Let's quit making those who hate us rich! Let's work with energy companies to develop new technologies." (votesmart.org)
- Mark Williams. Issue Position: Second Ammendment. "I fully support the second amendment and will fight to keep it in it's current form. H.R. 17: The Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009 needs passed immediately." (votesmart.org)
- Mark Williams. Issue Position: Health Care. "The health care industry is one of the most highly regulated in the country. These regulations drive up costs enormously. About 80% of the costs of new drugs, for example, are due to regulations that are intended to make them safer. In practice, however, these regulations cause millions of premature deaths by adding 10 years to the drug development time of life-saving drugs and favoring new, expensive drugs over nutrients and older pharmaceuticals with good safety records." (votesmart.org)
- Mark Williams. Issue Position: Border Security. "One has to ask why is this even an issue? This is a must; we're at war. What kind of government allows their country's borders to be left wide open? Seal them now." (votesmart.org)
- Mark Williams. Issue Position: Military. "There is no greater deterrent to war than a strong military. We must maintain our stature in the world as the strongest nation with no misunderstanding that we bow to no one. We should bring all our troops home from all foreign military entanglements. Our military should be all here. If we are attacked, the retribution should be swift, deadly and so out of proportion that no one would even think about attacking us ever again." (votesmart.org)
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