Charley Miller's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
Key
Official Position: Candidate addressed this issue directly by taking the Political Courage Test.
Inferred Position: Candidate refused to address this issue, but Vote Smart inferred this issue based on the candidate's public record, including statements, voting record, and special interest group endorsements.
Unknown Position: Candidate refused to address this issue, or we could not infer an answer for this candidate despite exhaustive research of their public record.
Additional Information: Click on this icon to reveal more information about this candidate's position, from their answers or Vote Smart's research.
Other or Expanded Principles & Legislative Priorities are entered exactly as candidates submit them. Vote Smart does not edit for misspelled words, punctuation or grammar.
Colorado Congressional Election 2010 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | ||
| Yes | b) Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy? | ||
| Yes | c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| I am against abortion and believe life begins at conception, yet GOD creates Human life, so I am not for personhood at conception. Most, importantly, I am states rights and I believe firmly the courts and federal goivernment must stay out of our bedrooms (privacy choices and issues). I dislike the limited scope of these questions but I stand by my answers. I do not like labels like Pro-life or Choice. | |||
1) SpendingIndicate 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.2) 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.
| Greatly Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Increase | 1) Intelligence operations | ||
| Greatly Increase | 2) Military hardware | ||
| Greatly Increase | 3) National missile defense | ||
| Greatly Increase | 4) Salary and benefits for active duty personnel | ||
| Greatly Increase | 5) Programs to improve troop retention rates | ||
| Greatly Increase | 6) Research and development of new weapons | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Greatly Increase | f) Homeland security | ||
| Greatly Increase | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Medical research | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Scientific research | ||
| Greatly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Greatly Increase | k) United Nations | ||
| Eliminate | l) Welfare | ||
| Eliminate | m) Other or expanded categories | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Other or expanded categories | ||
| No | 3) Do you support the elimination of the federal estate tax? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| I firmly believe we have the ability to greatly increase our spending in this areas. We need to eliminate "welfare", which I define as the "illegal Immigration problem." I also believe we do not have to cut the budget , "entitlements" at all. We just spent 1 trillion to ? Its about accountibility, full transparency and reducing spending by examining abuse, fraud, waste, mismanagement and having full transparency. That is what we have to eliminate. We can balance the budget and put money in all of the above to increase proserity and wealth, now. | |||
| Accountibility, the IRS has created a system of abuse, the TIN (tax identification number) we have to examine abuse, fraud, waste and mismangement before we increase any taxes even .0001% a cent. Which means dealing with the welfare state, illegal immigration. We must be back the financial reforms that matter, such as Glass-Steagall. | |||
| Yes, but lets get real, we need immediate practical solutions. Spending money won't help small or large businesses if having a full time employee is an extra cost, which it is now. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| All of these has to be done with a focus at reducing costs and making a system that is dependable, and reliable to those who are dealing with that agency. One you can depend on, and one that is fast. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | 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, as an Unaffiliated, I get no campaign reform help, all of this can be managed, to work in a way that will allow government to work better, we still need checks and balances. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs? | ||
| I don't support the current model of privatilization of jails or prisons. It becomes a profit model with the incentive to keep people, youth , incarcerated. I also demand no "illegals" to be housed in jails or prisons. The solution is to enforce our laws and have enforcment with thoise countries these illegals come from for repatriation and "fair and equal" treatment in the Treaty process. So, these individuals can be repatriated and held accountible back in their nation, or we would withdraw foriegn aid. This has to be enforced. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support federal funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Here me, Yes, but "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" has to go. We can have these standards on a local level. We need to formalize what minimum we need to educate. If someone is "illegal" we have no obligation to keep them in the USA, therefore they do not HAVE to be educated. Also, Congress can clarify this ruling on educating "illegals." and compell states to follow this model. The amount of cost to our states is enormous, when it is just wrong. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support international emissions targets aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support allowing energy producers to trade carbon credits under a "cap and trade" system? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support strengthening fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support domestic oil exploration in federally-protected areas? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support the development of nuclear reactors? | ||
| Cap and trade can not work if federally mandated. I worked in Nuclear, my grandfather was an oil well driller. I have a LEED AP, US Green Building Council. I am an environmentalist. I understand sustainability but I am for resource management. All regulations must be streamlined, simple, reliable and if any enforcement we need a consent decree process to minimize litigation, and total input from all the players. | |||
| Yes | 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 | c) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns? | ||
| No | d) Do you support a ban on assault rifles? | ||
| I am a strong 2nd amendment supporter, its has to be fully supported and incorporated into each local jurisdiction, restrictions should be reasonable, place, person time. SO, my answers are subjective to my having own guns and possession of several CCW's, and having been a member of the NRA. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support a publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| current plan is no good. Must be fixed now! | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support establishing English as the official national language? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| My mother naturalized. Federal government has to mandate state compliance. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support United States military action in Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | f) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| We need to withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, we can support them without troops. We have to support Israel. I believe that we need to adjust trade seriously. We need to work with Pakistan. | |||
| Yes | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| Dont ask Dont Tell is a policy that never should have been put in place. I served in the military for 6 years. We need to, as a government stay out of the bedroom. Also, be careful what you wish for re stem cell research. I am against GMO, genetically motified organisms. | |||
| STOP THE INSANITY, the two party system is out of control. SO as the first "Unaffiliated" US Senator, my mission is to end the deadlock, create a non-partisan chairmenship on all preconfrence, informal and formal meetings. Two, end the economic mess, push for the changes that will matter today, fixing the mess and correcting the problems put in so far. End the free rides, illegal immigration. We have to acknoledge that we all have to work together on the mission that will solve our problems now, today. I will fight for it. |
Vote Smart does not permit the use of its name or programs in any campaign activity, including advertising, debates, and speeches.