Ronald Green's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Ronald Green refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2012 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
Issue Positions
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- Ronald green. Ronald Green declares his candidacy. 23 April 2012. "He is pro-middle and working class, pro-family, pro-life, pro-Bill of Rights (especially First, Second and Tenth Amendments), and anti-free trade." (www.ronaldgreen3rddistrict.com)
- Ronald Green. On the Issues. 23 April 2012. "IS THERE A RIGHT TO CHOOSE EVIL? Absolutely not! There is no right to choose to take an innocent life and there is no right to choose to move a factory overseas and pay the workers 10 cents an hour. Choice is not a magic word." (www.ronaldgreen3rddistrict.com)
- Ronald Green. Oregon Live: 2012 Voter Guide. Responded "Since, Roe. v. Wade established it as a federal problem, all abortions should be illegal without exception. There is no more right to end an innocent life, for any reason, than there is to send your factory overseas and pay your workers 10 cents an hour. Every kid deserves a fighting chance and we'll never know what a kid could have been if some adult hadn't decided their personal problems were more important than their child's life." to the question: "Should Congress enact any further restrictions on abortions?" (c3.thevoterguide.org)
- Ronald Green. Oregon Live: 2012 Voter Guide. Responded: "I would talk to those generals and military leaders like Zenni, Scrowcraft and others who had the foresight to want to stay our of Iraq, and follow their lead, consistent with budgetary realities. We are broke and our commitments must reflect reality." (c3.thevoterguide.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Ronald Green. Oregon Live: 2012 Voter Guide. Responded "Dumb idea. We sent the tax base overseas with the jobs when we passed NAFTA in 1938 (as was predicted by Ross Perot). Bring the jobs back and we'll have plenty of tax revenue and the problem will be to keep Congress from overspending." to the question: "Should Congress raise taxes on higher-income Americans as President Obama has urged? Why or why not? (c3.thevoterguide.org)
- Ronald Green. Oregon Live: 2012 Voter Guide. Responded "I would start by making sever cuts in those agencies that do not respect the Constitution, such as the TSA, Department of Homeland Security, and the EPA. I would make 10% reductions yearly until they learn to live within the Constitution. Also, the Dept. of Education (an unconstitutional overreach of central government) has too much dictatorial power over the education (state and local responsibility) of our nation. Of course, the Federal Reserve should be eliminated, and the U.S. Congress, which had a much better record of controlling inflation, should go back to its Constitutional duty of controlling the money supply. During the 100 plus years Congress controlled the money we had almost zero inflation, except for the Civil War and the Alaskan gold rush. Since the Fed took over we've had approximately 2000% inflation in less than 100 years." to the question: "What, if any, major cuts would you make to federal spending?" (c3.thevoterguide.org)
- Ronald Green. On the Issues. 23 April 2012."If you want to return to a full employment policy of shooting for no more than 3 percent unemployment (this was the goal of federal policy in the '40's and '50's) then work with me, and help me bring patriotic economic policies back to Washington D.C. How? Well you've probably figure out that borrowing more money from the Chinese, and more bonuses for the big bankers won't do it." (www.ronaldgreen3rddistrict.com)
- Ronald Green. Ronald Green declares his candidacy. 23 April 2012. "To end off shoring, outsourcing and illegal immigration and resume tariffs against imported goods, thus ensuring a return to a Full Employment Policy (defined as 3% unemployment or less) and forcing employers to compete for workers." (www.ronaldgreen3rddistrict.com)
- Ronald Green. Oregon Live: 2012 Voter Guide. Responded "I would start by making severe cuts in those agencies that do not respect the Constitution, such as the TSA, Department of Homeland Security, and the EPA. I would make 10% reductions yearly until they learn to live within the Constitution. Also, the Dept. of Education (an unconstitutional overreach of central government) has too much dictatorial power over the education (state and local responsibility) of our nation." to the question: What, if any, major cuts would make to federal spending?" (c3.thevoterguide.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Ronald Green. Oregon Live: 2012 Voter Guide. Responded "Global warming is not a man made problem, and for the last 10 years the trend has been stable to cooling. The "solutions" are basically a transfer the wealth scheme from the poor to the rich and the death of the good life for the common man and woman in America. A return to the policy of seeking cheap and abundant energy (from both traditional and green sources), would bring an incredible rise in the standard of living of the average American. The Democratic leadership has done a good job of making people, including their own rank and file, ashamed of the American way of life and standard of living. The radical wing of the Democratic party is the mortal enemy of the common man." to the question: "Is global warming a man-made problem that the United States should take significant steps to reverse by reducing carbon emissions?" to the question: "Is global warming a man-made problem that the United States should take significant steps to reverse by reducing carbon emissions?" (c3.thevoterguide.org)
- Ronald Green. Oregon Live: 2012 Voter Guide. Responded "I would start by making severe cuts in those agencies that do not respect the Constitution, such as the TSA, Department of Homeland Security, and the EPA. I would make 10% reductions yearly until they learn to live within the Constitution. Also, the Dept. of Education (an unconstitutional overreach of central government) has too much dictatorial power over the education (state and local responsibility) of our nation." to the question: What, if any, major cuts would make to federal spending?" (c3.thevoterguide.org)
- Ronald Green. Ronald Green declares his candidacy. 23 April 2012. "He is pro-middle and working class, pro-family, pro-Bill of Rights (especially First, Second and Tenth Amendments), and anti-free trade." (www.ronaldgreen3rddistrict.com)
- Ronald Green. On the Issues. 23 April 2012. "SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS The right to keep and bear arms is the fundamental guarantor of the freedoms of speech, religion and assembly and the right to own and dispose of private property. It provides that all Americans have the right to own and use firearms, including handguns." (www.ronaldgreen3rddistrict.com)
- Ronald Green. On the Issues. 23 April 2012. "PUT THE CONSUMER IN CHARGE OF HEALTH CARE COSTS There is only one way to solve our health care problems, and that is to give the consumer back control of his costs. Solution; all monies currently spent by an employer on health insurance should be given to the employee to purchase insurance or establish a health savings account or combination thereof. The money will remain tax free and may only be spent on insurance or health savings accounts. If the money is spent otherwise it will be taxed 100%. Those without employer insurance will be allowed to spend tax free any money they want on medical insurance or medical savings account. Uninsured will be given medical treatment only upon providing identification and last tax statement. They will have to sign agreement to pay medical provider 10% of their monthly gross income, from whatever source, to the provider until medical bill is paid off." (www.ronaldgreen3rddistrict.com)
- Ronald Green. Oregon Live: 2012 Voter Guide. Responded "It should be abolished and replaced by Senator Wyden's 'Healthy Americans Act,' also know as Wyden-Bennet (Senator Bennet lost his primary supposedly for supporting the bill), subject to Congressional debate and review and some modifications. I think it is a musch sounder initial plan, and, with some tinkering, could be the American solution to health care." to the question: "Should the Affordable Care Act be abolished? If not, should it be modified? How?" (c3.thevoterguide.org)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Ronald Green. Ronald Green declares his candidacy. 23 April 2012. "He is pro-middle and working class, pro-family, pro-life, pro-Bill of Rights (especially First, Second and Tenth Amendments), and anti-free trade." (www.ronaldgreen3rddistrict.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- Ronald Green. On the Issues. 23 April 2012. "SOCIAL SECURITY The money for this generation's Social Security was prepaid by the baby boomers in the form of higher FICA taxes. It was an agreement that the federal government must honor." (www.ronaldgreen3rddistrict.com)
- Ronald Green. Oregon Live: 2012 Voter Guide. "The FICA tax was increased in the '80's to ensure SSI would be solvent. This was the promise to the American people and the promise must be honored. Stop using SSI funds to balance the general budget. Put the money in high grade bonds or genuine treasury bonds where it will be fully negotiable in the general markets. Also, stop sending jobs overseas and we will have plenty of payroll and FICA taxes again, and the Social Security system will be on a sound footing, and the government can meet the promises it made in the '80's when it raised the FICA taxes on your paycheck. The government will then be able to talk of raising your retirement benefits, rather than cutting them, and isn't that what you want?" to the question: "What specific steps would you recommend to put Social Security on a sound footing?" (c3.thevoterguide.org)
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