Randall Lord's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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- KTBS: UPDATE: Fleming, congressional incumbents draw challengers. 15 August 2012. "'Where we differ the most is on the civil liberties issues,'' said the 1976 graduate of Byrd High School. Lord cited the abortion issue, saying he was pro-choice compared to Fleming's opposition to abortion rights." (www.ktbs.com)
- Randall Lord. Issues. 25 September 2012. "We need to eliminate the costly, ineffective military interventions we are waging in Iraq and Afghanistan,limit defense spending to a level that fulfills our needs and stop trying to be the world's police force. " (lordforla.weebly.com)
- Randall Lord. Issues. 23 August 2012. "National Defense is one of the highest priorities of our federal government and I will insure they have the funds, materials, personal and all resources necessary to fulfill their missions. That said, I need to point out an alarming fact: our national defense budget is the size of at least the next 17 largest national defense budgets COMBINED. I don't think we are paying our service men and women too much, rather Washington DC has been invaded by the industrial military complex to keep our spending as high as possible, sending our limited tax dollars to these grossly bloated corporations. We are currently spending more money on this one area of government than we need or can sustain." (lordforla.weebly.com)
- Randall Lord. Issues. 25 September 2012. "We need to eliminate the costly, ineffective military interventions we are waging in Iraq and Afghanistan,limit defense spending to a level that fulfills our needs and stop trying to be the world's police force. " (lordforla.weebly.com)
- Randall Lord. Issues. 23 August 2012. "At first exposure, this may seem draconian, but unless you can present me with a better plan here's mine: Abolish the Internal Revenue Service. Enact the Fair Tax to tax expenditures, rather than income, with a 'prebate' to make spending on basic necessities tax free. With the Fair Tax, eliminate business taxes, withholding and other levies that penalize productivity, while creating millions of jobs." (lordforla.weebly.com)
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- Randall Lord. Issues. 23 August 2012. "At first exposure, this may seem draconian, but unless you can present me with a better plan here's mine: Abolish the Internal Revenue Service. Enact the Fair Tax to tax expenditures, rather than income, with a 'prebate' to make spending on basic necessities tax free. With the Fair Tax, eliminate business taxes, withholding and other levies that penalize productivity, while creating millions of jobs." (lordforla.weebly.com)
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- Randall Lord. Issues. 23 August 2012. "Government should not impose its values upon marriage. It should allow marriage equality, including gay marriage. It should also protect the rights of religious organizations to follow their beliefs. In other words, Government must be neutral on matters of religion and conscious. No one should get a privileged status due to religion or lack thereof. It's not our governments responsibility or business to tell us who we can love or how. I want all our families to be protected, even traditional families." (lordforla.weebly.com)
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