Michael Macfarlane's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Michael Macfarlane has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2014 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests.
Issue Positions
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- "As a physician, I am certain that that human life begins at conception, however primitive it appears at that time. I have had the great honor of delivering many babies. I have also had the unfortunate experience of seeing abortions. The Hippocratic oath, which I took at my medical school graduation, has been considered a rite of passage for all practitioners of medicine around the world for thousands of years. It states "I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy" I am pro-life." (votesmart.org)
- "The best kind of tax is low, flat, and fair. That's not what we have today at the federal level; rather, we have an enormously complex, nearly incomprehensible tax system that penalizes hard work that results in success. I will work as your congressman to build a federal tax system that encourages hard work and lets Americans enjoy the fruits of their labor." (votesmart.org)
- "Our federal government has lost its common sense. Every household knows that we cannot continue to borrow money forever. We must stop borrowing money and stop the ever-expanding national debt, now over $17 trillion. This debt threatens to impoverish our children and to diminish their future.The Federal Reserve printed $40 billion per month in 2012 and and $85 billion per month in 2013. Congress appears to know no limits and refuses to balance its budget. We now borrow 40 cents of every dollar we spend. Deficit spending is at the heart of our country's economic problems.I will work as your congressman to bring the federal government's spending under control, and eventually to eliminate deficit spending except in times of genuine emergency." (votesmart.org)
- "We must put more emphasis on primary and secondary school education. Despite record spending, our children are still lagging behind. The best higher education in the world is not enough if our children are ill-prepared to take advantage of it. We need to introduce more choices, especially in our underprivileged areas.We must provide our teachers and students with the schools and tools to start life with some hope of success. School choice is an option that should be re-considered along with charter schools." (votesmart.org)
- "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has run wild under the Obama administration, imposing enormously costly restrictions on energy production of all kinds and artificially driving up the cost of energy. The Obama administrations senseless opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline will not stop the pipeline but only hurt the U.S." (votesmart.org)
- "Coal is a major employer in Kentucky and supplies 90% of our electric energy. High electricity costs will be detrimental to businesses like Ford, UPS and GE that employ thousands of Louisvillians. Higher electric bills will effect every Kentuckian, particularly the poor and middle class. John Yarmuth supports the administrations war on coal. He has voted against limiting the EPA from its regulatory cap and trade agenda." (votesmart.org)
- "With new technology we can responsibly utilize our resources without harming the air we breathe and the water we drink. However, we must raise the environmental standards in a responsible and realistic fashion that will not destroy an industry so important for our entire state. We all want a clean environment." (votesmart.org)
- "I strongly support the second amendment right of all citizens to own and carry arms. The right to defend your life and family is a basic and primal right. Guns merely level the field so the strong cannot dominate the weak. It is the federal government's job to protect that right, not abridge it. As your congressman, I will do just that." (votesmart.org)
- "As your congressman, I will fight to repeal Obamacare and to minimize the federal government's role in healthcare." (votesmart.org)
- "Americans welcome people who wish to become Americans and obey our laws. After all, we are a nation of immigrants.But immigration must be rational and lawful; just as we are a nation of immigrants, so are we a nation of laws. Therefore, we must secure our borders and enforce the laws already on the books. After--and only after--we have accomplished that, we must find a humane and fair way to address those who are already here illegally. If elected, this is the approach I will take as your congressman." (votesmart.org)
- "Marriage recognizes the unique biologic fact that can only be found in a male -- female relationship. The states sole interest in this relationship is the children that could result from it and who will have responsibility for feeding, clothing and educating them. The chance of producing children is thus the primary reason for civil marriage.Thousands of years of precedent would suggest it best not to change this time honored arrangement. I favor the traditional definition of marriage." (votesmart.org)
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