Jim Fischer's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Jim Fischer has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2014 Political Courage Test.
New York Congressional Election 2014 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Exceptions in the case of rape, incest or if the life of the mother is endangered. | |||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering taxes as a way of promoting growth in the economy? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| Yes | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? | ||
| Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | |||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I support thorough, unbiased, scientific research exploring the causes and potential effects of greenhouse gas emissions, and will support legislation to further restrict our own emissions, only when other countries are willing to do their share. Further restrictions by the US will have negligible impact on total global CO2, but will have significant negative impacts on our economy and will particularly hurt those who can least afford the higher cost of energy due to carbon taxation. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
| If it can be revamped significantly without full repeal, I would support such legislation, as long as it provided real choice and competition to actually make health care affordable for all Americans. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| The principle is that we should not reward illegal immigration. It is unfair to those who have gone through our immigration system legally, and it undermines the rule of law. I would support Comprehensive Immigration Reform that secures our border, and follows a "last-in, first-out" deportation process, while working toward a system to allow long-term illegal immigrants to earn citizenship by paying a fine, and taxes. | |||
| No | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| I respect that same-sex marriage is the law of NYS and many other states, but my religious beliefs are such that I believe the institution of marriage is properly defined as between one man and one woman. | |||
| Yes | Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict? | ||
| Yes | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
SpendingIndicate what federal spending levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category; you can use a number more than once.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.
| Maintain Status | a) Agriculture | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Arts | ||
| Slightly Increase | c) Defense | ||
| Greatly Decrease | d) Education | ||
| Slightly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Slightly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Maintain Status | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Space exploration | ||
| Greatly Decrease | k) United Nations | ||
| Slightly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Slightly Decrease | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Payroll taxes | ||
| k) Other or expanded categories | |||
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