Marko Milakovich's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Marko Milakovich 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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- "I personally do not believe in abortions and I dislike the idea that my tax dollars should support abortions. But, the argument that a woman should have full control and the right to decide matters of her health and body, with the presumption that an embryo's life is hers to make life or dead decisions over. In the matter of a young child in a divorce court case, the court can appoint a "Guardian ad Litem" to represent the interests of the child. In the case of an unborn child, this right of the child does not exist. WAIT, does the father have any rights in this process? The commonly accepted ruling is, NO. I take this very personally. I had a former wife who got pregnant while we were married and wanted an abortion. There was nothing I could do to persuade her not to do it and I had no legal recourse for help. Afterwards, she told me it was a male child that she aborted. Not that the gender mattered but she saw the gender. I still have great anguish over the thought that I should have had another son, a brother for my boys.To save a woman's life or in the case of rape or incest, I support abortion. There is more than physical medical issues regarding the health of the woman. There is also the mental, psychological health of the woman. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) afflicts more than military personnel. It can effect anyone who has had a traumatic experience in their life." (votesmart.org)
- "While I don't have the education or experience in area, my inclination is to favor some form of a flat-tax, with some adjustments for equity -- I acknowledge I need more information and education in this area. One change I can fully support is "simplification of the tax code" and a corresponding reduction in the size of IRS." (votesmart.org)
- "We can talk about spending levels, cutting programs, and increasing income through raising taxes and the talk seems endless. Inefficiencies are abundant and fraud, waste and abuse is far too common. " (votesmart.org)
- "I think that education concerns and oversight should be at the State level. At the fundamental level, I think there are too many "feel-good" practices, policies and courses in our school system and not enough focus on "basic education"" (votesmart.org)
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- "First, I don't believe in Cap and Trade. I believe that standards should be reduced to a level that must be determined by industry experts. And, that all companies should have a requirement to meet responsible and sensible standards. Consideration must be given to helping our U.S. companies be globally more competitive. No Cap and Trade please." (votesmart.org)
- "History has shown that when malevolent, evil governship is in control of a country the despot first instituted gun registration and then continued with a steady growth of restrictive laws with the effect to reduce the number of guns in the hands of the public, and eventually the seizure of the weapons, and ultimately forced control of the population by threat of guns, with the citizens not having any guns to thwart the nefarious domination of the absolute control of the political few over the citizenry masses. Yes, I believe in certain, limited restrictions on some type of weapons. Yes, I believe in background checks. Yes, I believe on limited restrictions on who can own a gun -- no felons or mentally unfit persons should be allowed to own or possess a firearm. The U.S. Constitution wisely provides for the rights of private citizens to own a firearm. I believe we should respect the wisdom of our founding fathers. [...] For me, I prefer to consider the issue of guns to be a Constitutional issue and I support the U.S. Constitution and the right of the American citizen to own and bear arms."
- "I have listened to the past, charged woes of the need to help the uninsured because all Americans should have access to health care. The words and charges are carefully framed and apparently many people believe this for we now have the Affordable Health Care Act (AHCA or ObamaCare). Wow, it sounded like the United States was an oppressive nation denying health care. HUH? It is law that every hospital must accept and treat those who present themselves to the Emergency Room at any hospital. Those that have insurance will be asked to provide the insurance information and those who do not will be seen and treated, even if they have no insurance. Thank you United States of American for such a law that will insure that every person will have access to health treatment in a time of emergency (most occasions are not true emergencies). This seems in conflict with the frenzied claims that we are a nation, which does not provide healthcare to the needy.As an engineer, I know the three most important actions in any project are to define the requirement, define the requirement and define the requirement. I also know that this must be done in writing and that there is an associated cost for the effort. How much? Maybe five percent? It varies depending on many factors. I also know that there must be a clearly articulated and defined Statement of Work and a List of Deliverables. Hmmmmm. Was this done with Obama Care? I don't know, but based on all the problems, it appears not to have been done. Also, given all the difficulties and horrendous costs incurred for the relatively small return (and we have no baseline to determine this), I suspect it would have been less costly just to have enrolled those without healthcare and let us, the taxpayers, pay their premiums -- I think it would have been cheaper for all of us. Sometimes the difficult must be done, sort like amputating a gangrenous limb. Stop Obama Care, use the information gained from the experience and start over, starting with Define the Requirement." (votesmart.org)
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- "I am a firm advocate and supporter of traditional marriage and believe that this is the basic unit of any successful society -- a man and woman in marriage with children born of that marriage. Why, why, why must one element of society insist on attacking another element of our society? Same sex couples can be legal partners, with the same legal rights as married couples. Why must they insist on using the name "marriage" to describe their legal relationship. I believe this is wrong. Perhaps it is only semantics but why create the divisiveness by wanting the term "marriage", in addition to their legal relationship. I am against this -- period." (votesmart.org)
- "All sources and capabilities must be exploited and used to maximum extent possible to combat the challenge of Terrorism warfare. We have made tremendous advances in this area and we must not lessen our commitment to this battle. Because of its intrinsic nature, the battle is subtle and is mostly invisible. " (votesmart.org)
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