Patrick Harlan's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Illinois Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I am a member of the Knox County IL Right to Life, Youth leader for the Annual March for Life in D.C., my son started the first students for life club in the public high school of Galesburg IL. Life is my number one issue. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| I support the penny plan. If we cut a penny of every dollar of federal spending, including interest payments, cap interest rate at 18% we can balance the budget. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| To many elections are being bought by big corporations and unions. | |||
| Yes | Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment? | ||
| No | Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| Capital punishment for child molesters, rapist, stop wasting tax payers money on incarcerating drug users | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| I support giving a tax break to companies that bring American jobs back home, and the federal government can not spend into economic growth, we need to encourage the small business, entrepreneurs, and provide them with the opportunity to start up businesses. | |||
| No | Do you generally support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| I support giving the responsibility of education back to the state, parents, and local level. | |||
| Yes | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry? | ||
| We have an abundance of renewable energy that we need to promote by building infrastructure, there is no reason to have to rely on foreign energy. I would promote building pipelines and refineries. | |||
| No | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| I appreciate that people are being more responsible now by recycling and working to lessen pollution, however I don't believe in climate change. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I support the second amendment as it is written in the constitution. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| Obamacare is unconstitutional | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| I support closing our borders and vetting the illegals that are currently here, if they have no history of violent crimes, they are working, and being good citizens in their community, I am willing to offer a pathway to citizenship. | |||
| Yes | Do you support increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support? | ||
| Yes | Should the U.S use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the United States from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| We need to leave sanctions on Iran and make sure they have no ability to build a nuclear weapon. Make Iran pay back the debt that they owe to the families from the hijacked TWA flight that cost the life of our soldier. | |||
| Yes | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| I would like to offer privatizing social security for the future generations, so the government will stop stealing from the funds. | |||
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.
| Greatly Increase | a) Agriculture | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Greatly Increase | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Eliminate | e) Environment | ||
| Greatly Increase | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Greatly Increase | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Eliminate | j) Space exploration | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| l) Welfare | |||
| m) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Eliminate | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Eliminate | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Eliminate | c) Small business taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
| Eliminate | f) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | h) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Greatly Decrease | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | j) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Greatly Decrease | k) Payroll taxes | ||
| l) Other or expanded categories | |||
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