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Miles Caughey, Jr.'s Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Miles Caughey, Jr. has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2016 Political Courage Test.

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Kentucky Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test

Unknown Position Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
I leave it to the women to deiced. However I will fight tooth and nail against any public funding for abortion for any institution which does it for any reason other than the life of the mother, rape and incest. Also, anyone who kills a born baby and sell their body parts I would prosecute under Murder ONE!
In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
Unknown Position In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
The entire tax structure needs changed I support Fair Tax and Fair Trade to do so! ReIndustialize America and put Americans Back to work. Stop ALL immigration NOW until most of the 93+ million Americans are back to work! Reduce energy cost and STOP Obama's War on Coal and American Energy Independence!
Yes Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
YES. Also PoliTicks and major Crony Corporate Fascist need charged under RICO laws!
Yes Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
Unknown Position Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders?
I support legalizing many drugs and ReInstituting County Work Farms for habitual petty offenders. The first offence of taking a leak in public you get a week. The tenth offence of sleeping on a public bench you get 10 weeks working all day and learning a trade perhaps, and goin to drug rehab at night!
Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation?
Unknown Position Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
Unknown Position Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
I support ending the FED and running a programmed deficit saying like 2 or 3% above GNP growth, increasing the money supply throught the Treasury instead of the Private FED RES and pay interest for eternity which will never be paid off. That would prevent deflation and the % over GDP growth could be adjusted to keep inflation under 2%.
Unknown Position Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
I believe FED grants should be greatly cut back and let money be raised on the local level. Nothing is more inefficient than the Federal Government raising money and then giving it back for ridiculous things.
Yes Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
Yes Do you support funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry?
I believe Coal should be drastically increased combined with Natural Gas for our power plants to reduce cost and make American Industry more competitive. 60% of the cost of an item is supposed to be the cost of energy to produce it, send it to market, get it to the consumer and dispose of it once used. Alternate Energy research should be conducted, projects that are NOT economical should NOT. American Energy Independence should be our goal and NOW we are letting the International Energy Companies with the Oil Ticks eradicate independent American Energy companies. No MORE Blood for OIL!
Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
No Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
The massive explosion of the population in the 3rd world resulting in the deforestation of eh South American, African and Asian rain forest MUST be a much larger factor than a small increase in CO2. The massive pollution created in Red China which results in half the mercury contamination in the US and half the air pollution on the West coast coming for China are serious. Why does no one talk about this!
No Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
I support the destruction of any weapon that is discharged in the commission of a felony as well as the individual who pulled the trigger! . An Armed person is a citizen, an unarmed one a SUBJECT! . Any person deemed to be trustworthy enough to VOTE should be able to carry!
Yes Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
It is designed to bankrupt the middle class and make it so young people can not be married and work and have babies without going bankrupt without having some type of GOOD insurance, Not the garbage one buys from the exchange.! . Put the 93+ million people to work as lower level health providers and train them to work in the health profession, lowering cost and then let the free market across state lines without LAUYERS suing to reduce costs. Allow people who can afford to buy insurance chose their OWN coverage as before. Expedite SSI claims.
Yes Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
And get rid of Anchor babies. Reestablish the work programs with countries for hard field work, Not meat packing firms who fire ALL their American Workers so they can reduce wages hiring foreigners Severely increase the H1B fee to employers to say 50 or 75 Thousand a year to stop our workers being replaced. Prosecute those Employers under criminal statues that fire Americans to hire foreigners America for Americans FIRST!
No Do you support same-sex marriage?
Men and women are equal now. Get out of the marriage business and let the churches, civil unions what have you run it. Most babies are born out of wedlock now anyways.
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?
We WILL git NUKED, and not so far in the future either. . Also in the War on Terror the Financiers, Political and Religious Leaders supporting it should be neutralized however possible. It would stop abruptly then. The big shots are not in any hurry to get their 72 Virgins.
No Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
No, not really. The stock market is so rigged it would not help. Check the market in a couple more months. However, stop paying SS and SSI to every one who did NOT work for it. It has greatly expansded way past it's ability to pay out. Bernie Maddof would be so proud!

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.

Slightly Decrease a) Agriculture
Eliminate b) Arts
Maintain Status c) Defense
Slightly Decrease d) Education
Slightly Decrease e) Environment
Maintain Status f) Homeland Security
Greatly Decrease g) International aid
Maintain Status h) Medical Research
Maintain Status i) Scientific Research
Maintain Status j) Space exploration
Greatly Decrease k) United Nations
Slightly Decrease l) Welfare
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)
Maintain Status f) Excise taxes (transportation fuel)
Maintain Status g) Income taxes (low-income families)
Maintain Status h) Income taxes (middle-income families)
Maintain Status i) Income taxes (high-income families)
Eliminate j) Inheritance taxes
Eliminate k) Payroll taxes
Welfare needs to be completely overhauled. Government workplaces should be provided for those who can not find jobs. Surely a massive training program/opportunities can be generated by revamping the tax code with Fair Tax and Fair Trade, and incentives to locate labor intensive jobs into areas of chronic high unemployment. . Stop ALL benefits for illegals and drastically cut back benefits for legal immigrants and force their sponsors to pony up the support.
The Fair tax is required to put this country back on a stable financial footing. Eliminate ALL business and payroll taxes and charge a consumption tax on new merchandise would increase revenues while reducing the inefficiencies. I would add a Fair Trade program which would make have free trade with ALL countries we have balanced trade with and add a tariff on those we do not. Say Red China has a 30 Billion a month trade surplus, we put a 300% tariff on them, a 10 Billion then a 100%. They would either pay our taxes or buy our goods.
Stop ALL immigration until Americans are back to work. Secure the border to stop illegal aliens, drugs and terrorist. Fair Tax, Fair Trade No BANKSTER, PoliTick or Judge too Big to Jail or at least Impeach! A major dusting off of the RICO status! No MEN in the Girls Room! Web Site www.kentuckychief.org for more policies!

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