Liddo O'Briant's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Liddo O'Briant has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2016 Political Courage Test.
Nevada Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I believe ultimately it's the woman's decision especially if the father is not going to be in her's and the child's life. But I've also seen the evil of pro-choice in which women who take no responsibility in a true love and friendly relationship, but does get pregnant for other reasons for material gain, is wrong. So in that nature I choose Pro-life. I'm an old - fashioned gal, I believe no pregnancy whatsoever, until after marriage. I am for condoms, I am for the pill, I am for "The morning after" pill, also. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| A country is successful and strong because of it's military presence and order and should never be compromised financially, economically and domestically, so long as the military is upright in it's country's principles, values, morals, and beliefs. That is what makes a country great and sustains its power and standing on the world stage. Our leader is after technically called, " Commander In Chief ". And yes, we must tax the rich. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I honestly do not think any politician can get away from special interest groups. When Obama ran for president, he told everybody that he's running, "strictly on the peoples contributions", which we now see is not true and that he must satisfy the "money people" before the regular people. So yes, we must have regulations on this, so that regular people who are law abiding, hardworking, and traditional/values driven are cared for more that the "money people". | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| I don't like the work "mandatory" but it is what it is. People have their reasons for committing crimes. One of my major agendas if I should get elected as NV U.S. Senator is to help these many, many minor offenders. | |||
| 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? | ||
| To me, spending does not create jobs, and a lot of it is wasteful spending. The only spending I like is these 3, Spending on government developed jobs. Spending on private business job creators. And Spending on Welfare, Foster care, and not only physical Healthcare, but mental and emotional Healthcare too. I believe we should bring back Convents for women, children, widows and very young orphans, and we need Monasteries back to help the single men of 16 years of age and older. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? | ||
| The whole country needs to be unified and uniform in their education system. I strongly believe in uniforms for K-12 students too. That way nobody knows and cares about anybody's background, social status and demographics. I would however, get rid of the Education Department on the Federal level. I have found that many people feel its a waste of time and money to have it. | |||
| 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)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support increased regulations on the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry? | ||
| Before anything I am interested in helping, preserving and recycling/renewing our precious natural resources, our wild life and the cleanliness of our planet, above and below. I think these projects could help preserve nature. | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Before anything I am interested in helping, preserving and recycling/renewing our precious natural resources, our wild life and the cleanliness of our planet, above and below. I think these projects could help preserve nature. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Since I can remember, anybody who wanted a weapon, would somehow get it. The law abiding people are going to be careful and responsible, why punish them. The non law abiding people are going to be disruptive, so we should invest in better law enforcement manpower and technologies. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| The government should not be in the business of Healthcare. The only healthcare the government needs to provide is for the military public service officials. If the government insists that they must be the caretakers of everyones health needs then I'm for a flat tax strictly for healthcare where people can go to any hospital and get the care they need. It sounds very much like Europe and Canada, but I am for that so that all people can have care as needed, whenever they need it. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| They're here now. Why do you need to spend the money and time to send them back? The choice is either become a United States American Citizen and pay taxes and contribute to society like everybody does, or go home at your own expense. If you cannot go home, then the decision is made.....you become a U.S. Citizen. | |||
| No | Do you support same-sex marriage? | ||
| I do support same-sex communal living arrangements. It helps with cost of living, caring for children if present, equal support for survivorship as any heterosexual couple, etc. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I'm for any action needed to protect us. | |||
| No | Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts? | ||
| Social security IS a good pension plan for all the people in our country. If an individual wants to save somewhere else then they have that right, but why? The only thing I can think of is for college funds for the kids, Health savings for an ongoing illness, paying off the mortgage so you can retire early.......etc. | |||
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 | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Defense | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Increase | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
| Slightly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Medical Research | ||
| Maintain Status | i) Scientific Research | ||
| Greatly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
| Maintain Status | k) United Nations | ||
| Slightly Increase | l) Welfare | ||
| Maintain Status | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Greatly Increase | b) Corporate taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | 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) | ||
| Greatly Increase | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Maintain Status | j) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | k) Payroll taxes | ||
| I'm very much an environmentalist and care greatly about climate change. One Government funded employment opportunity I would like to implement, not only in the United States, but all over the world is sanitation and waste management control. I would like to clean up the thousands of pieces of garbage orbiting around our planet and clean up the seas and oceans to enhance the natural and wildlife sea-life. And the ongoing works to preserve our Lands. I see hundreds of thousands returning to work, including college and high school graduates and minor offenders who are incarcerated and/or committed. | |||
| If the people all want to be covered under healthcare like Europe and Canada, I would eliminate Sales taxes to consumers and the taxes go for Healthcare coverage. | |||
| Please see above answers. If you have any questions about what YOU, the people want to see, change and/or implement, suggest it to me. I don't have any top priorities other than the environment, jobs and taxes, which are already implemented, to work on for myself, but you, the people. |
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