Ed Malin's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Ed Malin has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2016 Political Courage Test.
Florida Congressional Election 2016 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| A Constitutional Republic, such as ours, protects the minority from the majority by rule of law. Rule of law protects the innocent from a lynch mob. Rule of law protects those who cannot protect themselves. There is no human life more innocent than a child in the womb. American society is founded on the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I want America to quit spending money, and losing American lives, on wars in foreign lands, especially the Middle East. The first priority of the federal government is the protection of the citizenry, protection of the homeland. No expense should be spared to insure that America has the strongest most advanced protecionary force on the planet. I want to eliminate the confiscatory income tax altogether. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I am running a totally self funded campaign. I am taking no contributions from any individual or group. However, I have absolutely no problem with any entity that wants to give all of its money to any candidate. The problems with contributions do not come from the giving party, they come from the party that takes the money, the bribe. DC corruption begins with campaign contributions!! | |||
| 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? | ||
| The phrase drug offender here is very ambiguous. I assume you mean drug users not drug dealers. A guy with twenty kilos of cocaine is a drug offender, in this case a mandatory minimum would be in order. Bad question. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
| I support eliminating the ridiculous income tax altogether. | |||
| Yes | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
| No | 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? | ||
| Holy Smokes! Your questions are ridiculous. Question 2 - Do you mean federal funding? If so change the question to say that. Be specific. I do not support taxpayer funded development of any energy resource. Private funding, of course, who wouldn't support that. I am very inclined at this point to quit wasting my time on this obviously biased survey. But I will trudge forward. | |||
| Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| The climate has been changing for about 4 billion years. It will continue to change for another four billion years. Does my SUV contribute to that change, does all human activity contribute to climate change, most bloody likely. Should we stop utilizing carbon based fuels because of that contribution, of course not. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| When the POTUS disarms the Secret Service, I will consider giving up my concealed carry permit. | |||
| Yes | 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.
| Greatly Decrease | a) Agriculture | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Greatly 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 | ||
| Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
| Greatly Decrease | 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) | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
| Eliminate | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | h) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
| Eliminate | j) Inheritance taxes | ||
| Eliminate | k) Payroll taxes | ||
| Institute a National Sales Tax and eliminate all income taxes. Simple stuff. | |||
| #1 Eliminate all income taxes. Institute a National Sales Tax. Same revenue collection as the State of Florida or Texas. Easy to administrate, no loopholes, no deductions, no tax day, everybody pays. #2 Eliminate the Electoral Collage; popular vote wins. Transparency in elections is paramount to fair governance. #3 Bring our troops home. Too much American blood spilled on Middle Eastern soil. |
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