David Nolan's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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David Nolan refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2010 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
Issue Positions
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- David Nolan. 2006. Project Vote Smart: Arizona Congressional Political Awareness Test. Checked SUPPORT for: " d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape;" "e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered;" " f) Prohibit public funding of abortions and to organizations that advocate or perform abortions;" "g) Abortion Issues Other or expanded principles: "I would allow abortions "at will" during the early stages of pregnancy (before detectable brain activity)."
- David Nolan. A Letter from David F. Nolan. 23 October 1995. "My own "fuzzy" position is that abortion should be allowed "at will" during the first three months of a pregnancy, allowable only "for cause" (i.e. rape, incest, strong evidence of a serious defect in the fetus, threat to the life of the mother) in the second trimester, and only when the mother's life is clearly in danger during the third." (www.l4l.org)
- David Nolan. Nolan's Response. 23 October 1995. "The key words in my letter were: "I cannot... accept the notion that a newly-impregnated woman must be consigned to nine months of service... to a small group of cells ... lacking consciousness, will, or the ability to exist independently." To me, these attributes define humanity far more than simple genetic coding. If you remove a few milligrams of flesh from your fingertip, tests will show it to be human flesh: specifically yours. But that doesn't make it a "human being," with the same rights that you have. And even if a newly-joined sperm and egg do constitute a human being, the State cannot morally compel you to sacrifice your life and resources for its benefit. As I wrote in my "Essence" article, "no external power has the right to force you into the service of society or mankind or any other individual or group, for any purpose, however noble. Slavery is wrong, period." (At some point -- say, three months into a pregnancy -- it can be reasonably argued that a woman has chosen her condition, and it's too late to back out. But I don't think that's true on "day one.")" (www.l4l.org)
- David Nolan. 2006. Project Vote Smart: Arizona Congressional Political Awareness Test. Selected YES for: "4) Do you support the permanent repeal of the federal estate tax?"
- David Nolan. Main. 29 June 2010. "We must restore a sound money system (end the Federal Reserve Bank), stop bailing out big banks and favored corporations, phase out entitlement programs, and cut military spending. We can strengthen our economy by reducing regulations and providing tax credits for innovative, productive businesses." (www.nolan2010.org)
- Dahlstrom, Joni. 2010. David F. Nolan - Candidate U.S. Senate - Libertarian - Arizona (uncontested). 16 August 2010. "The bail outs are essentially propping up companies that are deemed 'too big to fail' when, because they are mismanaged and have misallocated their resources, they should fail. In many ways allowing the failure to be swift and take a year or two could cause less hardship than the continual manipulation and propping up that is ongoing today. Throwing good money after bad is part of the fiscal insanity that led Nolan to run for office." (sedonatimes.com)
- David Nolan. Issue Position: Debt and the Economy. "America's economy is staggering under a crushing load of debt. For decades, the Federal Reserve has been creating debt-based cheap money out of nothing, and this has resulted in producers and consumers alike making disastrous economic choices. Now, we are faced with a massive financial "hangover" -- and the politicians of both the Democratic and Republican parties are trying to solve it by throwing around even more money." (www.nolan2010.org)
- David Nolan. Issue Position: Taxes and Spending. "We must not allow any more bailouts of irresponsible bankers and politically connected corporations, and we must make every effort to learn exactly where all the TARP funds went and to retrieve them. Above all, we cannot allow American taxpayers to be "on the hook" for decades to come for the bad decisions of irresponsible speculators." (votesmart.org)
- David Nolan. 2006. Project Vote Smart: Arizona Congressional Political Awareness Test. Checked SUPPORT for: "a) Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts which they manage themselves;" " b) Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts managed by private firms contracted by the government;" "f) Raise the retirement age for individual eligibility to receive full Social Security benefits."
- David Nolan. 2010. "U.S. Arizona Senate Debate." (Video). 14 October 2010. "What I have advocated is a phase-out whereby we raise the age of eligibility by two months per year. . . . We need to give young people the opportunity to opt-out. . . . and invest their money privately if they so choose. And finally we need to give people in those programs to stay in but divert part of their social security payment into some kind of voluntary retirement plan." (votesmart.org)
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- David Nolan. 2006. Project Vote Smart: Arizona Congressional Political Awareness Test. Checked SUPPORT for: "a) Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Water Act;" "b) Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Air Act;" "d) Require states to compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses of privately-owned land;" "e) Relax logging restrictions on federal lands;" "g) Support increased development of traditional energy resources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil);" "l) Allow energy producers to trade pollution credits."
- David Nolan. Issue Position: Encourage Free-Market Energy Solutions. "The innovations needed to meet modern society's need for energy through the 21st century and beyond cannot be determined in advance by self-important legislators and bureaucrats. As oil becomes scarcer, scientists, engineers, and businessmen must be free to pursue development and implementation of new technologies such as biofuels, solar power, and pebble-bed nuclear reactors without any option being hindered by pointless restrictions or favored over others through government subsidy. To help the market continue to meet America's energy needs and to reduce the dependence on Middle East oil which causes our foreign policy to be distorted and shortsighted, we must encourage development of oil and natural gas in North America. We can and should remove the bureaucratic obstacles to construction of new oil refineries and clean, safe, modern nuclear power plants, end tax-funded subsidies to big oil and agribusiness, and increase tax credits for solar power." (votesmart.org)
- David Nolan. 2006. Project Vote Smart: Arizona Congressional Political Awareness Test. Checked SUPPORT for: "c) Ease federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns;" "d) Repeal federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns;" "e) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns;" "h) Gun Issues Other or expanded principles: "The right to self-defense is a fundamental human right and should not be curtailed. Those who use guns to commit a crime should be punished for that crime."
- David Nolan. The Essence of Liberty. 1996. "Libertarians yield to no one in their support for our right as individuals to keep and bear arms. We only wish that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution said "The right to self-defense being inalienable..." instead of that stuff about a "well-regulated militia". Anyone who thinks that government -- any government -- has the right to disarm its citizens is NOT a libertarian!" (www.l4l.org)
- David Nolan. Issue Position: Protect our Right to Self-Defense. "Every human being has the right to defend himself or herself against aggressive acts by others -- whether those others are common criminals or despotic governments. This right means little, however, unless we also have the ability to enforce it. For this reason, I strongly support our Constitutional right to keep and bear arms, as guaranteed by the Second Amendment, and endorse the efforts of the Second Amendment Foundation and the Gun Owners of America to protect our rights in this crucial area." (votesmart.org)
- David Nolan. 2006. Project Vote Smart: Arizona Congressional Political Awareness Test. Checked SUPPORT for: "a) Providing health care is not a responsibility of the federal government."
- David Nolan. 2010. "U.S. Arizona Senate Debate." (Video). 14 October 2010."Think about your experiences when you go down to the BMV or when you stand in line at the post office. . . . . Nationalized health care or taxpayer-financed health care is a bad plan. Anytime the government gets involved . . . you can count on two things: it will cost a lot more than it's initially estimated and it will take a lot longer to complete. We do not need a government-run program." (votesmart.org)
- David Nolan. 2006. Project Vote Smart: Arizona Congressional Political Awareness Test. Immigration Issues Other or expanded principles: "Make it easier for anyone who has no criminal record or communicable diseases to enter the U.S. for any legitimate purpose, while denying entry to those who would do us harm."
- Dahlstrom, Joni. 2010. Sedona Times: David F. Nolan - Candidate U.S. Senate - Libertarian - Arizona (uncontested). 16 August 2010. "Nolan is against SB1070, claiming it is a bad solution to a real problem. He is less concerned about immigration from law abiding immigrants than the ability of criminals to mingle with others to cross the borders. Focusing on everyone distracts from focusing on those who truly are criminals and whom it would make sense to restrict." (sedonatimes.com)
- David Nolan. 2010. "U.S. Arizona Senate Debate." (Video). 14 October 2010. "We have made it far too difficult for well-intentioned, good, honest people to get into this country. We need to make it far easier for people who wish to come here to work, to raise a family, to start a business. And at the same time make it more difficult for people with bad intentions. If we allowed in the 95% plus who are good, honest people to come here with minimum paper work and minimum hassle, you could then presume that the people trying to get across the border illicitly were there for bad purposes." (www.youtube.com)
- David Nolan. Issue Position: Immigration and Border Security. "We need a sane and humane plan to keep America safe while allowing honest people to enter our country. The idea of building a "Berlin Wall" along our borders is repugnant. It will cost untold billions and may someday be used to keep Americans from fleeing domestic tyranny. Ronald Reagan supported a sensible guest worker program in the 1980s. A similar program can work in the 21st century. We must create and enforce adequate safeguards to deter terrorists and other criminals from entering the United States, but we must be extremely careful that misplaced zeal for immigration-control measures does not compromise the civil liberties of all Americans and provide a back door for a national ID program." (votesmart.org)
- David Nolan. Nolan On Immigration Reform: "No Iron Curtain". 24 October 2006. "People who are in the U.S. without having met our legal requirements should be given the opportunity to apply for residence. If they meet certain basic requirements, they should be granted legal guest worker status. This is not full amnesty, as the word is properly used. They would not be automatically placed on a path to citizenship' or become eligible for taxpayer-funded social services. If they failed to step forward within a specified time, perhaps six months, they would then lose their eligibility and would be deported if found here without a visa. . . . If everyone could get a visa, then immigration would take place on the roads where it belongs. It would be safe to assume that people crossing through the desert were out to do us harm, not to work for us, and that undocumented worker was a real criminal and not a victim of the system. There would be no talk of punishing business owners for consensual acts of commerce because there'd be no reason for them to break the law. For this to work, we need limited amnesty, to figure out who's in the country, check their backgrounds, and get them papers." (votesmart.org)
- David Nolan. Reform Our Immigration Policies! 1 January 2001. "We must make it easy for anyone who has no criminal record or communicable diseases to enter the United States for any legitimate purpose, while denying entry to those who would do us harm. American property owners on the Mexican border must be empowered to take any non-lethal action to deter unwanted entrants - and tax credits should be made available to help those property owners in their efforts." (votesmart.org)
- David Nolan. 2006. Project Vote Smart: Arizona Congressional Political Awareness Test. Selected NO for: "d) Should the United States increase financial support to Afghanistan?" "e) Should the United States increase military support to Afghanistan?" "f) International Policy Other or expanded principles: ""Support to Afghanistan" gave us Osama bin Laden. WE funded the Taliban through the "war on drugs""
- David Nolan. Main. 29 June 2010. "We should end all overseas wars as soon as possible and focus on defending the United States itself." (www.nolan2010.org)
- Nintzel, Jim. 2006. Tucson Weekly: The Skinny. 22 September 2006. "My two main campaign issues are ending the war as fast as we can do so without endangering the lives and safety of America troops, and cutting back federal spending to 20 percent below its level at the end of the Clinton administration," Nolan announced last week." (www.tucsonweekly.com)
- David Nolan. Half of CD8 Voters Open to Third Choice. 14 September 2006. "My two main campaign issues are ending the war as fast as we can do so without endangering the lives and safety of America troops . . ." (votesmart.org)
- David Nolan. Issue Position: End the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "We should bring home all American troops from Iraq and Afghanistan as swiftly as that can be done without exposing them to greater harm than they currently face and then see to it that our soldiers are not used as "tools of diplomacy" or the world's police again. America should return to the policy espoused by Thomas Jefferson -- "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations -- entangling alliances with none." (votesmart.org)
- David Nolan. 2006. Project Vote Smart: Arizona Congressional Political Awareness Test. Selected NO for: "i) Do you support a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and woman?
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
The Political Courage Test asks candidates which items they will support if elected. It does not ask them to indicate which items they will oppose. Through extensive research of public polling data, we discovered that voters are more concerned with what candidates would support when elected to office, not what they oppose. If a candidate does not select a response to any part or all of any question, it does not necessarily indicate that the candidate is opposed to that particular item.
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.
| a) Abortions should always be illegal. | |||
| b) Abortions should always be legal. | |||
| c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy. | |||
| X | d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape. | ||
| X | e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered. | ||
| X | f) Prohibit public funding of abortions and to organizations that advocate or perform abortions. | ||
| I would allow abortions "at will" during the early stages of pregnancy (before detectable brain activity) | |||
Using the key, indicate what federal funding levels you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category, you can use a number more than once.Budget Priorities
| Eliminate | a) Agriculture | ||
| Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
| Slightly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
| Eliminate | d) Education | ||
| Greatly Decrease | e) Environment | ||
| Maintain Status | f) Homeland security | ||
| Eliminate | g) International aid | ||
| Greatly Decrease | h) Law enforcement | ||
| Eliminate | i) Medical research | ||
| Greatly Decrease | j) National parks | ||
| Greatly Decrease | k) Public health services | ||
| Greatly Decrease | l) Scientific research | ||
| Eliminate | m) Space exploration programs | ||
| Greatly Decrease | n) Transportation and highway infrastructure | ||
| Eliminate | o) Welfare | ||
| Greatly Decrease | p) Emergency preparedness | ||
| Eliminate DEA, ATF, IRS, FEMA | |||
Defense Spending
| Maintain Status | a) Armed forces personnel training | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Intelligence operations | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Military hardware | ||
| Maintain Status | d) Modernization of weaponry and equipment | ||
| Maintain Status | e) National missile defense | ||
| Slightly Increase | f) Pay for active duty personnel | ||
| Slightly Increase | g) Programs to improve troop retention rates | ||
| Maintain Status | h) Research and development of new weapons | ||
| Maintain Status | i) Troop and equipment readiness | ||
| Concentrate on defense of U.S.A.--reduce military involvment & spending abroad. | |||
Using the key above, indicate what federal tax levels you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category.TaxesIncome Taxes:Family IncomeRetiree IncomeOther Taxes:Deductions/Credits:
| Eliminate | a) Less than $25,000 | ||
| Eliminate | b) $25,000-$75,000 | ||
| Eliminate | c) $75,000-$150,000 | ||
| Eliminate | d) Over $150,000 | ||
| Eliminate | f) Over $40,000 | ||
| g) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Slightly Decrease | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
| Eliminate | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
| Maintain Status | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
| Slightly Decrease | d) Corporate taxes | ||
| Slightly Increase | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
| Eliminate | f) Inheritance taxes | ||
| g) Other or expanded categories | |||
| Greatly Increase | a) Charitable contributions | ||
| Maintain Status | b) Child tax credit | ||
| Eliminate | c) Earned income tax credit | ||
| Greatly Increase | d) Medical expense deduction | ||
| Maintain Status | e) Mortgage deduction | ||
| Slightly Decrease | f) Student loan credit | ||
| No personal income tax | |||
| Tax credits to property owners facing unwanted passage by illegal immigrants | |||
| Yes | 4) Do you support the permanent repeal of the federal estate tax? | ||
| Yes | 5) Do you support making President Bush's tax cuts permanent? | ||
| End the war in Iraq and the "war on drugs," Greatly reduce boondoggles begun under the guise of "homeland security." Eliminate FEMA, DEA, ATF | |||
| Eliminate all activities not specifically authorized in the U.S. Constitution (support the "Liberty Amendment" as produced by Rep. Ron Paul.) | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.
| a) Support public taxpayer funding for federal candidates who comply with campaign spending limits. | |||
| X | b) Increase the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns. | ||
| c) Prohibit Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions to candidates for federal office. | |||
| X | d) Allow unregulated soft money campaign contributions to political parties or committees. | ||
| X | e) Remove all contribution limits on federal campaigns and parties. | ||
| f) Require Section 527 organizations to register with the Federal Election Commission as Political Action Committees. | |||
| Yes | g) Do you support instant run-off voting? | ||
| Yes | h) Should Election Day be a national holiday? | ||
| No | i) Do you support a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and woman? | ||
| Individuals should be free to support or oppose candidates and ballot proposals by contributing money as they see fit. | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.
| a) Support the use of the death penalty for federal crimes. | |||
| b) Eliminate the use of the death penalty for federal crimes. | |||
| c) Support programs to provide prison inmates with educational, vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released. | |||
| X | d) Support programs to provide prison inmates with drug and alcohol addiction treatment. | ||
| X | e) Reduce prison sentences for those who commit non-violent crimes. | ||
| f) Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, and disability be prosecuted as federal hate crimes. | |||
| g) Impose stricter penalties for those convicted of corporate crimes. | |||
| X | h) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults. | ||
| I would define "federal crimes" very narrowly--basically, only those crimes designated as such in the U.S.Constitution | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding drugs.
| a) Support mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs. | |||
| b) Expand federally sponsored drug education and drug treatment programs. | |||
| X | c) Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. | ||
| X | d) Allow doctors to recommend marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes. | ||
| e) Increase border security to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the United States. | |||
| X | f) Eliminate federal funding for programs associated with the "war on drugs." | ||
| g) Support a federal law to standardize testing and penalties for steroid use in professional sports. | |||
| Drug Abuse should be treated as a medical problem and not as a crime. Criminalizing drug distribution enriches organized crime. The 'war on drugs' has funneled money to terrorists. | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.
| a) Support national standards for and testing of public school students. | |||
| X | b) Allow parents to use vouchers, (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children to any public school. | ||
| X | c) Allow parents to use vouchers, (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children to any private or religious school. | ||
| X | d) Allow teachers and professionals to receive authorization and funding to establish charter schools. | ||
| e) Reward teachers with merit pay for working in low-income schools. | |||
| f) Increase funding for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings, infrastructure, technology). | |||
| g) Support affirmative action in public college admissions. | |||
| h) Increase funding of programs such as Pell grants and Stafford loans to help students pay for college. | |||
| X | i) Support federal tax incentives to help families save for college. | ||
| Education is too important to entrust to government | |||
1) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.2) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding affirmative action.
| a) Increase funding for national job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market. | |||
| X | b) Reduce government regulation of the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion. | ||
| X | c) Provide tax credits or grants to businesses that offer child care services to employees. | ||
| X | d) Encourage employers to offer flex-time scheduling, comp-time, and unpaid leave for family emergencies. | ||
| X | e) Eliminate all federal programs designed to reduce unemployment. | ||
| f) Increase the federal minimum wage. | |||
| g) Support the right of workers to strike without fear of being permanently replaced. | |||
| X | h) Include sexual orientation in federal anti-discrimination laws. | ||
| a) The federal government should consider race and gender in government contracting decisions. | |||
| X | b) The federal government should discontinue affirmative action programs. | ||
| c) The federal government should continue affirmative action programs. | |||
| Anti-discrimination laws should apply only to government, not to private individuals and businsses | |||
| "Affirmative action" rewards or penalizes people for being members of a particular group that has attained preference through the political process. | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.
| X | a) Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Water Act. | ||
| X | b) Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Air Act. | ||
| c) Support Clear Skies Act to reduce power plant emissions by setting a national cap on pollutants. | |||
| X | d) Require states to compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses of privately-owned land. | ||
| X | e) Relax logging restrictions on federal lands. | ||
| f) Relax standards on federal lands to allow increased recreational usage. | |||
| X | g) Support increased development of traditional energy resources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil). | ||
| h) Strengthen emission controls and fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles. | |||
| X | i) Support opening a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration. | ||
| X | j) Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels to reduce pollution. | ||
| k) Support the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel. | |||
| X | l) Allow energy producers to trade pollution credits. | ||
| m) Support the Kyoto Protocol to limit global warming. | |||
| The issue of "recreational usage" of federal lands is bound up in personal preference for some types of recration (e.g. nature hikes) vs. others (e.g. access for motorized vehicles) | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.
| a) Reauthorize the ban on the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting. | |||
| b) Maintain and strengthen the current level of enforcement of existing federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
| X | c) Ease federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | ||
| X | d) Repeal federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | ||
| X | e) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns. | ||
| f) Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows. | |||
| g) Require a license for gun possession. | |||
| The right to self-defense is a fundamental human right and should not be curtailed. Those who use guns to commit a crime should be punished for that crime. | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health care.
| X | a) Providing health care is not a responsibility of the federal government. | ||
| b) Implement a universal health care program to guarantee coverage to all Americans regardless of income. | |||
| X | c) Expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts. | ||
| X | d) Establish limits on the amount of punitive damages awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | ||
| e) Support expanding prescription drug coverage under Medicare. | |||
| X | f) Offer tax credits to individuals and small businesses to offset the cost of insurance coverage. | ||
| g) Support automatic enrollment of children in federal health care programs such as CHIP and Medicaid. | |||
| h) Support stem cell research on existing lines of stem cells. | |||
| X | i) Allow laboratories to create new lines of stem cells for additional research. | ||
| j) Other or expanded principles | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding immigration.
| a) Decrease the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country. | |||
| X | b) Establish English as the official national language. | ||
| c) Support a temporary worker program that would enable illegal immigrants to work in the United States legally. | |||
| d) Relax restrictions barring legal immigrants from using government funded social programs (e.g. public housing, food stamps). | |||
| e) Support amnesty for illegal immigrants already working in the United States. | |||
| Make it easier for anyone who has no criminal record or communicable diseases to enter the U.S. for any legitimate purpose, while denying entry to those who would do us harm | |||
International AidIndicate which principles you support (if any) regarding United States economic assistance.
| a) Aid should be granted to countries when extraordinary circumstances cause disaster and threaten civilian lives. | |||
| b) Aid should be granted to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States. | |||
| c) Aid should be eliminated for any nation with documented human rights abuses. | |||
| X | d) International Aid programs should be scaled back and eventually eliminated. | ||
| I support private, voluntarily funded aid for humanitarian purposes. Aid given by one government to another is usually wasted and does not reach those in need | |||
International Policy1) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the Middle East.2) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding Central and East Asia.3) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the United Nations.
| No | a) Should the United States continue to provide leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? | ||
| Undecided | b) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state? | ||
| Yes | c) Should the United States withdraw its troops from Iraq? | ||
| No | d) Should the United States send more troops to Iraq? | ||
| Yes | a) Should the United States use diplomatic and economic pressure to encourage North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program? | ||
| No | b) Should the United States use military force to dismantle the North Korean nuclear weapons program? | ||
| No | c) Should the United States remove the North Korean government from power? | ||
| No | d) Should the United States increase financial support to Afghanistan? | ||
| No | e) Should the United States increase military support to Afghanistan? | ||
| No | a) Should the United States maintain its financial support of the United Nations? | ||
| Yes | b) Should the United States decrease its financial support of the United Nations? | ||
| No | c) Should the United States commit troops to United Nations peacekeeping missions? | ||
| Yes | 4) Should the United States lift the travel ban to Cuba? | ||
| No | 5) Should the United States increase its financial support to Colombia to combat "the war on drugs?" | ||
| 6) Should aid to African nations for AIDS prevention programs fund distribution of contraceptives? | |||
| 7) Should aid to African nations for AIDS prevention programs fund abstinence education? | |||
| Withdraw all troops as fast as we can do so without endangering their lives or safety . | |||
| Learn from our mistakes and do not become involved in overseas 'rescues' or 'nation building' | |||
| "Support to Afghanistan" gave us Osama bin Laden. WE funded the Taliban through the "war on drugs" | |||
| The U.N. has outlived its usefulness, if it ever had any. The U.S. should withdraw from the U.N. | |||
| All aid should be private (see section at top of page). Those who dispense aid should have the right to set conditions. | |||
International TradeIndicate which principles you support (if any) regarding international trade.
| Yes | 1) Do you support the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)? | ||
| Yes | 2) Do you support the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)? | ||
| Yes | 3) Do you support the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)? | ||
| No | 4) Do you support continued U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO)? | ||
| Undecided | 5) Should a nation's human rights record affect its normal trade relations (most favored nation) status with the United States? | ||
| Undecided | 6) Do you support the trade embargo against Cuba? | ||
| Undecided | 7) Should trade agreements include provisions to address environmental concerns and to protect workers' rights? | ||
| Ideally, free trade means that people in various nations are free to trade with one another without restrictions. The more we depart from this ideal, the less viable "Free Trade" agreements become. | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding national security.
| No | a) Do you support using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists when ordinary civilian courts are deemed inappropriate or impractical? | ||
| No | b) Should the United States grant law enforcement agencies greater discretion to read mail and email, tap phones, and conduct random searches to prevent future terrorist attacks? | ||
| Yes | c) Should the United States hold foreign states accountable for terrorists who operate in their country? | ||
| No | d) Should the federal government increase funding to states and cities for homeland security? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support the prohibition of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment of prisoners in U.S. custody? | ||
| Undecided | f) Do you support a policy of pre-emptive military strikes against countries deemed to be a threat to U.S. national security? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding Social Security.
| X | a) Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts which they manage themselves. | ||
| X | b) Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts managed by private firms contracted by the government. | ||
| c) Invest a portion of Social Security assets collectively in stocks and bonds instead of United States Treasury securities. | |||
| d) Increase the payroll tax to better finance Social Security in its current form. | |||
| e) Lower the annual cost-of-living increases. | |||
| X | f) Raise the retirement age for individual eligibility to receive full Social Security benefits. | ||
| Over time, Social Security should be phased out and individuals should become responsible for funding their own retirement | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding technology and communication.
| a) Collect taxes on commercial Internet transactions. | |||
| X | b) Continue the moratorium on Internet taxation. | ||
| c) Implement government regulation of Internet content. | |||
| d) Support government mandates to curtail violent and sexual content on television. | |||
| X | e) Support strict penalties for Internet crimes (e.g. hacking, identity theft, worms/viruses). | ||
| X | f) Support legislation to detail how personal information can be collected and used on the Internet. | ||
| X | g) Regulating the Internet is not a responsibility of the federal government. | ||
| Gov't regulation of the Internet should be limited to protecting users against real crimes | |||
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare and poverty.
| X | a) Require welfare recipients to spend at least 40 hours a week in a combination of work and training programs. | ||
| b) Increase funding for child care programs. | |||
| c) Continue to give states and local governments flexibility in and responsibility for welfare programs through federal block grants. | |||
| d) Direct federal poverty aid through religious, community-based, or other non-profit organizations. | |||
| X | e) Abolish all federal welfare programs. | ||
| f) Support housing assistance for welfare recipients. | |||
| g) Other or expanded principles | |||
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