LOLToo true Daryus! Now, we're going to look at another idiot. His name is Steve Forbes. I wanted to do a Democrat, but both Bradley and Gore did not take the survey. Thus, I have to stick with the Repubiclicans, and since Bush didn't fill one out, it's up to Stevie.
I'm just going to cut and paste this one in. I'll try and edit it, but, no promises.
ABORTION
Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning abortion.
[ ]
a) Abortions should always be illegal.
[ ]
b) Abortions should be illegal when the fetus is viable, with or without life support.
[ ]
c) Abortions should always be legally available.
[ ]
d) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
[ ]
e) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
[ X ]
f) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
[ ]
g) Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and notification requirements as
decided by each state government.
[ X ]
h) Prohibit the dilation and extraction procedure, also known as "partial birth" abortion.
[ X ]
i) Prohibit public funding of abortions and public funding of organizations that advocate
or perform abortions.
[ ]
j) Support funding for research on the drug RU-486.
[ ]
k) Support "buffer-zones" by requiring demonstrators to stay at least five feet from
abortion clinic doorways and driveways.
[ ]
l) Provide funding for family planning programs as a means to decrease the number of
abortions.
[ X ]
m) Other
"The federal government should not provide funding for abortions."
2) Will your Supreme Court nominees share your principles on abortion?
[X]YES [ ]No [ ]Undecided
Budget, Spending and Tax Issues: Part 1 Budgetary
Priorities
Response from Mr. Forbes:
Using the key below, indicate what levels of federal funding you support for the following
general categories. Select one number only.
a) Agricultural programs -- Maintain Funding Status
b) Arts funding -- Eliminate Funding
c) Defense -- Greatly Increase Funding
d) Education -- Maintain Funding Status
e) Environmental programs -- Maintain Funding Status
f) International aid -- Greatly Decrease Funding
g) Law enforcement -- Slightly Increase Funding
h) Medical research -- Maintain Funding Status
i) National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA) -- Maintain Funding Status
j) National Parks -- Maintain Funding Status
k) Scientific research -- Maintain Funding Status
l) Transportation and Highway Infrastructure -- Maintain Funding Status
m) Welfare -- Greatly Decrease Funding
n) Other -- Eliminate Funding - Department of Commerce
o) Other -- Eliminate Funding - Department of Energy
p) Other -- Eliminate Funding - Corporate welfare
2) Would you support enforcing the spending limits agreed to in 1997 by the President and
Congress to balance the budget?
[X]YES [ ]No [ ]Undecided
Budget, Spending and Tax Issues: Part 2 Defense Spending
Response from Mr. Forbes:
Using the key below, indicate what levels of federal funding you support for the following
categories. Select one number only.
a) Armed Forces personnel training -- Greatly Increase Funding
b) Covert intelligence operations -- Slightly Increase Funding
c) Defense plant conversion -- Maintain Funding Status
d) Military hardware -- Greatly Increase Funding
e) Military space shuttle missions -- Maintain Funding Status
f) Pay for active duty personnel -- Greatly Increase Funding
g) National Missile Defense Program -- Greatly Increase Funding
h) Modernization of weaponry and equipment -- Greatly Increase Funding
i) Programs to improve military retention rates -- Greatly Increase Funding
j) Research and development of new weapons -- Greatly Increase Funding
k) Troop and equipment readiness -- Greatly Increase Funding
l) Other -- Greatly Increase Funding - F-22
m) Other -- Greatly Increase Funding - Theater missile defense systems
n) Other -- Did not answer
(what an idiot - ed)
Budget, Spending and Tax Issues: Part 3 Budget Surplus
Response from Mr. Forbes:
Using the key below, indicate your priorities for spending any anticipated federal budget
surplus. Select one number only.
a) Defense -- High Priority
b) Education -- High Priority
c) Federal debt reduction -- Medium Priority
d) Medicare -- High Priority
e) Social Security -- Highest Priority
f) Tax cuts -- Highest Priority
g) Other -- Did not answer
h) Other -- Did not answer
i) Other -- Did not answer
Budget, Spending and Tax Issues: Part 4 Taxes (A)
Response from Mr. Forbes:
Using the key below, indicate what levels you support concerning taxes, deductions, and
tax credits in the following categories. Select one number only.
Income Taxes: Family Income
a) Less than $25,000 -- Eliminate
b) $25,000 - $75,000 -- Greatly Decrease
c) $75,000 - $150,000 -- Greatly Decrease
d) Over $150,000 -- Greatly Decrease
e) Other -- Did not answer
f) Other -- Did not answer
g) Other -- Did not answer
Income Taxes: Retiree Income
h) Over $40, 000 -- Greatly Decrease
i) Other -- Did not answer
j) Other -- Did not answer
k) Other -- Did not answer
Other Taxes
a) Alcohol taxes -- Greatly Decrease
b) Capital gains taxes -- Eliminate
c) Cigarette taxes -- Greatly Decrease
d) Corporate taxes -- Greatly Decrease
e) Estate taxes -- Eliminate
f) Gasoline taxes -- Greatly Decrease
g) Other -- Did not answer
h) Other -- Did not answer
i) Other -- Did not answer
Deductions/Credits
a) Charitable deductions -- Did not answer
b) Medical expense deductions -- Did not answer
c) Mortgage deductions -- Did not answer
d) Child tax credit -- Did not answer
e) Earned income tax credit -- Maintain Status
f) Student loan tax credit -- Did not answer
g) Other -- Greatly Increase - Personal exemption for adults
h) Other -- - Personal exemption for children
Budget, Spending and Tax Issues: Part 4 Taxes (B)
Response from Mr. Forbes:
2) Do you support replacing the current U.S. income tax structure with a flat income tax?
[X]YES [ ]No [ ]Undecided
3) Do you support instituting a national sales tax?
[ ]Yes [X]NO [ ]Undecided
4) Should a married couple filing jointly pay the same taxes as if they were an unmarried
couple filing separately?
[X]YES [ ]No [ ]Undecided
5) Do you support requiring at least a 2/3 majority (super-majority) vote in both houses of
Congress to raise taxes?
[X]YES [ ]No [ ]Undecided
6) Would you cut taxes if there were an operating surplus?
[X]YES [ ]No [ ]Undecided
7) Would you cut taxes and use Social Security surpluses to supplement the difference?
[ ]Yes [X]NO [ ]Undecided
(this guy needs to be shot for his stupidity - ed)
Campaign Finance Issues
Response from Mr. Forbes:
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance issues.
[ ]
a) Support public taxpayer funding for congressional candidates who comply with
campaign spending limits.
[ X ]
b) Eliminate publicly financed matching funds for presidential campaigns.
[ X ]
c) Increase the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns.
[ X ]
d) Strengthen and enforce legislation that encourages full and timely disclosure of
campaign finance information.
[ X ]
e) Prohibit Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions to candidates for federal
office.
[ ]
f) Provide free or low-cost television advertising to candidates who agree to voluntary
campaign spending limits.
[ ]
g) Ban unregulated soft money campaign contributions to political parties or committees.
[ X ]
h) Prohibit non-U.S. citizens from making soft money contributions to national parties or
party committees.
[ X ]
i) Require full disclosure of funding sources of issue advocacy commercials which appear
within 60 days of an election.
[ ]
j) Make campaign spending limits mandatory for all federal candidates.
[ X ]
k) Require unions to get members' permission before using union dues for political
advocacy.
[ X ]
l) Remove all contribution limits on federal candidates and parties, but require complete
and immediate disclosure via the Internet.
[ ]
m) Require Congressional candidates to raise over half of their campaign money from
their home state.
[ ]
n) Other
Crime Issues
Response from Mr. Forbes:
1) Indicate which principles you support (if any) to address crime.
[ X ]
a) Broaden the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
[ ]
b) Eliminate the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
[ X ]
c) Impose stricter penalties for violent felons.
[ X ]
d) Increase spending to build more federal prisons.
[ X ]
e) Impose "truth in sentencing" for violent criminals so they serve full sentences with no
chance of parole.
[ X ]
f) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and
job-placement assistance when released.
[ X ]
g) Support programs to provide prison inmates with drug and alcohol addiction
treatment.
[ X ]
h) Increase penalties for crimes committed on school grounds.
[ ]
i) Increase funding for community policing programs.
[ ]
j) Reduce prison sentences for those who commit non-violent crimes.
[ ]
k) Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, and disability be prosecuted
as federal hate crimes.
[ ]
l) Enforcement of civil rights should primarily be the responsibility of the federal
government.
[ X ]
m) Other
"Enforcement of civil rights should occur at the local, state and federal level."
2) Indicate which principles you support (if any) to address juvenile crime.
[ X ]
a) Prosecute as adults, youths accused of a felony.
[ ]
b) Increase funding for local Boys & Girls Clubs and other independent organizations in
communities with at-risk youth.
[ ]
c) Provide block grants to states for implementation of programs to combat juvenile
crime.
[ X ]
d) Impose harsher penalties for youths convicted of violent offenses.
[ X ]
e) Support the use of "boot camps" as alternative sentencing for juvenile offenders.
[ X ]
f) Support programs that provide job training and placement services for at-risk youth.
[ ]
g) Other
(fascist - ed)
Drug Issues
Response from Mr. Forbes:
Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning illegal drugs.
[ X ]
a) Increase penalties for selling illegal drugs.
[ X ]
b) Support mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs.
[ X ]
c) Support capital punishment for convicted international drug traffickers.
[ ]
d) Expand federally sponsored drug education and drug treatment programs.
[ ]
e) Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
[ ]
f) Decriminalize the production and use of industrial hemp for agricultural purposes.
[ X ]
g) Increase border security to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S.
[ ]
h) Eliminate federal funding for programs associated with the "war on drugs."
(but you need to be on drugs to be stupid enough to support the flat tax - ed)
Education Issues
Response from Mr. Forbes:
1) Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning education (K-12).
[ ]
a) Support national standards and testing of public school students.
[ X ]
b) Allow parents to use vouchers (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children
to any publicly-funded school.
[ X ]
c) Allow parents to use vouchers (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children
to any participating school: public, private or religious.
[ X ]
d) Allow parents to use tax-free savings accounts to send their children to any
publicly-funded school.
[ X ]
e) Allow parents to use tax-free savings accounts to send their children to any
participating school: public, private or religious.
[ X ]
f) Support creation of more charter schools where teachers and professionals receive
authorization and funding to establish new schools.
[ X ]
g) Give all federal education funding to states in the form of block grants and allow the
states to spend it as they see fit.
[ ]
h) Increase funding for block grants to states to help them hire additional teachers.
[ X ]
i) Support voluntary teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay.
[ X ]
j) Support mandatory teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay.
[ ]
k) Increase funding to reduce class sizes.
[ ]
l) Increase funding for computers and computer training in public schools.
[ ]
m) Increase funding for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure).
[ X ]
n) Eliminate restrictions on federal education funding, giving educators or local school
districts more flexibility to design and implement their programs.
[ ]
o) Other
2) Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning higher education.
[ ]
a) Support affirmative action in public college admissions.
[ ]
b) Eliminate federal financial aid for individuals convicted of drug offenses.
[ ]
c) Increase funding of programs such as Pell grants and Stafford loans to help students
pay for college.
[ X ]
d) Support federal tax incentives to help families save for college.
[ ]
e) Other
3) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding religion and public schools.
[ X ]
a) Religious expression on public school property should be allowed.
[ ]
b) Student religious groups should not be allowed to meet on public school property.
[ ]
c) Other
Employment and Affirmative Action Issues
Response from Mr. Forbes:
1) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.
[ ]
a) Provide tax credits for companies that move job-creating industries into areas with
high unemployment.
[ ]
b) Increase funding for national job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or
teach skills needed in today's job market.
[ X ]
c) Reduce government regulation of the private sector in order to encourage investment
and economic expansion.
[ X ]
d) Establish empowerment zones in areas with large numbers of unemployed people.
[ ]
e) Eliminate any federal programs designed to reduce unemployment.
[ ]
f) Increase the federal minimum wage.
[ X ]
g) Encourage employers to offer flex-time scheduling, comp-time, and unpaid leave for
family emergencies.
[ ]
h) Provide tax credits for businesses that offer on-site child care.
[ ]
i) Increase support for the AmeriCorps program.
[ ]
j) Other
2) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding affirmative action.
[ ]
a) The federal government should consider race and sex in making government
contracting decisions.
[ ]
b) The federal government should continue affirmative action programs.
[ ]
c) The federal government should discontinue affirmative action programs.
[ X ]
d) The federal government should only utilize merits and qualifications in making
government contracting decisions.
[ ]
e) Other
Environmental Issues
Response from Mr. Forbes:
1) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding America's environment and
natural resources.
[ ]
a) Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Water Act.
[ ]
b) Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Air Act.
[ ]
c) Waive environmental review requirements for grazing permits.
[ ]
d) Revise the 1872 mining law to increase the fees charged to mining companies using
federal lands.
[ X ]
e) Require states to fully compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses
of privately-owned land.
[ ]
f) Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels to reduce pollution.
[ ]
g) Strengthen emission controls on all gasoline or diesel-powered engines, including cars,
trucks, and sport utility vehicles.
[ ]
h) Promote the selling of pollution credits between nations to encourage industries to
decrease pollution levels.
[ ]
i) Strengthen logging restrictions on federal lands.
[ ]
j) Strengthen regulations governing the security, safety, transportation, and storage of
spent nuclear fuel and waste.
[ ]
k) Support the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel.
[ ]
l) Reduce current federal regulations on the environment.
[ ]
m) Other
2) Do you support the United Nations (Kyoto Conference) treaty, in its current form,
regarding global climate change?
[ ]Yes [X]NO [ ]Undecided
Gun Issues
Response from Mr. Forbes:
Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning gun issues.
[ ]
a) Ban the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting.
[ ]
b) Maintain federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
[ ]
c) Ease federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
[ ]
d) Repeal federal restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns by law-abiding
citizens.
[ X ]
e) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns.
[ ]
f) Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns.
[ X ]
g) Increase penalties for the possession of any illegal guns.
[ ]
h) Hold gun owners responsible for crimes committed with their guns by children age 16
and under.
[ ]
i) Raise the minimum age for ownership of handguns from 18 to 21.
[ ]
j) Require three business days for background checks of gun buyers at gun shows.
[ X ]
k) Strengthen enforcement of current regulations on guns.
[ ]
l) Require a license for gun possession.
[ X ]
Other
"States should set firearm standards, not the federal government."
(my god, a states right lunatic - ed)
Health Issues
Response from Mr. Forbes:
1) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health issues.
[ ]
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) Support health care strategies focused on prevention, including health education, and
natural medicines and remedies.
[ ]
d) Support a Patient's Bill of Rights to define and enforce the rights of insured patients,
including greater access to specialists and emergency rooms, wider choice of health care
providers, and appeal mechanisms when claims are denied.
[ ]
e) Support a Patient's Bill of Rights which includes the right to sue when claims are
denied.
[ X ]
f) Allow small business owners, the self-employed and workers whose employers do not
provide health insurance to have the same deductibility for health costs as corporations
and large employers.
[ X ]
g) Expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts, which would be taxed if used
for purposes other than medical costs.
[ ]
h) Establish limits on the amount of damages awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
[ ]
i) Allow states and local communities to use federal funds for needle-exchange programs
to combat the spread of HIV.
[ ]
j) Provide citizens age 55-65 the option of purchasing Medicare health coverage.
[ ]
k) Support legislation to provide prescription drug coverage under Medicare.
[ ]
l) Increase funding for AIDS programs.
[ X ]
m) Other
"Allow all Medicare beneficiares freedom to choose from a wide variety of private health
plans, just like federal goverment employees can do."
2) Do you support increasing taxes on alcohol and cigarettes to help defer costs of
Medicare and Medicaid?
[ ]Yes [X]NO [ ]Undecided
Immigration Issues
Response from Mr. Forbes:
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding immigration.
[ ]
a) Decrease the number of immigrants allowed into the country.
[ ]
b) Increase the eligibility of legal immigrants for certain social programs (e.g. public
housing, food stamps).
[ ]
c) Require the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to reduce the time between
applying for citizenship and taking the oath of allegiance to six months.
[ ]
d) Provide extra federal aid to states with higher numbers of immigrants for necessary
medical and social services.
[ ]
e) Prohibit states from passing laws that deny human services (medical care, education)
to illegal immigrants or their children.
[ ]
f) Children of illegal immigrants, born in the U. S., should not automatically receive U.S.
citizenship.
[ X ]
g) Increase the immigration quota for computer scientists and other information
technology workers.
[ ]
h) Establish English as the official national language.
[ X ]
i) Support the separation of the INS into two bureaus: one administering naturalization
and one administering border patrol.
[ ]
j) Increase state autonomy to deal with immigration.
[ X ]
k) Reimburse states for providing services to illegal aliens.
[ ]
l) Other
International Aid, International Policy and Trade Issues:
Part 1 International Aid (A)
Response from Mr. Forbes:
1) Indicate which principles (if any) you support regarding U. S. economic assistance.
[ X ]
a) Aid should be granted to countries when extraordinary circumstances cause disaster
and threaten civilian lives.
[ X ]
b) Aid should be granted to countries when it is in the security interests of the U. S.
[ X ]
c) Aid should be granted to countries that are close allies of the U. S. and in need of
financial/military assistance.
[ X ]
d) Aid should be eliminated for any nation with documented human rights abuses.
[ ]
e) Aid programs should be scaled back and eventually eliminated except for
extraordinary circumstances.
[ ]
f) Other
2) Should the International Monetary Fund (IMF) be restructured so that it can respond to
international financial crises more effectively?
[ ]Yes [X]NO [ ]Undecided
International Aid, International Policy and Trade Issues:
Part 1 International Aid (B)
Response from Mr. Forbes:
3) From the key below, indicate what levels of economic assistance you support (if any)
for the following countries and/or agencies. Select one number only.
Countries:
a) Colombia -- Maintain Funding Status
b) Egypt -- Maintain Funding Status
c) Israel -- Maintain Funding Status
d) Kosovo province -- Eliminate Funding
e) Mexico -- Greatly Decrease Funding
f) North Korea -- Eliminate Funding
g) Russia -- Greatly Decrease Funding
h) Turkey -- Maintain Funding Status
i) Other -- Did not answer
j) Other -- Did not answer
k) Other -- Did not answer
International Agencies:
l) African Development Fund -- Eliminate Funding
m) Agency for International Development(AID) -- Greatly Decrease Funding
n) International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- Eliminate Funding
o) NATO Peace Keeping Missions -- Slightly Decrease Funding
p) UN Crisis and Humanitarian Aid -- Slightly Decrease Funding
q) UN Peace Keeping Missions -- Slightly Decrease Funding
r) World Bank -- Eliminate Funding
s) Other -- Did not answer
t) Other -- Did not answer
u) Other -- Did not answer
(why does it not surprise me he'd support the damned Isrealis? - ed)
International Aid, International Policy and Trade Issues:
Part 2 International Policy
Response from Mr. Forbes:
1) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the Kosovo province.
[ ]
a) The U.S. should maintain ground troops in the Kosovo province with a specific
deadline for withdrawal.
[ ]
b) The U.S. should maintain ground troops in the Kosovo province without a specific
deadline for withdrawal.
[ X ]
c) The U.S. should not maintain ground troops in the Kosovo province.
[ ]
d) Other
2) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the Middle East.
[ ]
a) The U.S. should resolve future disputes with Iraq only through diplomatic means.
[ X ]
b) The U.S. should take unilateral military action if Iraq does not comply with all
accepted United Nations resolutions.
[ ]
c) The U.S. should take military action against Iraq only as part of an international effort.
[ ]
d) The U.S. should end the economic embargo against Iraq.
[ ]
e) The U.S. should not continue to play a prominent leadership role in the peace process
between Israel and the Palestine Authority.
[ X ]
f) The U.S. should continue to play a prominent leadership role in the peace process
between Israel and the Palestine Authority.
[ ]
g) Other
3) Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the United States-United
Nations relationship.
[ ]
a) The U.S. should participate in United Nations peacekeeping missions only when vital
U.S. interests are involved.
[ X ]
b) The U.S. should not commit military troops to United Nations peacekeeping missions.
[ ]
c) The U.S. should withdraw completely from the United Nations.
[ ]
d) The U.S. should pay its debt to the United Nations.
[ X ]
e) Other
"The US should never put American soldiers under UN command."
4) Should the U.S. have full diplomatic relations with Cuba?
[ ]Yes [X]NO [ ]Undecided
5) Should the U.S. have full diplomatic relations with China?
[X]YES [ ]No [ ]Undecided
6) Should the U.S. recognize and extend full diplomatic relations to Taiwan?
[X]YES [ ]No [ ]Undecided
7) Should the U.S. have full diplomatic relations with nations with documented human rights
abuses?
[X]YES [ ]No [ ]Undecided
8) Do you support the cooperative threat reduction programs with Russia to prevent the
spread of nuclear weapons to unfriendly nations?
[X]YES [ ]No [ ]Undecided
9) Do you support modifying the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in order to
deploy the National Missile Defense System?
[X]YES [ ]No [ ]Undecided
(isn't he the perfect Republican? violate Iraq because, well, fuck them, they're not white, get out of Kosovo cause that's Clinton's war, and fuck the Cubans, but we need to get our hands on China - ed)
I ran out of space, so more in the next post.
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(Not that I've actually entered yet, but hope springs eternal.)
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