Rob Zerban has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2014 Political Courage Test.
Yes | 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? | ||
I would support a tax increase on high income earners. |
Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? |
Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
Yes | Do you support lowering taxes as a way of promoting growth in the economy? | ||
Yes | Do you support providing tax incentives to businesses for the purpose of job creation? | ||
I support tax cuts when they are aimed at providing tax relief to middle and working class families, as well as small businesses. Millionaires, billionaires and multinational corporations are doing extremely well while everyone else falls further behind. They don't need any more advantages. |
No | Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants? |
No | Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline? | ||
No | Do you support reducing restrictions on offshore energy production? |
Yes | Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change? | ||
Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? |
Yes | Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
I support universal background checks and laws that keep guns away from criminals, potential terrorists, those under investigation for domestic abuse and those with certain mental illnesses. |
No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act? | ||
And we should work towards a full universal health care system. |
No | Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
If the path to citizenship is too onerous undocumented people will elect to stay in the shadows of our society, and the problem will not be fixed. |
No | 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? | ||
As a matter of normal policy, I would oppose targeting terrorists outside theaters of war. I would, however, support targeting terrorists outside the theater of war if their was an immediate threat to the USA. We should use force to deter nuclear armaments ONLY as a last resort. |
No | 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.
Maintain Status | a) Agriculture | ||
Maintain Status | b) Arts | ||
Slightly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
Slightly Increase | d) Education | ||
Greatly Increase | e) Environment | ||
Maintain Status | f) Homeland Security | ||
Maintain Status | g) International aid | ||
Slightly Increase | h) Medical Research | ||
Slightly Increase | i) Scientific Research | ||
Slightly Increase | j) Space exploration | ||
Maintain Status | k) United Nations | ||
Slightly Increase | l) Welfare | ||
m) Other or expanded categories | |||
Greatly Increase | a) Capital gains taxes | ||
Greatly Increase | b) Corporate taxes | ||
Maintain Status | c) Excise taxes (alcohol) | ||
Maintain Status | d) Excise taxes (cigarettes) | ||
Maintain Status | e) Excise taxes (transportation fuel) | ||
Slightly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
Slightly Increase | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
Maintain Status | i) Inheritance taxes | ||
Slightly Decrease | j) Payroll taxes | ||
k) Other or expanded categories |
My priorities would be to end the corrupting influence of Big Money in politics; investing in job creation by raising the minimum wage and ending job-killing international trade deals like NAFTA and GATT; and protecting Social Security and Medicare to ensure economic security for the middle class. |
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