Robert Clark submitted the 2010 Political Courage Test after the official deadline and release of results to the media. The candidate's late responses are provided here as a public service.
b) Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy? | |||
c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | |||
Yes | d) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered? | ||
Yes | e) Should federal subsidies be prohibited from being used for abortion procedures? | ||
Unknown Position | a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | ||
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When are we going to drop the terms Pro-Choice and Pro-Life? Just like everyone, I'm for both of them. I am against making abortion illegal at the Federal level. I support states rights to ban abortions. I do not support using public funds for abortions. I believe when a fetus is a "person", abortion is prohibited by the Constitution. Cases of rape/incest are irrelevant to the unborn. When the mother's life is in danger, it is similar to self-defense. |
1) SpendingIndicate what federal funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category- you can use a number more than once.2) 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.
Eliminate | a) Agriculture | ||
Eliminate | b) Arts | ||
Greatly Decrease | c) Defense | ||
Maintain Status | 1) Intelligence operations | ||
Slightly Decrease | 2) Military hardware | ||
Maintain Status | 3) National missile defense | ||
Maintain Status | 4) Salary and benefits for active duty personnel | ||
Maintain Status | 5) Programs to improve troop retention rates | ||
Maintain Status | 6) Research and development of new weapons | ||
Eliminate | d) Education | ||
Slightly Increase | e) Environment | ||
Maintain Status | f) Homeland security | ||
Greatly Decrease | g) International aid | ||
Slightly Decrease | h) Medical research | ||
Slightly Decrease | i) Scientific research | ||
Slightly Decrease | j) Space exploration | ||
Eliminate | k) United Nations | ||
Slightly Decrease | l) Welfare | ||
m) Other or expanded categories | |||
Eliminate | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
Greatly Decrease | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
Eliminate | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
Slightly Decrease | d) Corporate taxes | ||
Eliminate | e) Gasoline taxes | ||
Greatly Decrease | f) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
Greatly Decrease | g) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
Greatly Decrease | h) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
i) Other or expanded categories | |||
Yes | 3) Do you support the elimination of the federal estate tax? | ||
Yes | 4) Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year? | ||
No | 5) Do you support using government funds in an effort to stimulate and improve the economy? | ||
6) Other or expanded principles |
Yes | a) Do you support privatizing elements of Social Security? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
No | c) Do you support increasing the federal minimum wage? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support the ability of workers to unionize? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support federal funding for job-training programs that retrain displaced workers? | ||
I support the job-training funds only if it does not raise the deficit. |
No | a) Do you support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns? | ||
Yes | b) Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
No | c) Do you support removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns? | ||
No | d) Should candidates for federal office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
No | e) Do you support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support limiting the President's ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements? | ||
g) Other or expanded principles |
Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related training and job-placement assistance when released? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with substance abuse treatment? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders? | ||
No | e) Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs? | ||
f) Other or expanded principles |
No | a) Do you support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students? | ||
No | b) Do you support federal funding for universal pre-K programs? | ||
No | c) Do you support federal funding for charter schools? | ||
No | d) Do you support federal funding for K-12 school vouchers? | ||
No | e) Do you support the federal government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
f) Other or expanded principles |
Yes | a) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
No | b) Do you support international emissions targets aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
No | c) Do you support allowing energy producers to trade carbon credits under a "cap and trade" system? | ||
No | d) Do you support strengthening fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support domestic oil exploration in federally-protected areas? | ||
No | f) Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
Yes | g) Do you support the development of nuclear reactors? | ||
Domestic oil exploration must meet strict environmental safety standards at the corporation's expense. |
Yes | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
Yes | b) Do you believe that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individual citizens to own guns? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns? | ||
No | d) Do you support a ban on assault rifles? | ||
Question a) is too broad to be of any value. |
No | a) Do you support a publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
No | b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | ||
Yes | c) Should the federal government expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support relaxing regulations on the importation of prescription drugs? | ||
f) Other or expanded principles |
No | a) Do you support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support establishing English as the official national language? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
e) Other or expanded principles |
No | a) Do you support United States military action in Afghanistan? | ||
No | b) Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support increasing economic development assistance for Afghanistan? | ||
No | d) Should the United States continue to strike suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States? | ||
Yes | f) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state? | ||
Yes | g) Do you support increasing sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates? | ||
Yes | h) Do you support the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq? | ||
No | i) Do you support the United States' involvement in free trade agreements? | ||
j) Other or expanded principles |
No | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support allowing openly-gay men and women to serve in the United States military? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research? | ||
Yes | d) Should the federal government end affirmative action programs? | ||
e) Other or expanded principles |
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