1. How do you feel about Affirmative Action?
Strongly favor - minorities are discriminated against and need laws to help them overcome that discrimination. Strongly favor - selected minorities are discriminated against and need laws to help them overcome that discrimination. Favor in occasional cirrcumstances - such as educational advantages for certain minorites. Against in most cases. Strongly opposed in all cases - it is reverse discrimination.
2. How do you feel about abortion?
Against abortion in all cases - life begins at conception. Mostly opposed - exceptions should be made in the case of rape. Mostly opposed - exceptions should be made in the case to save the life of the mother. Prefer not to answer/No opinion. The legality of abortion should be decided on a State by State basis. In favor of abortion during the first or second trimester. In favor of abortion any time during pregnancy but opposed to partial birth abortion. In favor of all abortion at any time, including partial birth abortion
3. How do you view the size of the federal government?
Government is way too big, we need to downsize drastically. Government is just about right. Government should be downsized to exactly as the Constitution states that it should be. Government is just about right, but needs reformed. Government exists to serve the people and should be as large as neccesary to support the people. Government is too big, we should downsize a little.
4. How do you feel about our progressive tax system?
Progressive Tax systems are discriminatory and we should go to a Fairtax /National Sales Tax system. Wealthy people should pay most of the taxes, keep it the way it is. Wealthy people don't pay enough taxes, tax them more. Wealthy people pay too much, lower their tax rate a little. Everyone should pay the same tax rate. There should be no taxes, the federal government should fund itself from tarrifs and donations. Wealthy people should pay all of the taxes.
5. How do you feel about Social Security?
It is a wonderful government program that takes care of our Seniors. It is a good government program, but it should be privatized so that individuals have more control over their destiny. It is a good government program but the money should be invested in areas that yield a higher return, otherwise the program will eventually go bankrupt. It was a terrible idea created to make individuals more dependent on the federal government. It is an okay program, but people should be allowed to opt out if they want to. It is a wonderful government program that takes care of our Seniors but we should raise the tax rate otherwise the program will go bankrupt.
6. What is your feeling on terrorism facing America and how to deal with it?
We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity! People are only attacking us because of our foreign policy mistakes in the past. We need to stop waremongering and understand the reasons Arabs hate us. We need to work with the UN and our and stob being such irresponsible Cowboys! Terrorism is an international law enforcement problem, not a military one. Finish the job in Iraq, then limited worldwide intervention. Follow Bush Doctrine to the letter and go after all the countries who harbor terrorists. Isolationism - Seal our borders, Don't allow anyone in. cut our country off from crazy terrorists.
7. How do you feel about gun control?
Guns are bad, they should be outlawed. Strongly opposed to all gun control laws except those preventing children from purchasing guns. It is okay for us to have guns, but every gun should be registered with the federal government. Strongly opposed to most gun control laws, but ex-cons should not be allowed to purchase guns. We need stronger laws to make it harder for criminals to get guns. Guns should be compulsary for adults citizens. "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" should not be regulated by the federal government in any way.
8. How do you feel about gay marriage or gay "equivalency" rights?
Gay couples should be allowed to be married and have the same rights as heterosexual couples. Gay couples should not be allowed to be married, should not be allowed to adopt children but should have marriage equivalency rights for tax or other purposes. Gay couples should not be allowed to be married, should not be able to adopt children and should not be treated as "married equivalents" for tax or other purposes. Gay couples should not be allowed to be married in the traditional sense, but should be able to adopt children and should have marriage equivalency rights for tax or other purposes.
9. How do you feel about Illegal Immigration?
Round up Illegal Immigrants and shoot them. Citizenship laws are an antiquated concept and should be absolved. Illegal aliens should be granted amnesty and future immigrants welcomed. Illegal aliens are a reality that must be tolerated. They should have amnesty, but future violators should be deported. We should eject illegal aliens and allow them to return as guest workers. We should seal the border and deport illegal aliens as we find them. We should annex everything from Mexico to Panama, that way everybody is a citizen. We should deport all illegal aliens and halt all future immigration.
10. Do you believe in the separation of church and state?
Yes, it is essential that church and state are completely separate. No, it is impossible to completely separate church from state because there are too many references to God in our laws, in our Constitution and in our courts. I believe that church and state should be separate whenever possible
This poll is not scientific at all. Objectivity was the goal. Should the be changes to the options? Let us know