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Abortion Issues
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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.

 

 

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 the dilation and extraction procedure, also known as "partial-birth" abortion.

 

 

g) Prohibit public funding of abortions and of organizations that advocate or perform abortions.

 

 

h) Other or expanded principles

 



Budgetary, Spending, and Tax Issues, Part 1: Budget Priorities
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Using the key, indicate what federal funding levels you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category.

 

 

Budget Priorities

 

a) Agriculture

 

 

b) Arts

 

 

c) Defense

 

 

d) Education

 

 

e) Environment

 

 

f) Homeland security

 

 

g) International aid

 

 

h) Law enforcement

 

 

i) Medical research

 

 

j) National parks

 

 

k) Public health services

 

 

l) Scientific research

 

 

m) Space exploration programs

 

 

n) Transportation and highway infrastructure

 

 

o) Welfare

 

Open Response

p) Other or expanded categories

My top two budget priorities are National Defense and Homeland Security.



Budgetary, Spending, and Tax Issues, Part 2: Defense Spending
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Defense Spending

 

a) Armed Forces personnel training

 

 

b) Intelligence operations

 

 

c) Military hardware

 

 

d) Modernization of weaponry and equipment

 

 

e) National missile defense

 

 

f) Pay for active duty personnel

 

 

g) Programs to improve troop retention rates

 

 

h) Research and development of new weapons

 

 

i) Troop and equipment readiness

 

Open Response

j) Other or expanded categories

America must wage and win the war on terrorism. I am committed to this effort and to providing whatever funding and resources are needed towards this goal. I believe our country must reserve the right to preemptive action and not wait to be attacked before acting to protect us. As Florida's next U.S. Senator I will always work hard to gain international support for our military actions, but will never condition our ability to act on permission from any other nation or international organization.



Budgetary, Spending, and Tax Issues, Part 3: Taxes (A)
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Using the key above, indicate what federal tax levels you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category.

 

 

Taxes

 

 

Income Taxes:

 

 

Family Income

 

a) Less than $25,000

 

 

b) $25,000-$75,000

 

 

c) $75,000-$150,000

 

 

d) Over $150,000

 

 

e) Other or expanded categories

 

 

 

Retiree Income

 

f) Over $40,000

 

 

g) Other or expanded categories

 

 

 

Other Taxes:

 

a) Alcohol taxes

 

 

b) Capital gains taxes

 

 

c) Cigarette taxes

 

 

d) Corporate taxes

 

 

e) Gasoline taxes

 

 

f) Inheritance taxes

 

 

g) Other or expanded categories

 

 

 

Deductions/Credits:

 

a) Charitable contributions

 

 

b) Child tax credit

 

 

c) Earned income tax credit