Campaign Finance and Government Reform Issues:
a) Do you support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns?
Yes ____ No __X__
b) Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
Yes __X__ No ____
c) Do you support removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns?
Yes ____ No __X__
d) Should candidates for federal office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
Yes __ No __X__
e) Do you support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations?
Yes __X__ No ____
f) Do you support limiting the President’s ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements?
Yes __X__ No ____
g) Other or expanded principles/comments: It is absolutely essential that there be public financing of federal elections. Getting the corrupting influence of private money out of politics is a sine qua non for the type of progress we need on the crucial issues of our day.

Health Issues:
a) Do you support a publicly-administered health insurance option?
Yes _X___ No ____
b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
Yes ____ No __X__
c) Should the federal government expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts?
Yes ____ No __X__
d) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
Yes __X__ No ____On punitive damages only.
e) Do you support relaxing regulations on the importation of prescription drugs?
Yes __X__ No ____
f) Other or expanded principles/comments: I support an expanded "Medicare For All"—universal coverage. There is no reason for high-overhead insurance companies to be intermediaries. This program would eliminate/consolidate Medicaid and other government programs and save individuals and businesses hundreds of billions of dollars each year. It would be a payroll tax based program, not a premium based program and would be phased in by age bands over five years.

Environment and Energy Issues:
a) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
Yes __X__ No ____
b) Do you support international emissions targets aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
Yes __X__ No ____
c) Do you support allowing energy producers to trade carbon credits under a “cap and trade” system?
Yes ____ No __X__
d) Do you support strengthening fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles?
Yes __X__ No ____
e) Do you support domestic oil exploration in federally-protected areas?
Yes ____ No __X__
f) Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy?
Yes __X__ No ____
g) Do you support the development of nuclear reactors?
Yes ____ No _X___
h) Other or expanded principles/comments: Life as we know it on this planet is in jeopardy, in our children's lifetime, if not our own. Fossil fuels are running out. We need a massive investment in clean, renewable energy. This needs an Apollo like project for our best minds and a WPA type program to put our people to work in creating a green economy. We are doomed if we let the quarterly earnings of large corporations prevail over our progeny's survival. If we don't take prompt and powerful action, it will be a horserace as to whether climate change or wars over resources kill us first.

International Policy Issues:
a) Do you support United States military action in Afghanistan?
Yes ____ No __X__
b) Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan?
Yes ____ No __X__
c) Do you support increasing economic development assistance for Afghanistan?
Yes ____ No __X__ Hurts me to say this, but not until there is a coalition government more free of corruption. Until then, little of the money will go where intended.
d) Should the United States continue to strike suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan?
Yes ___ No __X__ If known rather than suspected and if coordinated with the Pakistani government, yes.
e) Do you support granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States?
Yes __X__ No ____
f) Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state?
Yes __X__ No ____
g) Do you support increasing sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates?
Yes ____ No __X__ Sanctions typically hurt the people, not the leaders. Iran is no exception.
h) Do you support the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq?
Yes __X__ No ____
i) Do you support the United States’ involvement in free trade agreements?
Yes ____ No __X__ I support properly structured "Fair Trade" agreements. Our workers have been hurt by our free trade agreements without significantly aiding workers elsewhere.
j) Other or expanded principles/comments: The only funding for Iraq and Afghanistan that I would support is that necessary to bring our troops and equipment back to American soil.

Social Issues:
a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman?
Yes ____ No __X__
b) Do you support allowing openly-gay men and women to serve in the United States military?
Yes _X___ No ____
c) Do you support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research?
Yes __X__ No ____
d) Should the federal government end affirmative action programs?
Yes ____ No __X__

Budget, Spending, and Tax Issues:
1) Spending: indicate what federal funding levels you support for the following general categories.
Key
1 = Greatly Increase
2 = Slightly Increase
3 = Maintain Status
4 = Slightly Decrease
5 = Greatly Decrease
6 = Eliminate

__4__ a) Agriculture No subsidies to large Corporate farmers
__3__ b) Arts
__5__ c) Defense
__4__ 1) Intelligence operations
__5__ 2) Military hardware
__5__ 3) National missile defense
__1__ 4) Salary and benefits for active duty personnel No mercenaries!
__3__ 5) Programs to improve troop retention rates
__5__ 6) Research and development of new weapons
__2__ d) Education
__1__ e) Environment including clean energy
__2__ f) Homeland Security
__3__ g) International Aid
__2__ h) Medical Research
__1__ i) Scientific Research Energy
__5__ j) Space Exploration
__3__ k) United Nations
__3__ l) Welfare Eliminate Corporate Welfare
__6__ m) Other or expanded categories: War on Drugs. I favor legalization, regulation and taxation.

2) Taxes: Indicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories.
Key
1 = Greatly Increase
2 = Slightly Increase
3 = Maintain Status
4 = Slightly Decrease
5 = Greatly Decrease
6 = Eliminate

__3__ a) Alcohol taxes
__1__ b) Capital gains tax Should never be lower than tax on wage income.
__3__ c) Cigarette taxes
__1__ d) Corporate taxes
__1__ e) Gasoline taxes
__3__ f) Income taxes (low-income families) Zero now for truly low income.
__3__ g) Income taxes (middle-income families)
__1__ h) Income taxes (high-income families) Massive tax cuts for the rich have led to our deficit crisis. Benefits have not trickled down to us; the super wealthy have trickled down on us.
3) Do you support the elimination of the federal estate tax?
Yes ____ No __X__
4) Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year?
Yes __X__ No ____Not immediately
5) Do you support using government funds in an effort to stimulate and improve the economy?
Yes __X__ No ____ Stimulus programs that create jobs directed toward the country's needs, yes. Bail outs and Corporate welfare, absolutely not.

Immigration Issues:
a) Do you support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants?
Yes __X__ No ____
b) Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country?
Yes ____ No __X__
c) Do you support establishing English as the official national language?
Yes ____ No __X__
d) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
Yes ____ No __X__ Not their job.
e) Other or expanded principles/comments: Immigrant rights are human rights.

Abortion Issues:
a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?
Pro-choice __X__ Pro-life ____
b) Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy?
Yes ____ No __X__
c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
Yes __X__ No ____
d) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
Yes __X__ No ____
e) Should federal subsidies be prohibited from being used for abortion procedures?
Yes ____ No __X__
f) Other or expanded principles/comments: I am anti-abortion, but pro-choice. I am not a woman; so, it is not up to me to decide or interfere.

Crime Issues:
a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
Yes ____ No __X__ Possibly for genocide.
b) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related training and job-placement assistance when released?
Yes __X__ No ____
c) Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with substance abuse treatment?
Yes __X__ No ____
d) Do you support reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders?
Yes __X__ No ____
e) Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs?
Yes ____ No __X__
g) Other or expanded principles/comments: I find it scandalous that the U.S. has a higher percentage of its population in prison than any other nation. That is largely because we have draconian drug law enforcement and give longer sentences than other civilized nations for minor crimes. On the other hand, I think that white collar crimes and computer crimes should carry stiffer sentences. I oppose privatization of prisons.

Gun Issues:
a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
Yes __X__ No ____
b) Do you believe that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individual citizens to own guns?
Yes ____ No __X__ Not all citizens and not all types of guns
c) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns?
Yes __X__ No ____ With a permit.
d) Do you support a ban on assault rifles?
Yes _X__ No ____
e) Other or expanded principles/comments: Guns don't kill people; bullets do.

Business and Employment Issues:
a) Do you support privatizing elements of Social Security?
Yes ____ No __X__
b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
Yes ____ No __X__
c) Do you support increasing the federal minimum wage?
Yes __X__ No ____
d) Do you support the ability of workers to unionize?
Yes __X__ No ____
e) Do you support federal funding for job-training programs that retrain displaced workers?
Yes __X__ No ____
f) Other or expanded principles/comments: I support reducing some regulations that now complicate the lives of small business owners, but, after years of the revolving door corporate foxes guarding the chicken coops, we desperately need strengthened regulation over corporate abuse/risk taking in many arenas. The bank bail outs and the disaster in the Gulf were the direct result of weak regulation.

Education Issues:
a) Do you support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students?
Yes ____ No __X__ I support State standards.
b) Do you support federal funding for universal pre-K programs?
Yes ____ No __X__ Not at this time given the enormity of our deficit.
c) Do you support federal funding for charter schools?
Yes __X__ No ____ Limited experimental funding support.
d) Do you support federal funding for K-12 school vouchers?
Yes ____ No __X__
e) Do you support the federal government providing college students with financial aid?
Yes __X__ No ____