Andy Martin in 2000 National Political Awareness Test

On Civil Rights: Discontinue affirmative action programs

Martin indicates support of the following principles regarding employment and affirmative action.
• Provide tax credits for companies that move job-creating industries into areas with high unemployment.
• Reduce government regulation of the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
• The federal government should discontinue affirmative action programs.

On Drugs: Decriminalize medicinal marijuana; end War on Drugs

Martin indicates support of the following principles concerning illegal drugs.
• Expand federally sponsored drug education and drug treatment programs.
• Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
• Eliminate federal funding for programs associated with the "war on drugs."

On Education: Supports vouchers for public, private or religious schools

Martin indicates support of the following principles concerning education (K-12).
• Allow parents to use vouchers (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children to any publicly-funded school.
• Allow parents to use vouchers (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children to any participating school: public, private or religious.
• Allow parents to use tax-free savings accounts to send their children to any publicly-funded school.
• Allow parents to use tax-free savings accounts to send their children to any participating school: public, private or religious.
• Support charter schools where teachers and professionals receive authorization and funding to establish new schools.

On Free Trade: Opposes NAFTA, GATT, and WTO

A: No.

Q: Do you support the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?

A: No.

Q: Do you support continued U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

A: No.

Q: Do you support China becoming a member of the World Trade Organization?

A: No.

Q: Do you support imposing tariffs on products imported from nations that maintain restrictive trade barriers on American products?

A: Yes.

Q: Should a nation's human rights record affect its normal trade relations (most favored nation status) with the United States?

A: Yes.

Q: Do you support normal trade relations (most favored nation status) with Vietnam?

A: Yes.

Q: Do you support granting the President "fast-track" authority in trade negotiations?

A: No.

Q: Do you support the trade embargo against Cuba?

A: Yes.

On Government Reform: State campaign funding for complying with spending limits

Martin indicates support of the following principles regarding campaign finance issues.
• Support public taxpayer funding for Congressional candidates who comply with campaign spending limits.
• Prohibit Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions to candidates for federal office.
• Provide free or low-cost television advertising to candidates who agree to voluntary campaign spending limits.
• Ban unregulated soft money campaign contributions to political parties or committees.
• Prohibit non-U.S. citizens from making soft money contributions to national parties or party committees.
• Require full disclosure of funding sources of issue advocacy commercials which appear within 60 days of an election.
• Make campaign spending limits mandatory for all federal candidates.
• Require Congressional candidates to raise over half of their campaign money from their home state.

On Immigration: Support official English; decrease immigration numbers

Martin indicates support of the following principles regarding immigration.
• Decrease the number of immigrants allowed into the country.
• Grant U.S. citizenship to children born in the US only if their parents immigrated legally.
• Establish English as the official national language.

On Social Security: Allow individual investment of payroll tax

Martin indicates support of the following principles regarding Social Security.
• Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts which they manage themselves.
• Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts managed by private firms contracted by the government.
• Invest a portion of Social Security's assets collectively in stocks and bonds instead of U.S. Treasury securities.
• Limit Social Security benefits based on recipients' other income and assets.
• Support a lock box measure, limiting Congress's ability to spend Social Security and Medicare surpluses on any other federal programs except Social Security and Medicare, until each program's long-term solvency is guaranteed.