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Question 1 answer A on
Economy:
When you think about the US budget deficit, which of the following solutions is closest to your opinion?
- A: Cutting existing programs
- B: More spending cuts than tax increases (mix of both solutions)
- C: More tax increases than spending cuts (mix of both solutions)
- D: Raising Taxes
- E: Unsure
| Summary answer 'A' from 5 out of 6 statements:
We have 645 federal agencies--that's way, way too many: C on question 1
Raise debt ceiling, but ensure you won't have to do it again: A on question 1
$18T national debt pales with $200T liability fiscal gap: A on question 1
Release the economic engine; regulations fetter it down: A on question 1
Let the economy work the way it's supposed to: A on question 1
The free market works: A on question 1
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Question 2 answer D on
Energy:
When you think about America’s energy needs, which of the following solutions comes closest to your opinion?
- A: Strong investment in renewable energy like wind and solar
- B: More drilling than investment in renewables (mix of both solutions)
- C: More investment in renewable than drilling (mix of both solutions)
- D: Strong focus on offshore drilling and allowing drilling in federal lands including wildlife reserves
- E: Unsure
| Summary answer 'D' from 3 out of 5 statements:
Change archaic exportation rules to send energy to Europe: D on question 2
Smart way in Mideast is to declare energy independence: B on question 2
Climate debate is distracting and irrelevant: D on question 2
Petroleum independence would deprive terrorists of funding: B on question 2
Intelligently tap our own resources offshore & in Alaska: D on question 2
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Question 3 answer D on
Healthcare:
When you think about healthcare reform in the United States, which of the following solutions is closest to your opinion?
- A: The Government should be the sole provider of healthcare insurance
- B: The Government should have a major role in providing healthcare insurance
- C: The Government should have a limited role in providing healthcare insurance
- D: Only private companies should provide healthcare insurance
- E: Unsure
| Summary answer 'D' from 7 out of 17 statements:
There's a strong connection between health and housing: B on question 3
Health empowerment accounts for families: C on question 3
Health empowerment account for all on the day you're born: D on question 3
Health savings accounts for families to buy health care: C on question 3
Replace need for Medicare with HSAs & catastrophic insurance: C on question 3
Free medical care to fix primary care deficit: B on question 3
Health Savings Accounts make insurance companies irrelevant: C on question 3
Health Savings Accounts make Medicaid less relevant: D on question 3
ObamaCare flies in the face of principles of America: D on question 3
ObamaCare is analogous to slavery: D on question 3
Obamacare is about restriction and control: D on question 3
ObamaCare robs you of your ability to control your own life.: D on question 3
Health savings account from birth; teach poor responsibility: D on question 3
Fund HSAs for indigent from collected HSAs of the rest of us: C on question 3
Two-tiered system ok as long as care is adequate: C on question 3
Regulate insurance companies as non-profit services: A on question 3
Government responsibility for catastrophic coverage: A on question 3
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Question 4 answer D on
Immigration:
When you think about illegal immigration, which of the following solutions come closest to your opinion?
- A: All illegal immigrants should be able to stay in the US legally
- B: Most illegal immigrants should be able to stay in the US, with some exceptions
- C: Most illegal immigrants should be deported, with some exceptions
- D: All illegal immigrants should be deported
- E: Unsure
| Summary answer 'D' from 5 out of 10 statements:
Cancel mortgage deduction and charitable deduction: D on question 4
Guest worker program; no citizenship for illegals: C on question 4
Many immigrants are criminals from Iraq, Somalia and Russia: D on question 4
Our southern border is so porous, anybody can get in: D on question 4
Turn off the spigots, then allow agricultural guest workers: B on question 4
We have the ability to build a border wall, but not the will: C on question 4
Moral low road to use cheap labor if no path to citizenship: B on question 4
Pathway to citizenship unfair to past & current immigrants: D on question 4
Use Canadian model for guest worker program: B on question 4
Overwhelming majority want the southern border secured: D on question 4
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Question 5 answer A on
Foreign Policy:
When you think about the US pursuing its interests abroad, which of the following is closest to your opinion?
- A: The US should always act in its own interest regardless of what other countries think
- B: The US should rarely listen to other countries
- C: The US should listen to other countries more often than not
- D: The US should always listen to other countries before pursuing its own interests
- E: Unsure
| Summary answer 'A' from 4 out of 7 statements:
Our nation is heading off the abyss of destruction: C on question 5
Focus on funding refugee camps; not bringing refugees to US: B on question 5
Corner Putin by arming Ukraine & reducing oil dependence: A on question 5
Taking in Middle Eastern refugees could be dangerous: A on question 5
Back Israel and follow what Netanyahu wants on Iran: B on question 5
US is exceptional, with different values than rest of world: A on question 5
Tyranny follows if we disarm nukes & madmen get them: A on question 5
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Question 6 answer A on
Education:
When you think about education in the US, which of the following is closest to your opinion?
- A: School curriculums should be set entirely at a local school board level
- B: School curriculums should be set more by local school boards than at a national level
- C: School curriculums should be set more by national standards than at a local level
- D: School curriculums should be set entirely at a national standardized level
- E: Unsure
| Summary answer 'A' from 4 out of 8 statements:
Incentivize the state to offer vouchers: A on question 6
Our public education system has become a propaganda system: B on question 6
Supports charter schools; supports local control: A on question 6
Supports homeschooling; supports teaching values: B on question 6
Education has power to lift families out of destitution: C on question 6
Private schooling better than Common Core public schooling: A on question 6
School choice increases competitive nature of education: A on question 6
Legal binding relationship for gays to enjoy property rights: B on question 6
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Question 7 answer B on
Social Issues:
When you think about the rights of same-sex couples, which of the following is closest to your personal opinion?
- A: Same-sex couples should not be allowed to marry or form any kind of civil union
- B: Same-sex couples should be allowed to form civil unions, but not to marry in the traditional sense
- C: Same-sex couples should be allowed to marry legally, with all the same rights as traditional marriages
- D: Unsure
| Summary answer 'B' from 3 out of 6 statements:
Everyone gets the same rights; nobody gets extra rights: A on question 7
I have nothing against gay people, but no marriage: B on question 7
Homosexuality is a choice, but same-sex marriage is the law: B on question 7
Give gays rights, but not marriage, because it's a choice: B on question 7
Marriage should not be extended to same-sex couples: A on question 7
Redefining marriage is slippery slope with disastrous ending: A on question 7
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Question 8 answer B on
Environment:
Which of the following statements comes closest to your personal view?
- A: Natural resources exist for the benefit of humanity
- B: Natural resources exist for the benefit of humanity, but should be somewhat protected
- C: Natural resources should be mostly protected, but also exist for the benefit of humanity
- D: Natural resources exist on their own and should be completely protected
- E: Unsure
| Summary answer 'B' from 3 out of 4 statements:
Regulations cost small businesses $34,000 per employee: B on question 8
EPA must work with business; warming or cooling not relevant: B on question 8
Large cumbersome government needs to be deflated: B on question 8
Protecting environment logical for capitalists & socialists: C on question 8
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Question 9 answer A on
Reform:
Which of the following comes closest to your personal opinion?
- A: To make this country great, we should return to the examples and values of our forefathers
- B: This country is already great, we shouldn't change a thing
- C: To make this country great, we should keep building and adapting for the future
| Summary answer 'A' from 1 out of 2 statements:
Rome's decline began with immoral lifestyle; like in America: A on question 9
US poverty pales compared to billions in India & Africa: B on question 9
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