WhyConservative

ChangePolicyIssue

What one public policy issue is most important to you? If you had the power to do so, how would you change public policy in the United States with respect to this issue?

WritingInfluence

What one piece of writing has most helped to shape your individual political philosophy? (And why?)

Organizations

What organizations do you belong to (or have belonged to) which are active in the public policy process?

purpose

Describe the purpose of each organization and the role you played in that organization.

Short Answers

TeacherUnion

Teachers unions are necessary for positive educational reform in U.S. schools?

TextbookReview

Textbooks should be reviewed by parents and interested groups to determine if their content is suitable for young minds.

SpeechCodes

Speech codes are needed on college campuses to safeguard against racial, ethnic, religious, and sexual verbal abuses.

VoluntaryPrayer

Permitting voluntary prayer in public schools would violate separation of church and state.

TuitionTaxCreditII

Education vouchers would aid private schools at too great an expense to the public schools.

HSCivics

High school seniors should be required to pass an American civics class before graduating.

CollegeDiversity

Diversity of race should be a primary goal of college admissions.

homeschool2

Homeschooling is a positive alternative option for parents who do not trust the public school system to educate their children.

Ttenure

Education

PACRegulation

Political Action Committees should be further regulated so they cannot abuse our election process.

NegativeAdvertising

Negative advertising, when actually based on a candidate's record, is a valuable information source to the electorate.

FinancingPolitical

Financing of political campaigns with public funds is necessary to prevent the corruption of elections by private donors.

VoterID

Voters should have to show some form of identification before voting.

Elections

ImportRestriction

Importation restrictions are an effective tool to protect American jobs and improve the U.S. economy.

GlobalWarming

The threat of climate change requires strict government limitations on carbon dioxide emission.

Freetrade

Free trade is always beneficial to a country's economy, regardless of other nations' tariffs or protectionist policies.

universalHealthCare

Universal access to health care is a fundamental right which a government should guarantee for all citizens.

TortReform

Further tort reform by the government is needed to cap exorbitant legal fees and to un-clog our judicial system.

MinimumWage

Minimum wage laws contribute to unemployment.

StrictConstitutionalist

Judges should base their decisions on the original intent of the Constitution.

Bailouts

Financial bailouts by the federal government for large companies and financial institutions are justified during an economic recession.

BalanceBudgetNoTax

Congress should balance the federal budget without raising taxes.

CleanEnergyII

To decrease U.S. dependence on foreign oil the federal government should open almost all federal lands for drilling.

Energy/ Economics / Government Regulation

StrongIsrael

A strong Israel is vital to American interests in the Middle East.

USAidLiberty

U.S. foreign aid should be tied to the development of political and economic liberty.

CommunismNotThreat

Communism has been sent to the trashcan of history. There is no chance it will resurface as a serious threat to world peace.

Borders

By far the most important immigration issue is for the U.S. to regain control of our borders.

SanctionsBad

Economic sanctions are always a bad foreign policy. The United States should never apply them to other countries.

MilitaryNotUnderUN

U.S. armed forces should not be put under United Nations command.

VisaLottery

The Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery program should be ended.

Wall

Build the wall on the U.S. southern border.

Foreign Policy

StrongNuclear

A strong American nuclear force remains essential to the preservation of world peace.

HomosexualMilitary

Homosexual activity should be incompatible with service in the U.S. military forces.

TerrorismResponse

The U.S. should use any appropriate means, including deadly force, to retaliate against sources of international terrorism.

HumanitarianMilitary

U.S. troops should be deployed overseas in support of humanitarian foreign policy objectives.

UnApprovalMil

The U.S. should get approval from the United Nations before engaging in any military action abroad.

ExcessiveDefenseII

The United States devotes too great a portion of its budget to defense spending.

SanctuaryCity

Federal funding should be withheld from "sanctuary city" governments that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement agencies.

National Defense

GovWorkerStrike

Government workers should have the right to strike.

RequiredUnionDues

If an individual receives benefits from a union-negotiated contract, it is fair for the government to require him/her to pay union dues.

ReplaceStrikeWorkers

Employers should be allowed to replace striking workers permanently with new employees.

NoReqUnionDues

No one should be required to pay dues or other fees to a union as a condition of employment.

FederalWorkerOffice

Federal workers should be allowed to run for public office, participate in political campaigns, and raise money for partisan candidates.

UnionExcessInfluence

Union officials exert too much influence on government decision-making at the federal, state, and local levels.

UnionMajorityNeg

If a union wins a majority vote of workers, that union should have the exclusive right to negotiate with the employer for them all.

SecretBallots

Employees should have the right to vote using secret ballots when deciding whether or not to unionize

Right to Work / Organized Labor

HiringPractices

Hiring practices and admissions standards should not be based on qualifications alone; members of disadvantaged groups should have preference by law to correct past inequities.

Abortion

Since the subject is primarily a question of a woman's control of her own body, she should have the right to an abortion.

NoMandatedLanguage

America is a land of many cultures, therefore no mandated preference for one language over another is acceptable.

Marijuana

The use and possession of small amounts of marijuana should be decriminalized.

HandgunRegistration

Mandatory registration of handguns is needed to make Americans safer.

CourtToopowerful

The federal court system in the United States currently enjoys more power than the framers originally intended.

CriminalSentencing

In general, criminal sentencing in this country is too lenient.

MarrageDefined

Marriage should be legally defined as between one man and one woman.

GunsMilitia

The Second Amendment was meant to permit members of militias to own guns, it was never meant to allow other citizens to keep and bear arms.

Conception3

Since human life begins at conception, unborn life deserves legal protections.

Conception2

Because life begins at the moment of conception, all abortion should be illegal. Any procedure required to save the life of a mother must make every effort to also save the life of the child.

Public Policy Questionnaire