NTU's 2008 Congressional Candidate Survey
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1. TAX LIMITATION AMENDMENT TO U.S. CONSTITUTION. I will work and vote for a U.S.
Constitutional Amendment to require a roll-call vote of at least two-thirds of the whole number of
each House of Congress to increase revenue in any way.
[ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
2. BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT TO U.S. CONSTITUTION. I will work and vote for a U.S.
Constitutional Amendment to require that (a) total federal outlays for any fiscal year shall not
exceed total receipts for that fiscal year without at least a three-fifths vote of the whole number of
each House of Congress; (b) the limit on United States debt held by the public shall not be increased
without at least a three-fifths vote of the whole number of each House; and (c) no bill to increase
revenue shall become law unless approved by at least a majority of the whole number of each House by a
roll-call vote. These provisions can be waived only under a declaration of war or a joint resolution
(passed by a majority of the whole number of each House) declaring an imminent and serious threat to
national security.
[ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
3. SOCIAL SECURITY CHOICE. I recognize that Social Security will default on its obligations
to future retirees unless fundamental reforms are made. Therefore, I will work and vote for a system
of Social Security Choice that will allow younger workers to have the choice of investing much of
their Social Security taxes in regulated individual retirement accounts. Current retirees and those
nearing retirement would not have any change in their Social Security benefits. Social Security Choice
will give younger workers the option of ownership of personal Social Security accounts, with higher
rates of return and better benefits than are possible under the current system.
[ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
4. MEDICARE REFORM. Medicare's official Trustees project that the Part A Hospital Insurance
Trust Fund will begin to run deficits in 2013 and go bankrupt in 2019. Accordingly, I will work and
vote for Medicare reforms that emphasize slowing the growth of program spending without raising taxes
of any kind.
[ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
5. SPENDING RESTRAINT. I will work and vote for a freeze of total non-defense discretionary
spending for at least the first two fiscal years beginning after the 2008 general election. I will not
vote for any budgetary gimmicks (such as claiming non-emergency spending as emergency spending) and
will not vote to waive budgetary rules that restrain rather than raise taxes and spending.
[ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
6. NO TAX INCREASE. I believe the current tax burden on Americans is too high. Therefore, I
will (a) vote against ANY increase of ANY tax – including individual income taxes, corporate
income taxes, payroll taxes, and excise taxes; (b) work and vote for continuation of all the tax
relief enacted since January 2001 (I recognize that ending any tax relief is an actual tax increase);
and (c) vote against any attempt to repeal, limit, or delay income tax indexing, which prevents
inflation from bumping taxpayers into higher tax brackets.
[ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
7. MAJOR TAX REFORM. I will work and vote to repeal the entire federal Tax Code and
completely replace it.
[ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
8. TAX REFORM CHOICE. If you answered Yes to Question 7, please state reforms you will
support (check one or more):
[ ] A national retail sales tax that provides reasonable protection for
low-income people, with a U.S. Constitutional Amendment to abolish and prohibit all federal income
taxes after a transition period.
[ ] A single, low, flat-rate income tax with a large exemption for each taxpayer
and dependent, with a U.S. Constitutional Amendment to prohibit more than one income tax rate.
[ ] Other (specify)
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9. PERMANENT TAX RELIEF. I will work and vote to make permanent all of the tax
relief enacted since January 2001, including but not limited to the across-the-board income tax rate
cuts, repeal of the death tax, reduction of the marriage tax penalty, and incentives for investment
and retirement savings.
[ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
10. PRO-GROWTH TAX RELIEF. I will work and vote for these types of pro-growth tax
relief to help stimulate the economy, both promptly and long-term (please check an answer for EACH
proposal):
Complete elimination of the marriage tax penalty, by allowing each married couple to split
their total taxable
income in half and pay single-person rates on each half [ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
Further across-the-board reduction of income tax rates [ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
Further capital gains tax relief [ ] YES [ ] NO [ ]
UNDECIDED
Repeal personal alternative minimum tax [ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
Repeal corporate alternative minimum tax [ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
11. OPPOSE INTERNET TAXATION. I oppose Internet taxation. I will work and vote for a
permanent ban on all types of taxes targeted to the Internet or Internet access. I will oppose
all proposals to compel vendors to collect sales taxes on out-of-state sales.
[ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
12. RESPONSIBLE BILL SPONSORSHIP. I will ensure that the legislation I sponsor or
cosponsor will, if enacted in its totality, cause a net reduction in federal spending.
[ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
13. EARMARK REFORM. I will work and vote for an end to the practice of earmarking federal
spending in legislation and in conference reports. An "earmark" is defined here as a
provision that specifies the identity of an entity to receive assistance and the amount of the
assistance, or is not part of statutory language, or is proposed exclusively during the conference
process.
[ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
14. EARMARK PLEDGE. In the absence of legislation or rules to ban or impose a moratorium on
earmarks, I will neither seek nor accept for my district an earmark, as defined in Question 13.
[ ] YES [ ] NO [ ] UNDECIDED
CERTIFICATION
I understand that my answers to this survey will be
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My answers are a firm and unconditional commitment to
the people of the United States.
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