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Budgetary, Spending, and Tax Issues

Indicate what federal funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category, you can use a number more than once.
1) Budget Priorities
Maintain Status  a) Agriculture
Maintain Status  b) Arts
Slightly Increase  c) Defense
Slightly Increase  d) Education
Maintain Status  e) Environment
Slightly Increase  f) FEMA
Slightly Increase  g) Homeland security
Slightly Decrease  h) International aid
Slightly Increase  i) Law enforcement (Federal)
Slightly Increase  j) Law enforcement (State)
Slightly Increase  k) Medical research
Maintain Status  l) National parks
Maintain Status  m) Public health services
Maintain Status  n) Scientific research
Maintain Status  o) Space exploration programs
Slightly Increase  p) Transportation and highway infrastructure
Greatly Decrease  q) United Nations
Maintain Status  r) Welfare
  s) Other or expanded categories
2) Defense Spending
Greatly Increase  a) Armed forces personnel training
Greatly Increase  b) Intelligence operations
Slightly Increase  c) Military hardware
Greatly Increase  d) Modernization of weaponry and equipment
Maintain Status  e) National missile defense
Greatly Increase  f) Pay for active duty personnel
Greatly Increase  g) Programs to improve troop retention rates
Slightly Increase  h) Research and development of new weapons
Slightly Increase  i) Troop and equipment readiness
  j) Other or expanded categories
3) Taxes
Indicate what federal tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one number per category, you can use a number more than once.
Family Income Taxes
Eliminate  a) Less than $12,000
Greatly Decrease  b) $12,001-$40,000
Slightly Decrease  c) $40,001-$100,000
Maintain Status  d) $100,001-$180,000
Maintain Status  e) $180,001-$350,000
Maintain Status  f) $350,001 and above
  g) Other or expanded categories
Other Taxes
Maintain Status  a) Alcohol taxes
Slightly Decrease  b) Capital gains taxes
Maintain Status  c) Cigarette taxes
Slightly Decrease  d) Corporate taxes
Maintain Status  e) Gasoline taxes
Eliminate  f) Inheritance taxes
  g) Other or expanded categories
Deductions/Credits
Slightly Increase  a) Charitable contribution deduction
Greatly Increase  b) Child tax credit
Slightly Increase  c) Earned income tax credit
Slightly Increase  d) Medical expense deduction
Slightly Increase  e) Mortgage deduction
Slightly Increase  f) Student loan credit
  g) Other or expanded categories
Yes  4) Do you support the permanent repeal of the federal estate tax?
Yes  5) Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year?
  6) Other or expanded principles

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