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Ben Carson on AmericansElect.org Quiz |
| Quiz Responses
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| AmericansElect Question & Answer (Summary answer based on details in right-hand column) |
Based on these stances: (Click on answers for full excerpt & citation) |
Question 1 answer Aon Economy: When you think about the US budget deficit, which of the following solutions is closest to your opinion?
| 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 |
Question 2 answer Don Energy: When you think about America�s energy needs, which of the following solutions comes closest to your opinion?
| 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 |
Question 3 answer Don Healthcare: When you think about healthcare reform in the United States, which of the following solutions is closest to your opinion?
| 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 |
Question 4 answer Don Immigration: When you think about illegal immigration, which of the following solutions come closest to your opinion?
| 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 |
Question 5 answer Aon Foreign Policy: When you think about the US pursuing its interests abroad, which of the following is closest to your opinion?
| 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 |
Question 6 answer Aon Education: When you think about education in the US, which of the following is closest to your opinion?
| 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 |
Question 7 answer Bon Social Issues: When you think about the rights of same-sex couples, which of the following is closest to your personal opinion?
| 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 |
Question 8 answer Bon Environment: Which of the following statements comes closest to your personal view?
| 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 |
Question 9 answer Aon Reform: Which of the following comes closest to your personal opinion?
| 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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