Rick Santorum on AmericansElect.org Quiz

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Question 1 answer A on Error processing SSI file	Summary answer 'A' from 12 out of 15 statements: 2020 Clear Vision: grow economy without adding to deficit: A on question 1 Cap size of government budget at 18% of GDP: A on question 1 Raising the minimum wage a little is ok, if phased in slowly: C on question 1 TARP was biggest government intrusion into private sector: A on question 1 Cut all corporate tax rates to zero: A on question 1 Cut the corporate tax to zero, to create jobs: A on question 1 Govt has averaged 18% of GDP and we're now at 25%: B on question 1 Stopping debt ceiling increase is showmanship not leadership: A on question 1 Cut corporate tax rate to zero & jobs will come back: A on question 1 Changing estate tax would cost $100B, not save $730B: A on question 1 Support time-limits for able-bodied welfare recipients: A on question 1 YES on prioritizing national debt reduction below tax cuts: A on question 1 YES on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years: A on question 1 YES on $40B in reduced federal overall spending: A on question 1 YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: B on question 1 This question weighted at 25% importance. (Relative importance: 15 out of 61 statements.)
Question 2 answer D on Error processing SSI file	Summary answer 'D' from 6 out of 10 statements: Taking manufacturing back to US will reduce global warming: B on question 2 Ethanol mandate brings jobs & energy independence: B on question 2 Nothing the US could do will affect global warming: D on question 2 Fracking gives us enough natural gas for 100 years: D on question 2 Construct the Keystone pipeline: for jobs & energy: C on question 2 Sagging economy caused by stop sign on oil drilling: D on question 2 YES on defunding renewable and solar energy: D on question 2 YES on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months: D on question 2 YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010: A on question 2 NO on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR: D on question 2 This question weighted at 16% importance. (Relative importance: 10 out of 61 statements.)
Question 3 answer D on Error processing SSI file	Summary answer 'D' from 13 out of 15 statements: ObamaCare causes anti-competitive consolidation of insurers: D on question 3 I introduced Health Savings Accounts in Congress: C on question 3 ObamaCare wasted $500M setting up 4 failed state exchanges: D on question 3 ObamaCare is biggest threat facing the American Dream: D on question 3 The Tea Party revolution was all about opposing ObamaCare: D on question 3 Obamacare will crush economic freedom: D on question 3 Promote Health Savings Accounts as market-based solution: D on question 3 Liberal states won't waive ObamaCare; we must repeal it: D on question 3 Private sector insurance works, even for Medicare: D on question 3 Private sector insurance works, even for Medicare: D on question 3 Mandatory inoculations of children is wrong: D on question 3 If we let states mandate insurance, sterilization is ok too: D on question 3 First Executive Order: suspend ObamaCare: D on question 3 NO on blocking medical savings acounts: C on question 3 YES on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit: D on question 3 This question weighted at 25% importance. (Relative importance: 15 out of 61 statements.)
Question 4 answer D on Error processing SSI file	Summary answer 'D' from 14 out of 19 statements: Our policy is magnet that says "amnesty"; that has to change: D on question 4 We're flooding the job market with low-wage workers: C on question 4 America is worth the wait, even if families are split up: D on question 4 Reduce the level of legal immigration by 25%: D on question 4 Follow the rule of law; veto the DREAM Act: D on question 4 Focus on skilled immigrants; now most are unskilled: C on question 4 Amnesty to unskilled illegals makes worker wages stagnate: C on question 4 Comprehensive bill is easier than consensus on components: B on question 4 No in-state tuition for illegal immigrants: D on question 4 Finish the border fence; make English the official language: D on question 4 No tricks like 1986; secure the border first: D on question 4 No promises & no government benefits to immigrants: D on question 4 No promises & no government benefits to immigrants: D on question 4 No benefits for illegal immigrants: D on question 4 Border is not yet secure; existing laws are not yet enforced: D on question 4 YES on limit welfare for immigrants: C on question 4 NO on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship: D on question 4 NO on establishing a Guest Worker program: D on question 4 YES on building a fence along the Mexican border: D on question 4 This question weighted at 31% importance. (Relative importance: 19 out of 61 statements.)
Question 5 answer A on Error processing SSI file	Summary answer 'A' from 7 out of 10 statements: Deal with Musharraf in Pakistan in advance of trouble: A on question 5 No isolationism on Libya; but Obama did it wrong: B on question 5 Terrorism is an asymmetric threat; we need worldwide bases: A on question 5 War against Islamic fascism will be won or lost in America: A on question 5 We need 20,000 troops to stay in Iraq to achieve victory: A on question 5 Jihadists want to kill us for what we are: A on question 5 YES on $17.9 billion to IMF: C on question 5 YES on capping foreign aid at only $12.7 billion: B on question 5 YES on authorizing use of military force against Iraq: A on question 5 NO on redeploying troops out of Iraq by July 2007: A on question 5 This question weighted at 16% importance. (Relative importance: 10 out of 61 statements.)
Question 6 answer A on Error processing SSI file	Summary answer 'A' from 7 out of 9 statements: Common sense instead of Common Core: B on question 6 Common Core is another version of mass-produced education: A on question 6 Our education system doesn't serve the customer: A on question 6 2001: Keep Department of Education; 2012: it's unnecessary: A on question 6 Rich people already have school choice; give it to the poor: A on question 6 Rated 27% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes: A on question 6 YES on school vouchers in DC: A on question 6 YES on allowing more flexibility in federal school rules: A on question 6 NO on $5B for grants to local educational agencies: C on question 6 This question weighted at 15% importance. (Relative importance: 9 out of 61 statements.)
Question 7 answer A on Error processing SSI file	Summary answer 'A' from 10 out of 11 statements: Freedom of conscience includes right to deny service to gays: A on question 7 I would never attend a same-sex wedding: A on question 7 Marriage is a federal issue; we need one definition, not 50: A on question 7 No polygamy; no gay marriage: A on question 7 Repeal Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell; punish behavior: A on question 7 Same-sex marriage is unprecedented social revolution: A on question 7 Marriage Protection Amendment is last resort, but needed: A on question 7 Homosexual orientation ok; but homosexual act are sodomy: B on question 7 NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation: A on question 7 NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes: A on question 7 YES on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage: A on question 7 This question weighted at 18% importance. (Relative importance: 11 out of 61 statements.)
Question 8 answer A on Error processing SSI file	Summary answer 'A' from 2 out of 4 statements: Remove Obama regulations on mercury & waters: A on question 8 Nature is a subtle web of intricate connections: D on question 8 Rated 0% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes: A on question 8 NO on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests: C on question 8 This question weighted at 7% importance. (Relative importance: 4 out of 61 statements.)
Question 9 answer B on Error processing SSI file	Summary answer 'B' from 1 out of 1 statements: No apologies for past American interventions in Iran: B on question 9 This question weighted at 2% importance. (Relative importance: 1 out of 61 statements.)