Q: Do you support or oppose bans on assault weapons?
A: I oppose the most recent ban on assault weapons.
Q: At what point should the U.S. military get involved in humanitarian aid
in other countries? At what point should the military be used to restore or
build a democracy in another country?
A: To both questions: only in the national interest of the United States.
A: Increase the growth of the gross domestic product and cut government spending.
Q: Should the United States take an active, leading role in protecting the
international environment, such as rain forests?
A: No
Q: Immigration continues to seriously affect Florida and its residents.
What would you do to improve the obvious problem that strains both state and national resources?
A: I would improve the immigration problem that strains both state and
national resources outlining a sound policy:
(a) limit legal immigration to
300,000 people with priority given to the immediate families of U.S. citizens and to legitimate refugees. Any remaining slots would be allocated on the basis of job skills;
(b) utilize a verifiable, tamper-resistant Social Security card and a national birth/death registry to keep illegal immigrants from working or collecting non-emergency benefits in the United States;
(c) a refugee and asylum policy that accepts temporary resettlement of only those people who meet the international definition of political persecution, without regard to country of origin. That would include the numbers of such persons admitted in the overall legal immigration limits and also provides for returning refugees home when the danger has passed; and
(d) increase penalties on immigration law violators.
Q: What is your stance on abortion? Should abortion be covered under
health-care reform plans?
A: I am pro-life. Abortion should not be covered under health care reform
plans.
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