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Guns		Should the Second Amendment stay in force?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
8.9%	25141	8.3%	83.9	NO! Private gun ownership is too dangerous. (The 2nd Amendment is an obsolete relic from frontier days.)	0
12.4%	37500	12.4%	78.3	No. Ban private handguns. Carefully control hunting weapons.	24
35.5%	118145	39.0%	71.3	OK, but require registration and background checks.	50
23.2%	68440	22.6%	80.4	Yes. Legal handguns actually prevent crime, save lives, and give women equality. (And registration requirements are a dangerous slippery slope.)	75
20.1%	53325	17.6%	89.3	YES! Private MILITARY arms are the last bastion against tyranny. (And gun registration is a dangerous slippery slope)	100
100%	302551	100%	78.4	Total	58.2

Subsidies & Tariffs		Should the government help certain "important" industries using subsidies, quotas, and/or tariffs?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
10.3%	29389	9.7%	76.2	Yes! It is high time that the US implement an Industrial Policy, guiding industries to our national purpose.	0
9.2%	28687	9.5%	70.0	Yes. The Freedom to Farm Act and free trade with Mexico have hurt too many workers. Repeal them.	27
22.9%	76537	25.3%	65.2	Some. The current amount of support for distressed industries is about right.	52
33.8%	103448	34.2%	71.2	No. Subsidies keep inefficient industries in this country keeping us poorer in the long run. Limit subsidies to help out in short term crises only.	77
23.9%	64490	21.3%	80.7	NO! Giving taxpayer money to favored industries is theft, pure and simple! Eliminate all subsidies, quotas and protective tariffs.	100
100%	302551	100%	72.1	Total	64.3

Education		Should the public schools be privatized?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
24.3%	70162	23.2%	92.6	NO! We need to extend the public schools to day care and college.	0
40.5%	122562	40.5%	88.5	No. We need continued government ownership of schools. (Reform is possible.)	45
17.3%	53875	17.8%	85.9	Yes. Replace government-owned schools with government-provided vouchers for everyone.	60
7.6%	23887	7.9%	85.2	Yes! Government vouchers for the poor only. (Let the middle and upper classes write their own checks.)	80
10.3%	32065	10.6%	85.9	YES! Complete separation of education and state. (Let churches and other charities educate the poor.)	100
100%	302551	100%	88.4	Total	45.0

Social Security		Should Social Security be phased out?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
10.5%	29993	9.9%	81.3	NO! All we have to do is start investing the Social Security trust fund in the stock market.	0
8.9%	26187	8.7%	78.8	NO! Raise taxes as necessary when the baby boomers retire.	20
24.9%	76108	25.2%	75.7	No, but pay down the national debt now, before the baby boomers retire.	50
12.8%	41521	13.7%	71.4	Some. Ramp up the retirement age so the average number of years for receiving government checks is brought back down to 5.	60
8.8%	27506	9.1%	73.9	Yes. Replace Social Security with a purely aged-based MINIMUM income (comparable to current minimum Social Security payouts) funded out of general revenues.	68
10.8%	32438	10.7%	77.3	Yes. Replace Social Security with a forced savings plan for the young.	76
23.4%	68798	22.7%	78.7	YES! Complete separation of retirement and state. Let people plan their own retirement.	100
100%	302551	100%	76.6	Total	59.4

Workplace		Should the government continue to regulate employment relations in the name of Civil Rights?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
10.4%	28349	9.4%	82.7	YES! A job is a right. The burden of proof lies on the employer to fire anyone. All firings should be subject to judicial review.	0
17.8%	51371	17.0%	78.3	Yes! Workplace equality has not yet been achieved. Clearly more action is required.	20
24.9%	79339	26.2%	70.6	Yes. About what it is now. (Sure, some of the lawsuits are ridiculous, but it takes dire threats to bring certain employers into line.)	44
24.1%	76445	25.3%	71.1	No. The penalties for discrimination and/or offending people have gotten way out of line. The loss of a job is worth a few months' pay in damages at most.	79
22.8%	67047	22.2%	76.5	NO! Hiring and working should be purely voluntary activities. (The marketplace will punish discriminators.)	100
100%	302551	100%	74.5	Total	56.3

Taxes & Spending		Should the size of government be significantly reduced (over a period of time)?
ECONOMIC
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
12.3%	38530	12.7%	82.2	NO! Government is too small. There are vital programs that are under-funded.	0
13.5%	43846	14.5%	79.4	No. Government is about the right size.	40
30.7%	95050	31.4%	83.3	Yes. Cut by 10-20% (eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse...).	55
11.0%	32520	10.7%	87.6	Yes! Cut significantly, 30-40%.	65
8.4%	24045	7.9%	89.9	Yes! Cut spending roughly in half.	75
18.3%	51183	16.9%	92.3	YES! Cut 70% or more. (The rightful function of government is to protect our borders and enforce laws protecting life, liberty and property.)	86
5.8%	17377	5.7%	86.8	YES!! Taxation is theft! Government should be run from voluntary contributions and user fees only.	100
100%	302551	100%	85.3	Total	57.3

The Draft		Should military service be voluntary, or should there be a draft?
PERSONAL
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
13.1%	38005	12.6%	73.7	Everyone should have the experience of two years of "National Service" (can be non-military).	0
13.0%	42611	14.1%	65.4	No draft now, but keep draft registration.	50
29.1%	95142	31.4%	65.4	Under extreme circumstances a draft could be acceptable. However, we do not need draft registration now.	70
13.0%	39911	13.2%	69.8	In times of crisis the problem is not lack of volunteers; the problem is lack of a prepared populace. Add military training to the basic high school curriculum and make training camps available without further obligation.	80
31.8%	86882	28.7%	78.5	The draft is slavery and therefore morally unacceptable. A country that needs a draft to defend itself deserves to lose.	100
100%	302551	100%	70.8	Total	69.1

Censorship		Should the FCC regulate the content of broadcast television?
PERSONAL
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
5.2%	14705	4.9%	80.3	Yes! The government should own the air waves. We need a system like the BBC.	0
10.7%	32983	10.9%	74.4	Yes. We need less sex, less violence, and/or more "educational" TV.	25
16.0%	54641	18.1%	67.2	Yes. The current level of FCC power is about right.	50
31.0%	97804	32.3%	72.4	No. Let broadcasters choose content and format. Only require that they scramble the really rude stuff.	76
37.1%	102418	33.9%	82.9	No! Any government censorship is intolerable. Give broadcasters the same freedoms of expression enjoyed by publishers of books and magazines -- including how much sex, violence and crude language.	100
100%	302551	100%	75.6	Total	71.3

Sex		Should the government have laws regulating sex between consenting adults? Should they be enforced?
PERSONAL
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
7.5%	18791	6.2%	81.4	Yes! It is time to actually enforce laws against sex out of wedlock and certain "deviant" acts.	0
5.0%	14294	4.7%	71.9	Yes. Time to enforce the laws against certain "deviant" acts.	25
4.3%	12786	4.2%	69.0	Yes. Time to enforce the laws against sex out of wedlock.	30
9.9%	33068	10.9%	61.3	Well, keep current sodomy and fornication laws on the books to make a statement, but don't enforce them.	50
24.4%	82265	27.2%	60.8	No. Sodomy and fornication laws are unenforceable and obsolete. Take them off the books.	76
49.0%	141347	46.7%	71.0	NO! The government has no right to regulate sex between consenting adults. Take all such laws off the books, including laws against prostitution.	100
100%	302551	100%	67.8	Total	75.0

Drugs		Should the War on Drugs continue?
PERSONAL
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
15.2%	40080	13.2%	86.7	YES! And we need to redouble our efforts! More life sentences! More mandatory drug tests! More no-knock warrants!	0
11.5%	33710	11.1%	78.2	Yes! Continue on our present course.	44
14.2%	45529	15.0%	71.0	Well yes, but obey the Constitution. Repeal civil asset forfeiture and/or lessen some of the more outrageous punishments.	59
39.3%	126578	41.8%	70.9	No. Legalize the safer drugs such as marijuana. Tax and regulate them like liquor.	81
19.8%	56654	18.7%	79.7	No! Legalize all recreational drugs for adult use. (What you take is none of the government's business as long as you handle your 'high' responsibly.)	100
100%	302551	100%	75.5	Total	65.0

Immigration		Is illegal immigration a serious problem? Does it justify the cost and lost rights necessary to keep people out?
PERSONAL
Weighted Percent	Number	Unweighted Percent	Average Weight	Answer Text	Answer Score
19.9%	54627	18.1%	86.4	Illegal immigration is a serious problem. Institute a national ID for everyone.	0
36.4%	103899	34.3%	83.0	Illegal immigration is a serious problem, but the solution is more border patrol and/or use of the military to guard the borders better.	40
12.6%	44752	14.8%	66.9	Keep the current system more or less.	50
14.0%	46343	15.3%	71.4	Keep the immigration quotas but keep our Constitutional rights also. Eliminate the proof of legal residency requirement to get a job.	72
17.1%	52930	17.5%	76.7	Immigrants are a blessing to this country. Open the gates! Just require that they pay their own way.	100
100%	302551	100%	78.3	Total	48.0

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