Harold Walton Painter Jr.
Republican | Maryland
Candidate Profile
Leans Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Harold Walton Painter Jr.
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 6
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Masters, 1984
W.V.U., Morgantown, WV, B.S., 1983
WORK & MILITARY
Self employed CPA, CPA, 20
Ernst & Young, CPA, 8
AFFILIATIONS
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POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
The Gazette
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.
Agree
2. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Neutral
3. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Agree
4. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
5. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Neutral
6. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Neutral
7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Agree
8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Strongly Disagree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.
Disagree
11. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
12. The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Neutral
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
14. The federal government should establish nationwide standards (such as Common Core) for high-school graduation.
Strongly Disagree
15. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
16. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
1. Our national debt. If we don't soon get it under control, it will ruin the dollar and our economic future for decades to come. 2. The growing divide between the wealthy and the working man. We need to make things in America again, providing jobs with good pay, so that the working man does not continue to drop out of the middle class. 3. Illegal immigration. A lot of ills (ranging from lower wages for working American's to crime / drug smuggling are impacted here).
17. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
I strongly favor adoption over abortion. But the Supreme Court made its ruling over forty years ago. Can't we just accept it, encourage or financially incentivize a young lady to chose adoption over abortion and move on ?
18. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
If I have to pick, I'll side with God. After that, not much else really matters. Now until the Second Coming happens, I'd say everyone else mentioned is working for the voters.
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Protestant
