Mark Arness
Republican | Maryland
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Mark Arness
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 5
Incumbent
No
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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.
Strongly Agree
2. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
3. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Strongly 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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Strongly Agree
6. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly 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.
Agree
10. Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.
Strongly 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.
Strongly Agree
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.
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; separation of powers insures that no single party, faction or person can gain control of all aspects of government. The Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches are intended to balance power in theory; in practice, the Executive has grown stronger and now exercises near-tyrannical authority (executive actions independent of Congress and the Court), while the Judicial has become the weakest and Court rulings are subject to party affiliation; partisan court.
16. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
1: Jobs: unemployment is not really 6.7% and the private sector is not 'doing fine'; because of people who looked for work more than a year and have given up and persons who are working part-time, per diem and contracting, the real unemployment figure is closer to 14% and Americans are hurting for work. 2: Taxes: You cannot tax us into prosperity! Raising taxes to fund spending on more social programs is a self-defeating cycle that only impoverishes American workers and places the burden of supporting a welfare state on small business and a dwindling workforce. Alan Greenspan said; "The more you tax a thing, the less you have of it!" We must reduce taxes across the board; according to the Laffer curve, we are already past the 'constriction point' where onerous taxes actually reduce revenue as employers are forced to cut jobs and workers give up working! 3: Term limits; perpetual incumbents serve only their own selfish interests and must be eliminated; we need a term limits Amendment!
17. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Only when medical conditions in pregnancy pose an immediate life-threatening risk to the mother, or in cases of rape and incest, as determined by judicial authority.
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.
God, who endowed us with inalienable rights; Voters, who give consent to be governed; Constitution, which guarantees these rights; Congress, that makes laws; Supreme Court, that interprets laws and the Constitution.
19. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Practicing Catholic
