Alex Lee Bradshaw
Republican | North Carolina
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Alex Lee Bradshaw
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
U.S. Senator
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Millsaps College, Jackson MS, BA, 1992
WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
Vance Patterson 2012, volunteer, Alan Keyes 1996
district chairman
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
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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.
Disagree
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.
Agree
5. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
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.
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 Disagree
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Neutral
14. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Power is corrupting, and tempts humans to grasp for more. Limits, and checks and balances, prevents politicians from becoming tyrants.
15. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
I want to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is supported not just by Obama but by the Washington establishment. It threatens our sovereignty and jobs. We also need to reorient our tax policy away from obsessing over the income tax, capital gains tax, and estate tax, towards cutting payroll taxes and boosting the earned-income tax credit. We need to build on Reagan's bridgehead into the working class and celebrate his 1986 tax reform that took millions off the tax rolls, rather than making smug remarks about a shiftless, parasitic "47 percent." I also support radical intellectual property reform. We need to repeal the unconstitutional, European-style copyright system that Hollywood has imported, and return to the copyright terms of our Founding Fathers. We also need patent reform, to foster innovation and thus JOBS. Although there are certainly other important issues, these causes are being neglected in the current Congress, so I can make my mark by attending to them
16. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
Abortion to save the life of the mother would remain technically illegal as a moral statement, but would carry no penalties. In cases of rape, also, the mother would not be subject to penalties. The abortionist would face penalties if he charged money. If he is acting out of compassion for a victim, he should not take money. On the other hand, if he treated the case as just another abortion, he should be charged the same way as he would in any other case.
17. 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 Constitution Supreme Court Congress Voters
18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I have read the Bible and consider myself a Christian believer. However, I do not know if my faith has inwardly transformed me, so I do not call myself born-again. That spiritual status is desirable, just not one I am sure I have attained. Like everyone, I will find out whether I'm written in the book of life or not.
