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Candidates' Positions and Views |
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for:
U.S. President & Vice President, U.S. President |
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April 3, 2012 Maryland Republican Primary |
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Candidates positions and views on other Issues where information is available: |
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The report below lists the candidate responses to Poverty & Welfare issue questions. The responses were provided by Newt Gingrich, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Buddy Roemer, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum or were obtained from their websites. The candidates select the issues and questions for which they want to provide a response. The first link is a report of all the issues and questions made available to the candidates. Many issues and questions had no responses - links are only provided where we have information. If there are many candidates for this office, you may have to scroll down to compare all responses. |
| Poverty & Welfare |
Newt Gingrich - R
Website
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No Running Mate Selected |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Poverty, a General Statement |
| Urban Poverty |
| Urban Recovery |
| Rural Poverty |
| Rural Recovery |
| Hunger |
| Poor Children |
| Housing Assistance |
| Katrina Victims |
| Welfare, a General Statement |
| Faith-based Initiative Funding |
| Improving the Welfare System |
| Poverty & Welfare |
Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. - R
Website
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No Running Mate Selected |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Poverty, a General Statement |
| Urban Poverty |
| Urban Recovery |
| Rural Poverty |
| Rural Recovery |
| Hunger |
| Poor Children |
| Housing Assistance |
| Katrina Victims |
| Welfare, a General Statement |
| Faith-based Initiative Funding |
| Improving the Welfare System |
| Poverty & Welfare |
Ron Paul - R
Website
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No Running Mate Selected |
| Poor Children |
Paul: I will work to reduce taxes on the American family. In addition, my goals of restoring a sound monetary policy and stopping the government from wasting trillions on an overseas empire will enable the American people to devote their own resources to meeting the needs of America's children. Private efforts are much better at providing effective and compassionate care for children than any government bureaucracy.
Source: Ron Paul (02/26/2008) |
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| Faith-based Initiative Funding |
Paul: If religious organizations receive taxpayer monies, they will have an incentive to make obedience to the dictates of federal bureaucrats their number-one priority. Religious entities may even change the religious character of their programs in order to avoid displeasing their new federal paymaster. This will occur in large part because people who currently voluntarily support religious organizations will assume they ``gave at the (tax) office'' and thus will reduce their level of private giving. Thus, religious charities will become increasingly dependent on federal funds for support. Since ``he who pays the piper calls the tune'' federal bureaucrats and Congress will then control the content of "faith-based" programs.
The better approach is to abide by constitutional restrictions and get the federal government completely out of the business of providing social services. Private charities and religious organizations will flourish in this country if we simply get government out of the way. First and foremost, we must exempt such organizations from regulations which constantly thwart their efforts. Second, we must endorse the proposal by President Bush to allow all Americans a deduction for charitable contributions, regardless of whether they itemize deductions or not. The majority of taxpayers apply the standard deduction, and they should enjoy a tax benefit for giving to charity even in small amounts. We should allow a 100% deduction for all contributions, regardless of whether they are made to a standard charity, a charitable foundation or trust, or a religious organization. Finally, we must massively reduce government spending, so that income taxes can be lowered drastically. Americans are charitable by nature, but they rightfully resent losing nearly half their incomes to various levels of government. American charities would see huge increases in their budgets for providing social services if taxes were reduced to sane levels.
Source: Ron Paul (02/26/2008) |
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| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Poverty, a General Statement |
| Urban Poverty |
| Urban Recovery |
| Rural Poverty |
| Rural Recovery |
| Hunger |
| Housing Assistance |
| Katrina Victims |
| Welfare, a General Statement |
| Improving the Welfare System |
| Poverty & Welfare |
Rick Perry - R
Website
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No Running Mate Selected |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Poverty, a General Statement |
| Urban Poverty |
| Urban Recovery |
| Rural Poverty |
| Rural Recovery |
| Hunger |
| Poor Children |
| Housing Assistance |
| Katrina Victims |
| Welfare, a General Statement |
| Faith-based Initiative Funding |
| Improving the Welfare System |
| Poverty & Welfare |
Buddy Roemer - R
Website
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No Running Mate Selected |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Poverty, a General Statement |
| Urban Poverty |
| Urban Recovery |
| Rural Poverty |
| Rural Recovery |
| Hunger |
| Poor Children |
| Housing Assistance |
| Katrina Victims |
| Welfare, a General Statement |
| Faith-based Initiative Funding |
| Improving the Welfare System |
| Poverty & Welfare |
Mitt Romney - R
Website
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No Running Mate Selected |
| Poverty, a General Statement |
Romney: We're a nation that believes that we're all children of the same god and we care for those that have difficulties, those that are elderly and have problems and challenges, those that are disabled. We care for them. And we -- we look for discovery and innovation, all these things desired out of the American heart to provide the pursuit of happiness for our citizens.
But we also believe in maintaining for individuals the right to pursue their dreams and not to have the government substitute itself for the rights of free individuals. And what we're seeing right now is, in my view, a -- a trickle-down government approach, which has government thinking it can do a better job than free people pursuing their dreams. And it's not working.
And the proof of that is 23 million people out of work. The proof of that is 1 out of 6 people in poverty. The proof of that is we've gone from 32 million on food stamps to 47 million on food stamps. The proof of that is that 50 percent of college graduates this year can't find work.
Source: abcnews.go.com/
Politics/OTUS/presidential-debate-transcript-denver-colo-oct (10/08/2012) |
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| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Urban Poverty |
| Urban Recovery |
| Rural Poverty |
| Rural Recovery |
| Hunger |
| Poor Children |
| Housing Assistance |
| Katrina Victims |
| Welfare, a General Statement |
| Faith-based Initiative Funding |
| Improving the Welfare System |
| Poverty & Welfare |
Rick Santorum - R
Website
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No Running Mate Selected |
| Welfare, a General Statement |
Santorum: Rick Santorum knew that reforming Congress was a great start, but our nation's entitlement programs were the cancer to the long-term fiscal health of our nation. This is why he was one of the lead sponsors of the landmark 1996 Welfare Reform law that has helped more Americans transition from the government welfare rolls to work than any legislation before or since.
Source: www.ricksantorum.com/defender-taxpayer (11/06/2011) |
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| Improving the Welfare System |
Santorum: Rick Santorum knew that reforming Congress was a great start, but our nation's entitlement programs were the cancer to the long-term fiscal health of our nation. This is why he was one of the lead sponsors of the landmark 1996 Welfare Reform law that has helped more Americans transition from the government welfare rolls to work than any legislation before or since.
Source: www.ricksantorum.com/defender-taxpayer (11/06/2011) |
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| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Poverty, a General Statement |
| Urban Poverty |
| Urban Recovery |
| Rural Poverty |
| Rural Recovery |
| Hunger |
| Poor Children |
| Housing Assistance |
| Katrina Victims |
| Faith-based Initiative Funding |