Which parts of the Contract with America would you support?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

1. THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT: A balanced budget/tax limitation amendment and a legislative line-item veto to restore fiscal responsibility to an out- of-control Congress, requiring them to live under the same budget constraints as families and businesses.

2. THE TAKING BACK OUR STREETS ACT: An anti-crime package including stronger truth-in- sentencing, "good faith" exclusionary rule exemptions, effective death penalty provisions, and cuts in social spending from this summer's "crime" bill to fund prison construction and additional law enforcement to keep people secure in their neighborhoods and kids safe in their schools.

3. THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT: Discourage illegitimacy and teen pregnancy by prohibiting welfare to minor mothers and denying increased AFDC for additional children while on welfare, cut spending for welfare programs, and enact a tough two-years-and-out provision with work requirements to promote individual responsibility.

4. THE FAMILY REINFORCEMENT ACT: Child support enforcement, tax incentives for adoption, strengthening rights of parents in their children's education, stronger child pornography laws, and an elderly dependent care tax credit to reinforce the central role of families in American society.

5. THE AMERICAN DREAM RESTORATION ACT: A S500 per child tax credit, begin repeal of the marriage tax penalty, and creation of American Dream Savings Accounts to provide middle class tax relief.

6. THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESTORATION ACT: No U.S. troops under U.N. command and restoration of the essential parts of our national security funding to strengthen our national defense and maintain our credibility around the world.

7. THE SENIOR CITIZENS FAIRNESS ACT: Raise the Social Security earnings limit which currently forces seniors out of the work force, repeal the 1993 tax hikes on Social Security benefits and provide tax incentives for private long-term care insurance to let Older Americans keep more of what they have earned over the years.

8. THE JOB CREATION AND WAGE ENHANCEMENT ACT: Small business incentives, capital gains cut and indexation, neutral cost recovery, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, strengthening the Regulatory Flexibility Act and unfunded mandate reform to create jobs and raise worker wages.

9. THE COMMON SENSE LEGAL REFORM ACT: "Loser pays" laws, reasonable limits on punitive damages and reform of product liability laws to stem the endless tide of litigation.

10. THE CITIZEN LEGISLATURE ACT: A first-ever vote on term limits to replace career politicians with citizen legislators.

None of the Contract for me, thank you.

[Хahar 🤔]

NOTA

[CPT MikeyMike]

YES for all ten.

[NDN]

2. THE TAKING BACK OUR STREETS ACT: An anti-crime package including stronger truth-in- sentencing, "good faith" exclusionary rule exemptions, effective death penalty provisions, and cuts in social spending from this summer's "crime" bill to fund prison construction and additional law enforcement to keep people secure in their neighborhoods and kids safe in their schools.

4. THE FAMILY REINFORCEMENT ACT: Child support enforcement, tax incentives for adoption, strengthening rights of parents in their children's education, stronger child pornography laws, and an elderly dependent care tax credit to reinforce the central role of families in American society.

5. THE AMERICAN DREAM RESTORATION ACT: A S500 per child tax credit, begin repeal of the marriage tax penalty, and creation of American Dream Savings Accounts to provide middle class tax relief.

7. THE SENIOR CITIZENS FAIRNESS ACT: Raise the Social Security earnings limit which currently forces seniors out of the work force, repeal the 1993 tax hikes on Social Security benefits and provide tax incentives for private long-term care insurance to let Older Americans keep more of what they have earned over the years.

8. THE JOB CREATION AND WAGE ENHANCEMENT ACT: Small business incentives, capital gains cut and indexation, neutral cost recovery, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, strengthening the Regulatory Flexibility Act and unfunded mandate reform to create jobs and raise worker wages.

9. THE COMMON SENSE LEGAL REFORM ACT: "Loser pays" laws, reasonable limits on punitive damages and reform of product liability laws to stem the endless tide of litigation.

10. THE CITIZEN LEGISLATURE ACT: A first-ever vote on term limits to replace career politicians with citizen legislators

I'm not sure about a balanced budget amendment, while the deficit ordinarily is bad in times of serious recession/depression it can be necessary to run deficits. I agree with portions of the top three acts, but an increase in military spending was/is unnecessary and teenage mothers should not be cut from welfare (that sets families up for poverty). Taking Back Our Streets I support with reservations. All in all, I support with 8/10 of the old Contract's acts.

[Nym90]

Parts of both 3 and 4, although not enough to have supported each provision if each went up for a yes or no vote.

Pretty much against everything else.

[7,052,770]

what's wrong with 5?

[Verily]

1. THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT: A balanced budget/tax limitation amendment and a legislative line-item veto to restore fiscal responsibility to an out- of-control Congress, requiring them to live under the same budget constraints as families and businesses.

2. THE TAKING BACK OUR STREETS ACT: An anti-crime package including stronger truth-in- sentencing, "good faith" exclusionary rule exemptions, effective death penalty provisions, and cuts in social spending from this summer's "crime" bill to fund prison construction and additional law enforcement to keep people secure in their neighborhoods and kids safe in their schools.

3. THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT: Discourage illegitimacy and teen pregnancy by prohibiting welfare to minor mothers and denying increased AFDC for additional children while on welfare, cut spending for welfare programs, and enact a tough two-years-and-out provision with work requirements to promote individual responsibility.

4. THE FAMILY REINFORCEMENT ACT: Child support enforcement, tax incentives for adoption, strengthening rights of parents in their children's education, stronger child pornography laws, and an elderly dependent care tax credit to reinforce the central role of families in American society.

5. THE AMERICAN DREAM RESTORATION ACT: A S500 per child tax credit, begin repeal of the marriage tax penalty, and creation of American Dream Savings Accounts to provide middle class tax relief.

6. THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESTORATION ACT: No U.S. troops under U.N. command and restoration of the essential parts of our national security funding to strengthen our national defense and maintain our credibility around the world.

7. THE SENIOR CITIZENS FAIRNESS ACT: Raise the Social Security earnings limit which currently forces seniors out of the work force, repeal the 1993 tax hikes on Social Security benefits and provide tax incentives for private long-term care insurance to let Older Americans keep more of what they have earned over the years.

8. THE JOB CREATION AND WAGE ENHANCEMENT ACT: Small business incentives, capital gains cut and indexation, neutral cost recovery, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, strengthening the Regulatory Flexibility Act and unfunded mandate reform to create jobs and raise worker wages.

9. THE COMMON SENSE LEGAL REFORM ACT: "Loser pays" laws, reasonable limits on punitive damages and reform of product liability laws to stem the endless tide of litigation.

10. THE CITIZEN LEGISLATURE ACT: A first-ever vote on term limits to replace career politicians with citizen legislators.

[phk]

Support
1. THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT: A balanced budget/tax limitation amendment and a legislative line-item veto to restore fiscal responsibility to an out- of-control Congress, requiring them to live under the same budget constraints as families and businesses.

5. THE AMERICAN DREAM RESTORATION ACT: A S500 per child tax credit, begin repeal of the marriage tax penalty, and creation of American Dream Savings Accounts to provide middle class tax relief.

8. THE JOB CREATION AND WAGE ENHANCEMENT ACT: Small business incentives, capital gains cut and indexation, neutral cost recovery, risk assessment/cost-benefit analysis, strengthening the Regulatory Flexibility Act and unfunded mandate reform to create jobs and raise worker wages.

10. THE CITIZEN LEGISLATURE ACT: A first-ever vote on term limits to replace career politicians with citizen legislators.

Support partially. The parts I do support
3. THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT: Discourage illegitimacy and teen pregnancy by prohibiting welfare to minor mothers and denying increased AFDC for additional children while on welfare, cut spending for welfare programs, and enact a tough two-years-and-out provision with work requirements to promote individual responsibility.

4. THE FAMILY REINFORCEMENT ACT: Child support enforcement, tax incentives for adoption, strengthening rights of parents in their children's education, stronger child pornography laws, and an elderly dependent care tax credit to reinforce the central role of families in American society.

7. THE SENIOR CITIZENS FAIRNESS ACT: Raise the Social Security earnings limit which currently forces seniors out of the work force, repeal the 1993 tax hikes on Social Security benefits and provide tax incentives for private long-term care insurance to let Older Americans keep more of what they have earned over the years.

Don't support
2. THE TAKING BACK OUR STREETS ACT: An anti-crime package including stronger truth-in- sentencing, "good faith" exclusionary rule exemptions, effective death penalty provisions, and cuts in social spending from this summer's "crime" bill to fund prison construction and additional law enforcement to keep people secure in their neighborhoods and kids safe in their schools.

6. THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESTORATION ACT: No U.S. troops under U.N. command and restoration of the essential parts of our national security funding to strengthen our national defense and maintain our credibility around the world.

9. THE COMMON SENSE LEGAL REFORM ACT: "Loser pays" laws, reasonable limits on punitive damages and reform of product liability laws to stem the endless tide of litigation.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

YES for all ten.

^^^^^^

[Nym90]

what's wrong with 5?

Ok, parts of 5 also, good point.

[WalterMitty]

prohibiting welfare benefits for teen mothers?

how heartless can one be?

[Jake]

1. THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT:
- Yeah. Add in an emergency provision of course, but this is badly needed.

2. THE TAKING BACK OUR STREETS ACT:
- Not needed right now.

3. THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT:
- Extremely stupid.

4. THE FAMILY REINFORCEMENT ACT:
- Sounds good.

5. THE AMERICAN DREAM RESTORATION ACT:
- I like it.

6. THE NATIONAL SECURITY RESTORATION ACT:
- Different environment, so no.

7. THE SENIOR CITIZENS FAIRNESS ACT:
- No idea.

8. THE JOB CREATION AND WAGE ENHANCEMENT ACT:
- No idea.

9. THE COMMON SENSE LEGAL REFORM ACT:
- Support in theory. Weakening product liability could be disastrous.

10. THE CITIZEN LEGISLATURE ACT:
- I'm a term limits fan. Two terms in the Senate. Six terms in the House. No more than twelve years can be served out of every eighteen years in either House of Congress.

[NDN]

prohibiting welfare benefits for teen mothers?

how heartless can one be?

Apparently it makes you part of the majority. Welfare Reform was needed but that was a step too far. Not to mention counter productive.

[Frodo]

I support pretty much all of it except for the tenth plank.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Only 10. Though a bit unsure on 5. Dumb name though.

[NDN]

prohibiting welfare benefits for teen mothers?

how heartless can one be?

Apparently it makes you part of the majority. Welfare Reform was needed but that was a step too far. Not to mention counter productive.

Let's be real here.  Most of these girls are skanks who got pregnant just got the government handout.

We don't want to be condoning that kind of behavior.

A lot of them are stupid and irresponsible, that's pretty obvious to everyone. But why should the kids suffer? Cutting welfare benefits to mothers is basically setting their kids up for poverty. It's no accident we have the highest rate of child poverty in the West.

The only alternative to that problem I can think of is taking kids away from parents who can't provide. But try selling that to the American Public.

[Sam Spade]

I had forgetten how well-written these planks were to appeal to a mass audience, because most of them really lack specifics.

Planks Two and Three were really part of the vogue at that time (early 1990s), when being super-tough on criminals and welfare recepients was the in thing in government because of the high crime levels and rampant welfare abuse. 

I'm not surprised that people now don't support these measures, even though both of these planks became law at some level of government and still are.  Reading the criminal procedure case law of the 60s and 70s and having lived through the 1980s, I fully understand why the backlash occurred.

Anyway, I support certain provisions within these laws here and there.  Only thing I don't support is term limits, but that was another one of those early 1990s in vogue things.