Show what you know by answering true or false to the following. Answer ''false'' if neither applies or if you're not sure. Your score will be calculated on the next page.
Your first question is below.
The government should require corporations to label genetically engineered foods.
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Marijuana should be decriminalized.
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As the most powerful country in the world, the United States has a responsibility to have an active military outside its borders.
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The United States should switch from a progressive income tax to a flat tax.
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The federal government should leave as much power as possible to the states, and the states should leave as much power as possible to individual communities.
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Capital punishment is a barbaric institution and must end.
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It serves the public interest for government to protect the environment--maintaining wilderness areas, limiting pollution emissions from industry, etc.
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The government should not regulate at all any citizen’s right to own guns
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It was appropriate for Congress to ban partial birth abortion.
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The Ten Commandments have no place inside a government courthouse.
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In the long run, tariffs and trade restrictions do nothing but harm the economy and should therefore be minimized.
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So-called “sin taxes” on activities such as cigarette smoking, liquor sales, and gambling are a good source of government revenue and can also potentially discourage socially destructive behaviors.
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America needs to increase funding for its public schools
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Illegal immigration is fragmenting our nation. We need to deport all illegal aliens and close our borders.
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Homosexuals should be allowed the exact same marriage rights as heterosexuals. Click “No Preference” if you think there should be civil unions for gays on the state level but not full marriage.
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The size of government needs to be hugely reduced. Taxes need to be cut across the board and countless departments need to be eliminated at the local, state, and federal levels.
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The government needs to expand its health care programs to cover more of the people in America without insurance, particularly children.
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Gas taxes should be raised to the high levels of Europe to encourage the development of mass transportation and alternative energy.
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It’s important that the government maintains a balanced budget and pays down the national debt.
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The government should stop giving subsidies to corporations.
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