Delegation Resource Manual: Month by Month Implementation Guide
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YMCA PA Youth & Government Program
Political Ideology Survey
Question
Agree/
Disagree
L/C
1. The federal government places too many restrictions on businesses.
2. Americans need to be protected from unnecessary police searches and other invasions of privacy.
3. High taxes discourage people from working hard.
4. Only people who cannot work should be eligible for welfare programs.
5. National security is more important than an individual person’s right to privacy.
6. The government should create and pay for programs that help poor people in the United States.
7. The wealthy should be taxed at a higher percentage than the lower and middle classes.
8. The best way to help the poor is to help businesses earn a profit and create new jobs.
9. Government programs on behalf of the disadvantaged discourage people from helping
themselves.
10. The government should not restrict abortion and other reproductive decisions.
11. The government has a special responsibility to protect minority groups from discrimination.
12. Crime can be reduced by enforcing stricter penalties and longer jail sentences on criminals.
13. The government should do more to punish businesses that pollute the environment.
14. The government should protect Americans from morally offensive films and publications.
15. The arts should be protected from government censorship. Adults must be free to think and
speak as they wish.
16. Without government regulation, big businesses would take advantage of ordinary Americans.
17. Crime, unemployment, poverty, and other problems will be reduced if Americans return to the
traditional values of hard work, self-discipline, and belief in God.
18. Our government spends too much on social services and other programs that could be run just
as well by businesses, religious organizations, and/or non-profit charity groups.
19. Homosexuals should receive the same rights and protections as other minority groups.
20. Policies that create jobs are more important than policies that protect the environment.
21. The federal government should not get involved in setting academic standards for local public
school districts.
22. Americans have a right to affordable health care.
23. The death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment.
24. One way to reduce crime would be to limit the sale and possession of firearms.
25. The government should allow school-sponsored prayer in the public schools.
