Michael French's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Michael French has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
Texas Congressional Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I believe in the right to life for the baby. I believe that it is not up to us to determine how the life of the defenseless baby should be decided. This right is up to God. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| I believe that the Federal Government has no idea what they are doing with the Power of the Purse when it comes to handling the money for Social Security and Medicare. We need individuals in DC that can make good decisions. We are in the Red for Social Security close to $33 trillion and $23 trillion for Medicare. We must do better! If we continue on this path, there will be no Social Security and no Medicare for anyone. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| We need to know where all monetary indirect and direct campaign contributions come from, especially from corporations and unions. Most of the money given from unions and corporations are given to one Party. All monies from these two entities are from the employees. These employees might not want to support or be affiliated with the union's choice they are contributing too, therefore disenfranchising the employees. I completely support regulating these entities. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| This is a very hard topic. We must have a fare and just trial for all wrong doings done by any officials. There must also be protections to officials that have made grave mistakes. You must be innocent until proven guilty. We must also hold officials accountable if any wrong doing has been proven guilty beyond all reasonable doubt. | |||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| We must spend more with our Military. $700 billion is nothing when China is getting bigger and stronger! We must continuously innovate and train harder our military men and women. Our current military armament is degrading, esoteric, and obsolete. We need to be more advanced or we will fail in the next great War that is coming. We will be in a War with China in less than half a Decade. We must be prepared to Win!!! | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| The federal government put forth unconstitutional mandates that adversely effected millions of businesses throughout the United States. It should be the responsibility of the federal government to help those failing businesses in any way possible so that we can continue to grow as a Nation after this Wuhan virus Bio attack is done. We did not have to shutdown America! We shutdown and families are paying the Heavy price! | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| The federal government does not know how to balance a budget or handle the Southern border. The federal government has no right to step foot in schools to Nationalize any education standards. The Department of Education has failed this Nation as our children are failing in aptitude standards when compared to other nations. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| The federal government is over $30 trillion dollars in debt. The United States also owes China and the Middle-East over $170 trillion in unfunded liabilities debt. We cannot afford developmental spending into a subject that private companies can do on their own dime. It was the ingenuity of Americans and private companies that built America, not the federal government. The only thing the federal government has brought is an unlimited debt ceiling and an uncertain future for this country. We Must Stop the Spending!!! | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| The Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms. "A well-regulated Militia (an armed and structured citizenry not employed by the federal government), being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed�. (Never interfered with) If we remove any part of this Amendment, our country will have to depend on an unarmed citizenry in a time of War with an outside enemy. We must be able to defend and protect ourselves from all unforeseen threats that want to kill and overtake us, like China. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| Only for COVID-19 purposes. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| We need to follow all federal immigration laws and we must do what we can to protect US citizenship. For if we do not, then what are we? We must realize that the United States has absolutely no obligation to help the rest of the world from poverty or Tyrannical governments. We do have a big enough heart in except foreign nationals fleeing their countries, but we must have them come to this country the right way. We are a country of immigrants. We must receive immigrants that will love America! | |||
| Yes | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| We must support our Allied countries and their country's defenses. We need to support the growth of Democracy alive around the world. For if we do not, then you will see a world constrained and completely overrun by terrorists and Tyrannical Authoritarian countries. We must keep the world safe from terrorists that want to kill our Allied countries. | |||
| No | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| We must realize that countries like China and Russia will always play hardball when trade is involved. We must be able to to help our American companies grow as tariffs and quotas make Americans buy American and not "Made in China" products that ultimately support China's military. Let us keep America's money within America! Buy American!!! | |||
| My top three priorities will be to Stop the onslaught on the Texas Southern border. We have over 2.5 million illegal foreign nationals from over 152 known countries storming our borders without federal impedance last year. Our American towns within Texas have been overrun and are literally failing. We must stop in and out access to all roads and bridges from Mexico and Texas Now! We must pinch Mexico where it hurts to get them to stop this massive invasion. We must Grow our military and Stop the spending of senseless bills that do absolutely nothing for America! |
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