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Jonathan Fulford's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Jonathan Fulford has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2018 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.

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Issue Positions

For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2018.

  • "When the wealthiest among us are not asked to pay their fair share, this fundamental inequality creates divisiveness and polarization."   (fulfordforcongress.com)
  • "Unless our election laws are reformed – beginning with the legislative reversal of Citizens United – our public policy will remain hostage to the priorities of corporations and of the super wealthy." (fulfordforcongress.com)
  • "It is time for government to invest in the well-being of its citizens and build a fair and prosperous economy with jobs that pay enough to live on." (fulfordforcongress.com)
  • "Let's invest in our students, not rob their future. Better and earlier education leads to better jobs and opportunities, and also increases the civic engagement needed to improve our government and make sure that it benefits the many, not the few." (fulfordforcongress.com)
  • "For too long we have provided tax cuts to the rich and to big business believing it would deliver the jobs, healthcare, and energy we need for a better life. Instead, tax cuts delivered a diminshed middle class, and now too many Maine families struggle to make ends meet." (fulfordforcongress.com)
  • "Let's invest in our students, not rob their future. Better and earlier education leads to better jobs and opportunities, and also increases the civic engagement needed to improve our government and make sure that it benefits the many, not the few." (fulfordforcongress.com)
  • "We know what we have to do to slow climate change, and every year technology moves the price of renewable energy ever closer to being competitive or cheaper than fossil fuel energy. We know that there are more skilled good paying jobs in sustainable energy power generation than in coal extraction and burning (2.3x more solar jobs than coal)." (fulfordforcongress.com)
  • "As a responsible gun owner, I believe we can put in place common sense safeguards that would increase gun safety and save lives." (fulfordforcongress.com)
  • "The Affordable Care Act (ACA) – "ObamaCare" – helped millions of Americans gain affordable health insurance for the first time." (fulfordforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • "Reform immigration laws to prioritize accepting refugees and asylum seekers fleeing instability and violence caused by military and economic disruption." (fulfordforcongress.com)
  • "End the "War on Drugs" and mandatory sentencing which have not worked and have unfairly targeted people of color and low income people" (fulfordforcongress.com)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.

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