Merrill Anderson's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Merrill Anderson has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
Minnesota Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| As a former management systems analyst with a defense contractor I am aware there may be ways to improve the use of committed funds. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| We need transparency in campaign funding. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I would however, support federal investment in select infrastructure. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| The closer we hold education to local control the better. Federal control smacks of totalitarianism, people as cyphers, pawns and puppets. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| As in the case of Solynora, there has been a continuing pattern of crony capitalism, hucksterism and fraud in the green energy and "climate change sciences." | |||
| 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? | ||
| Mass migration and the ongoing intentional forced movement -- of refugees -- is tantamount to invasion of a "host" country. (See my "Open Letter to Chuck Schumer") | |||
| Yes | Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| No | Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support? | ||
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