Jeffrey Carson's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Jeffrey Carson has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2014 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests.
Issue Positions
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- "While I am no fan of abortion, the issue is not fundamentally a federal one. Therefore, I don't believe the practice should be federally prohibited. I also don't believe federal funds should ever be used to pay for it." (votesmart.org)
- "Institute a flat tax across the board for individual income, dividends, and capital gains." (votesmart.org)
- "It's quite clear Congress has an addiction to recklessly spending whether times are good, times are bad, times are red, or times are blue. It matters little what major party you might identify with. They are both guilty. And what those in charge have been most successful at, especially as of late, is convincing the American public that this is acceptable, that this is moral, that this is sustainable. Another hard truth: it's not." (votesmart.org)
- "When it comes to educating our children, I put my faith in parents, teachers, principals, and local communities - not Washington.It's imperative that K-12 education reforms come from the "ground up", in order to see what works, and then allow other states and local school districts to adopt best practices as they see fit. Programs like No Child Left Behind and Common Core that centrally plan what should be done ensure that our school systems won't improve." (votesmart.org)
- "I also favor domestic energy production by way of petroleum, natural gas, clean coal, and nuclear power. The more energy we produce here at home, the less we need to rely on imports from volatile regions like the middle east, and the less justification there will be for interventionist hawks to send our young men and women overseas to risk their lives." (votesmart.org)
- "It's important to note that even if the U.S. halted all CO2 emissions tomorrow - all of them - the projected benefit would only be a decrease in global temperatures of .17 degrees Celsius by the year 2100. The bottom line is this: A carbon tax would do practically nothing to help the environment, but it would go a long way toward raising energy prices, hammering job creation, and making the U.S. far less competitive globally." (votesmart.org)
- "I am a gun owner, and I believe in the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. For those who fear gun violence, we should do everything we can as a society to prevent murder and violence, as long as those measures do not infringe upon the Constitutional rights of all Americans.Arbitrary limits on magazine capacity and bans on certain types of rifles do very little, if anything, to solve the underlying problem." (votesmart.org)
- "...at the end of the day, replacing the ACA with a framework that makes economic sense, is not in violation of our Constitutional rights, and is more concerned with patients' interests and less concerned with special interests, is what I would strive for if elected." (votesmart.org)
- "Today, our immigration laws are over-complicated and make it far too difficult for honest, hardworking people to come to this country to work and pay taxes legally. I support measures that would simplify this process and provide a straightforward pathway to citizenship for those that wish it." (votesmart.org)
- "...if the government is going to be involved, then it needs to do so judiciously and equally, allowing any two adults to join in marriage." (votesmart.org)
- "Non-interventionism, a policy according to which we only put our service members' lives at risk if we absolutely must.I am not an isolationist. I will advocate for a policy of non-interventionism, a policy according to which we only put our service members' lives at risk if we absolutely must -- to defend this great country, or one of our allies, from foreign aggression. I will never support U.S. military intervention in the name of so-called national interests. And, finally, as per the Constitution, only Congress has the power to declare war, not the President. I will do everything in my power to hold him (or her) accountable in this respect." (votesmart.org)
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