Christopher Mason's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Christopher Mason has refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2016 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
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 2016.
- Washington Post “Panelists also asked Baker, Mason and Vogt their position on abortion all three said they opposed it, with Mason calling it 'a greater Holocaust going on now than in Nazi Germany.'” (www.washingtonpost.com)
- “I will create legislation to defund the IRS and promote a low national consumption tax. A consumption tax would put the power of taxation in the hands of the people rather than the Federal Government.” (www.votechrismason.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- “I won't create a single job. It is the work of the private sector to do so. However, I will do everything I can to keep the government out of the way of businesses so they can do the work of job creation.” (www.votechrismason.com)
- “I will create legislation to defund the IRS and promote a low national consumption tax. A consumption tax would put the power of taxation in the hands of the people rather than the Federal Government.” (www.votechrismason.com)
- “I won't create a single job. It is the work of the private sector to do so. However, I will do everything I can to keep the government out of the way of businesses so they can do the work of job creation.” (www.votechrismason.com)
- “Empower local governments to take control of education by defunding the Federal Department of Education.” (www.votechrismason.com)
- “In no way does conservation mean that companies can't use the land for vital projects like fracking or natural gas production.” (www.votechrismason.com)
- Washington Post “Mason called for a halt to all immigration and said climate change was a 'total hoax.'” (www.washingtonpost.com)
- Washington Post “Mason called for a halt to all immigration and said climate change was a 'total hoax.'” (www.washingtonpost.com)
- “I will help create legislation bolstering the second amendment. […] t is a constitutional right in this country to keep and bear arms.” (www.votechrismason.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- “The states will be given the power to deport illegal immigrants across national borders. The legislation will also penalize states that harbor illegals.” (www.votechrismason.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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