Candidates who qualify will be invited to take the 2020 Political Courage Test.
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Science has proven beyond a doubt that a fetus is a human being, killing another human being is unjust. Therefore abortion is unjust. | |||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| Taxation is State sanctioned theft. The budget must be balanced, all spending must be reduced. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes. Corporations and labor organizations may not make contributions or expenditures in connection with federal elections, they may however establish PACs. Corporate and labor PACs raise voluntary contributions from a restricted class of individuals and use those funds to support federal candidates and political committees. Apart from supporting PACs, corporations and labor organizations may conduct other activities related to federal elections, within certain guidelines. For more information, call the FEC or consult 11 CFR Part 114. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No bailouts. No too big to fail. No dictatorship and central planning. All taxation is theft. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Standardize and make mandatory background checks. 28 day waiting period. Government program to buy back guns. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| Government can't even serve it's own intended purpose right now. There should be a humane and cost effective way to deal with health care using free market systems. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| Yes | Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon? | ||
| Yes | Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support? | ||
| 1. Restore the Rule of Law: Publish the Statutes at Large from 2011-Present. Enforce the separation of powers within the Federal Government. Moral reform. Legal reform. 2. Solve the fiscal crisis. Enforce sustainable fiscal policy, solve the banking crisis, solve the debt crisis. Solve the crisis of opportunity and prosperity. 3. Restore America as the preeminent power of the world, restoring security and dignity and culture and trust and opportunity for all. |
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