Julie Hall's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Julie Hall has failed to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2020 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
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- "If you own a small business, you may be able to use the cash method of accounting, thanks to the passage in late 2017 of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The act redefines small business as a taxpayer who has average annual gross receipts of $25 million or less for the three previous tax years and doesnât serve as a tax shelter." (www.facebook.com)
- "I'm proud to be endorsed by Governor Charlie Baker! I'll be a partner in his efforts to hold the line on taxes, reduce burdensome regulations, and support small businesses so we can continue to grow our local economy here in Attleboro." (www.facebook.com)
- "We must also reduce the hundreds of unfunded federal mandates that take money away from our paychecks in the form of higher state and local taxes. Our tax code should reward our familiesâ success through hard work, sound investing, and prudent spending with lower taxes, credits, and deductions. Instead Washington politicians always seem to punish working families with larger co-pays for healthcare, increased tax rates, and unfunded mandates as we try to better our families by getting ahead." (hallforcongress.com)
- "Julie understands that our seniors must be honored and protected. The challenges for todayâs seniors are twofold: 1) the forever-increasing property taxes at the local level and 2) the rising cost of health care coupled with a Medicare system that is too slow and outdated to adjust to new assisted living systems. As an Attleboro city councilor and an advocate for retired veterans, Julie strongly supported a Senior Tax Freeze to counteract a hefty property tax increase levied by the cost to build a new High School. As your Congresswoman, Julie will propose a cap on senior citizen income taxes once they reach a certain age, regardless of their income level, in order to effectively plan their retirement with their families. In addition, she will seek appropriate changes in our Medicare system to deliver effective and affordable care". (hallforcongress.com)
- "Instead of a disastrous single-payer system, Julie opts for a hybrid approach that expands the role of Medicare and Medicaid only to incorporate high risk/high cost populations and a safety net for those left uncovered, introduce more competition in both the private and public plans, manage care effectively, and demand more accountability throughout the system. " (hallforcongress.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.
- "Julie believes in a strong military, not only for protection, but as a deterrent. Our military members deserve the best equipment, training, higher pay, and the understanding from all Americans that we acknowledge and respect their service. They put themselves in harmâs way and disrupt their family lives. For this, they deserve our full and complete support during times of military conflict, whether we agree with the action or not. Our nation must be 100% behind our troops, and we must repeatedly thank them for their sacrifices." (hallforcongress.com)
- "In the immediate future, the federal government, just like us, will have to tighten their belts and find a way to put policies in place that will stimulate job growth and the economy. Without a strong economy, all of us of all income levels will struggle." (hallforcongress.com)
- "Unfortunately, working families are the first people the big spenders in Congress always look to fund their programs with higher taxes, new fees, and higher prices." (hallforcongress.com)
- "When there is less government intervention and regulation, our businesses always thrive. The smart businesses use that money and time saved to design, develop, and create new technologies, products, and inventions. When the economy is doing well, more jobs are available, wages are higher, and quality of life is better for everyone. In the immediate future, the federal government, just like us, will have to tighten their belts and find a way to put policies in place that will stimulate job growth and the economy. Without a strong economy, all of us of all income levels will struggle." (hallforcongress.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "As your Congresswoman, Julie will support incentive programs like community development block grants, low interest loans, tax incentives, and lowering regulatory burdens to make it possible for all businesses to thrive in our region and create higher paying jobs." (hallforcongress.com)
- "The best thing Congress can do to help our economy rebound is to cut government red tape and repeal job-killing regulations. Small businesses need to be freed and financially incentivized to create jobs if we are going to have a rapid recovery." (hallforcongress.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "We have a golden opportunity to take advantage of emerging technologies that will strengthen our energy independence. Our focus should be on energy alternatives and ways to thoroughly develop modern hydropower, solar, and wind technologies. Throughout our history, innovations in technology that drive our economic engine were always created by companies that competed in the free market, while the government lent a guiding hand to facilitate its overall development. Since the end of World War II, our economy has been heavily dependent on petroleum from other countries. We worked hard and changed that over the past few years. Now we can take that same spirit and over time reduce our dependence on oil altogether, but market forces must drive that change. Besides preserving some of the most beautiful shorelines and open space we have in America, new technologies and new ways of bringing power will require new skills and replacement jobs. We need to encourage companies to reinvest our efforts right here in America and with American energy alternatives. As our Congresswoman, Julie will take an "all of the above approach" to keep us energy Independent with an eye toward the continued development of cleaner and greener energy created and supported by our free markets." (hallforcongress.com)
- Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
- "As our Congresswoman Julie will oppose any federal legislation making additional restrictions on law abiding citizens owning a firearm. She will also support legislation to significantly increase penalties and restrictions on individuals who commit crimes with illegal firearms. We need to go after the law breakers, not the law abiders." (hallforcongress.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.
- "Build the wall and seriously reform our immigration policy conjointly. This is not about who gets to be right it is about doing the right thing. All other issues come after making American citizen's as well as any vetted and welcomed guests, safe". (twitter.com)
- "In addition, Julie will support measures to halt all federal funding to Sanctuary Cities." (hallforcongress.com)
- "There should be no taxpayer money expended on people that are in this country illegally. But there are cities throughout the nation, including Massachusetts, who do not follow our immigration laws and declare Sanctuary City Status that make it impossible for local law enforcement to work with federal immigration officials. In addition, it makes it impossible to not spend taxpayer on illegal immigration. If immigration officials get around sanctuary status, we find ourselves having to pay to deport, detain and maintain returning criminals and drug traffickers who manage to find their way in and out to wreak more havoc on our communities and bring harm to our citizens." (hallforcongress.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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