Randy Auxier's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Randy Auxier 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.
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
Illinois Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I see the abortion issue as part of a much larger family health care problem. The primary issue is women's access to health care, and children's access to adequate social services. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I support tax increases on the wealthiest 5% of income earners, and the complete elimination of corporate welfare. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I support publicly funded elections, such as, Great Britain. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| I support programs at the federal level to stimulate local economies, especially small businesses. I also support a plan to forgive college debt and make higher education free. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| I support the idea of federalized single-payer k-12 education. Local school boards would remain, but funding would be federally regulated. The aim is to reduce inequities that come from funding schools through property taxes. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I support an assault-weapons ban, bump-stock ban, and the closing of all gun-show loopholes for background checks. Local authorities should have whatever powers they need to regulate a local presence of guns in their cities, counties, and states. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| I support HR 676, Medicare For All. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| Open borders are good for business. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes? | ||
| I support the decriminalization of drug use, generally, and the legalization and taxation of marijuana. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| I am committed to nonviolence. Nuclear proliferation is the opposite of peace, but military intervention does not prevent it. | |||
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