Mick Shoemaker, Jr.'s Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Mick Shoemaker, Jr. has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
Ohio Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| De-fund taxpayer support for Planned Parenthood. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? | ||
| The only way to balance the budget is through cuts to the federal bureaucracy and addressing Medicare and Medicaid. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Freedom of speech applies here. | |||
| No | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Lower corporate tax increase growth and helps create jobs, leading to more revenue. | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| Local standards are best. However, it is naive to miss the intrusion of The Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood, the LGBT lobby and other national groups infusing their radical views into our schools. I will propose legislation to ensure that the teaching of "gender fluidity" is prohibited in all elementary, middle and high schools. | |||
| 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? | ||
| The regulations must be scientific and not political, although that is nearly impossible in today's atmosphere. All regulations should have a "sunset clause," with periodic reviews and revision or elimination when needed.Renewable energy investment has proved largely unsuccessful, primarily because of political rather than scientific decisions. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| It has been a proven disaster. I believe that the progressive goal from the start was "a single payer system," essentially government run healthcare. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? | ||
| The many people trying to immigrate legally should be at the front of the line. | |||
| 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? | ||
| The protection of Israel is essential. Additionally, we should support the effort to ensure that Iran never possesses nuclear weapons. | |||
| 1) The return to Judeo-Christian principles regulation and law. To work to overturn the Supreme Court decisions on Roe v. Wade and gay marriage, and promote the nuclear family unit as the cornerstone of society. 2) To stop illegal immigration. I support the wall. All immigration should stop for a specified period of time, allowing for true assimilation. 3) To address the budget debt. To do so Medicare and Medicaid funding must be addressed, those two programs are 60% of the federal budget. |
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