Bridgette Cooper's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Bridgette Cooper has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
Maryland Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I generally support pro-life legislation. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act bill provides exceptions for an abortion (1) that is necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman, or (2) when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. A physician who performs or attempts to perform an abortion under an exception must comply with specified requirements. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Funding for programs such as Social Security and Medicare are important. I support an income based tax increase on any tax bracket to make it be fair for everyone. The federal tax system is "progressive," which means that we pay more on portions of our income as we progressively make more. Raising taxes should not be the immediate answer to all of our problems. | |||
| No | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| If we want more people to run for office, then we need to understand that not everyone has campaign contributions from corporations and unions. It becomes an ethical question....will you work for the people or the corporation and unions making indirect campaign contributions? | |||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| Our country's defense spending and the ability for our country to defend it self needs to be as dynamic as the times we live in. Our base budget for the Department of Defense, our international contingency operations, and the total amount for other agencies that help to protect our nation, such as Cyber security, Department of Energy, FBI and Homeland Security. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| Federal education standards need to be just that standards that the states can go by. Each state has a different need. As we found out Common Core did not work in urban districts for a variety of reasons, which boiled down to exposure of educational experiences. Students in this country are getting further and further behind because there is a adopted federal education standard every few years. We have to start at zero every time one is introduced. | |||
| Yes | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| The burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heat (considered human activities) have a direct impact on the environment. We need to empower humans to regulate themselves with as little federal input as possible. There needs to be an incentive for corporations to want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One would think saving the planet would be enough of an incentive. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| We need to have common sense gun control legislation that makes sense for responsible gun owners while protecting our 2nd Amendment rights. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| For the people it made sense, however, for businesses it did not. We need a plan that will benefit both sides. | |||
| 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? | ||
| It would be nice if everything were as cut and dry so to speak. There has to be a way for immigrants who are here illegally to not be penalized if they can prove that they are upstanding citizens, how they have contributed to their community and if they are sent back, what would happen? Also, if the adult is sent back to their country, what impact does it have on the children that are left behind. | |||
| Yes | Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| We need to work with the countries that are promoting peace and that we are in partnership with. If reducing military intervention does not have a direct impact on the US then yes. However, we will always need to be engaged in the Middle East to ensure ongoing positive relationships. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Within reason. Quotas can help to protect shrinking industries, while tariffs can often discourage free trade, and raise prices while decreasing the purchase power. | |||
| If elected my top two priorities are health care, education and immigration. I do not believe in the "rob Peter to pay Paul approach" (increased taxes). However, I do think that the solution is already out there, and it will need something from each side to be implemented. Our education system is very behind from a global perspective. Our students can not compete with other international students in the global sector, our immigration program needs reform, and our health care system needs something solid to stand on. It is an ALL IN approach. Everyone is part of the solution. |
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