Carl Persson's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Carl Persson has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2018 Political Courage Test.
North Carolina Congressional Election 2018 Political Courage Test
| 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? | ||
| By lowering taxes you grow the economy and the tax revenue will grow with the growing GDP. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| I believe campaigns and candidates should be elected based on their platform not on how much money they can raise and spend. Money corrupts and most candidates are owned and bought by contributions. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Federal spending in the defense industry will promote growth, I only support federal spending that affects National Security | |||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| Each state should be responsible for the education of their constituents, but Federal grants should be given without restrictions or conditions. | |||
| 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? | ||
| But only if the penalties for violating the regulations includes personal accountability of offenders. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| 2nd Amendment is a right that shall not be infringed | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| I have a plan, framework posted to my campaign page cp4usc.com | |||
| 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? | ||
| 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 have solutions to three major issues, Healthcare, Social Security and low income housing. All of them are common sense solutions that will benefit every American and grow the economy and unify the country. The savings in Healthcare are enormous, Social Security will be what it was meant to be and finally low income earners will be able to live comfortably despite earning less than average. |
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