Susan Palmer's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Susan Palmer 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-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I am a practicing Catholic. I could never make that decision in my personal life but I have no right to force my religious beliefs on others. Women have a right to make their own personal choices. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| 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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| 1)Federal Red Flag Laws 2) Universal background check on all gun purchases 3) ATF classifying of all weapons, ammunition and accessories as prohibited, restricted, or unrestricted. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I think undocumented workers should be eligible for legal status without returning to their home countries with certain conditions. | |||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Yes, but only if their is an eminent threat to the United States or our allies. | |||
| We need to use the largess of the US government�s healthcare spending to benefit all Americans. Right now, the US government through Medicaid, Medicare, VA, pay for 47% of all US healthcare. The price they pay for procedures, test, operations� are far less than what we have available on the commercial healthcare insurance market. As a US taxpayer you should have access to that discounted rate for major medical insurance. The ACA subsidies could be used toward purchase of this new option. |
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