Larry Hammond's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Larry Hammond has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
South Carolina Congressional Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| PRO-LIFE! a state's issue. Life begins at conception ... just ask NASA / They search the universe for any signs of life, even microorganisms. What is sperm? What is an egg? Your body is God's Temple not yours. Only if your a Christian. The fetus, embryo or baby has rights under our constitution. Currently, an eagle's egg has more protection than a human has. If a pregnant woman is killed the killer is charged for two deaths'. If a fertizeled egg is frozen it has rights. So, logically a fetus, embryo or baby has these same rights in the womb. | |||
| No | In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? | ||
| Social Security is NOT an entitlement. Our seniors including me have earned this over our life times. I wish I had the monies the government stole from me. We do need to change the program for the next generations. I would support a mandatory % based savings program. A program designed that employers contribute as well as the employee. But, NO ONE touches this money until retirement age. It earns interest and the account is the employee's until he/she retires. We need to get government out of the way. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| The whole system of electing our representatives needs reformed. Especially, Lobbyists! | |||
| No | Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct? | ||
| 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 providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| abolish state and federal Dept of Education / We need education in the hands of local educators that know best. Lawyers, politicians, businessman need not apply for board seats. Teachers running local boards. We need PUBLIC schools NOT government schools. | |||
| No | Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| The key word is "INFRIDGE" .... no laws or regulation involving right to bear arms. | |||
| Yes | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| No | Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| Yes | 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? | ||
| Come across our border and present yourself with documentation as to who you are. Elimination of all the red tape from our government. If they are here to work, put them to work with minimal documentation. / Assimilate into our culture. Dreamers have a country already, America. Document the ones that are here and let them live their lives "free". | |||
| No | 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 should not be the world police! | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Global Free Trade. My only but ... When a country is not trading fairly or uses child labor or manipulates its currency as in China. In Communist countries the companies are state own and this distorts free trade and the concept of free trade as well as supply and demand factors. I would also use sanctions to reflect a countries "bad" behavior in the world stage. | |||
| Education ... basis of everything we need to do right Incomes/Opportunities ... as education is highly ranked then you can expected higher incomes and opportunities Infrastructure ... for corporations to invest you must have a good infrastructure, greatly skilled and educated labor and a minimal regulatory climate with targeted tax credits. Doing the above will bring prosperity. |
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