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Zachary Burd's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Issue Positions

For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. These issue positions are from 2022.

  • In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? "No" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare? "Yes" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "Expand bracket parameters by facilitation of post-retirement age, pre-working age cooperative initiatives for public and private sector job opportunities." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? "No" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? "Yes" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Despite exhaustive research, Vote Smart was unable to find information about this candidate's position.
  • Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship? "No" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • 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)? "No" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? "No" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • "I support the cessation of all aerial bombardment campaigns, in favor of land-based humanitarian relief efforts." (justfacts.votesmart.org)
  • Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? "Yes" (justfacts.votesmart.org)
This candidate has responded to a Political Courage Test in a previous election. As a continued effort to provide the American public with factual information on candidates running for public office, these archived responses are made available here.
Pro-life Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
"How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers." -Mother Teresa
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?
Expand bracket parameters by facilitation of post-retirement age, pre-working age cooperative initiatives for public and private sector job opportunities.
No Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
Yes Do you support increasing defense spending?
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?
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?
No Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
No Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
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?
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)?
No Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
I support the cessation of all aerial bombardment campaigns, in favor of land-based humanitarian relief efforts.
Yes Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
My top priority, whether elected or not, is to bring to the world the best of gifts that man can bring. I have already begun drafting my great thesis. It's all about my wonderful hydro-engineering project which will stabilize and save the planet. It can be found on my free public Facebook group: "Earth Science Prime." The technologies developed by this project will generate unprecedented economic growth, and deliver an exponential return on any funding allocations.

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