Gidget Groendyk's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Presidential Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| 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? | ||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes, you cannot serve the people ,at the same time taking PAC money that could potentially affect your decision . It�s unjust and any candidate should have the public best interest in mind. | |||
| Do you support increasing defense spending? | |||
| I would agree, more over to patch broken ties . Protect our freedom, democracy and constitution | |||
| 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 promote jobs, higher paying jobs , increases small business, and economic growth. 2. 90 percent of companies here in the United State need lower taxes to fight oversee�s markets. If we do not, as we seen in the past , company�s will go else where to get into the red. Look at American Company such as Harley Davison | |||
| Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | |||
| Definitely this has gone long enough. I meet people , who have earned their high school diploma and have a reading leaves of third grade. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Currently , I am using a low emission vehicle that gets 40 miles per gallon. solar , hot water boiler system. Witch here in Michigan I was paying 600 a mouth for natural gas now 76.00 . Why not protect our next generation of leaders. | |||
| Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | |||
| Yes, I believe there needs to be a two part system. A test on gun safety CWP. and a physiological exam. We need to be clear people kill it�s not the gun . We need to give every American the opportunity to protect their self and their family�s. We must focus on getting � Gosts guns off the street. To protect our law enforcement, and public | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| I believe in a university healthcare that is offered to everyone. We pay taxes, we can afford to have a universal healthcare at no cost. A senior citizen should not have to choose rent or their deductible. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| I talked to a U.S custom agent. He laughed at the wa idea. He stated 80 percent come on their Visa�s and when court comes , they don�t show up. How can this wall provide protection. Mexico Government today is still corrupt . We need to address this issue, I believe it may be a better choice making Mexico accountable for the cartel. That�s why here in the UNITED STATES. We have the �King Pin� act . That�s fair Immigration: with due process. | |||
| 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)? | ||
| No | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| I will only support the reduction of support when we all can come to the table and agree | |||
| Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | |||
| Tarrifs : it hurts the end user. We need a open fair trade market that works for both parties. We need the old saying Made in America . We must focus on training our new grads for tomorrow | |||
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