Michael O'Shea's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Michael O'Shea did not provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2022 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
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.
North Carolina Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Yes | 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? | ||
| I believe we need to get money out of politics and I would like to see the US have publicly funded elections. My campaign is not taking any corporate PAC money. | |||
| No | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| We already spend more on our military than the next 8 countries combined and there is too much waste in the current budget. We need to focus on spending our defense budget more efficiently in important areas like cybersecurity while cutting back on programs that don't make sense in the modern geopolitical landscape. | |||
| Yes | Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| I believe it's important to have federal standards for education, but right now we have standards that too heavily promote teaching to tests. We need to ensure that federal standards aren't getting in the way of our professional educators being able to do their jobs. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I fully support the Green New Deal and believe we must do everything possible to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the absolute latest. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| I am a gun owner myself, but we need to pass the common sense gun control legislation proposals that a majority of Americans want. | |||
| No | Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| My platform includes Medicare for All and I believe we should be working towards the goal of providing universal health coverage and ensuring that every American has access to high-quality, affordable health care regardless of their income status. | |||
| 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? | ||
| 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)? | ||
| Yes | Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts? | ||
| No | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| I believe that is too broad a question and that we need to look at international trade deals on a case-by-case basis. I believe free trade is a good thing and generally support it, but only if it's fair trade. The ability to impose these barriers can be an important tool to reduce exploitation of foreign workers so I cannot say I "generally support removing barriers." | |||
| My top two issues are Economic Inequality (which includes healthcare since wealth determines access in our current system) and Climate Change. I believe in Medicare for All, a $15 living wage, Universal Basic Income, free public colleges, trade schools and pre-K, higher teacher pay and increased federal funding for education so that the wealth of your zip code does not determine the quality of your child's education, and I am fully supportive of the Green New Deal. |
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