Monika Johnson-Hostler's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
Office:
- State House (NC) - District 33, Democratic
On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for State House (NC) - District 33
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North Carolina Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| I will always support a woman's right to choose. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I believe that we should make multi national corporations and the ultra rich to pay their fair share in order to reduce the deficit and provide support to critical programs that have been gutted. | |||
| 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? | ||
| No | Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Trickle down economics leads to the concentration of wealth and furthers our bubble and burst economy. Slashing taxes on the rich to create economic growth is a myth and I do not support the theory. | |||
| 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 support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")? | ||
| I believe that it should be expanded, and that we need to transition into a Medicare for all healthcare system. | |||
| 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? | ||
| I would only support intervention if there was irrefutable proof that a hostile government has possession of one of these weapons. But we should always exhaust every diplomatic option possible. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
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