Eric Hughes' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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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'm not a woman. I have no right to tell a woman when and where she can have a baby. I respect all women and men. Part of respecting someone is respecting how they feel. It's her choice, I would like the father to have more say so in the process, so I think we can make this process better. But, nevertheless we want our women to have a choice. The technology is their to give them a choice, so let her choose. If she likes you as much as you think she will have your baby. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Every time we need things done, we should not put our government being the American people in debt. We should use our brains as congress and come up with strategies to tax goods consumers for things they don't need to fund things that our population needs. Their are countless ways to pay for things without going in debt, when your the United States Government. We can implement ridiculous taxes on liquor, video games, electronics, tobacco, marijuana, and other general luxury items to cover health care for all, and to help the Elderly in retirement. We can fix our issues. | |||
| No | 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? | ||
| Corporations are a business, businesses just like people will be taxed. Their is no need to give them tax breaks that they simply don't need. Their should be no insider trading to influence idiotic congress members to support tax cuts for these corporations. Congress members must not sell out to corporations. Congress has a duty of righteousness to help our country and all of its occupants visitors, permanent citizens, and or potential citizens. Federal spending is good when it will yield a return for our government. We want to be the richest country in the world. We don't want debt. | |||
| Yes | Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards? | ||
| I know our education board needs to be diverse. We don't want our education board predominately any particular color/nationality as it may influence bias opinions, theories, and stories. If we can create a complete diverse panel for federal education that allows for equal numbers of different colors/nationalities to eliminate any bias ignorance then I would be all for a federal education standards because we should all across the country learn the same thing. And our government should not allow the bashing or harmful stories that may have happened be taught as a standard. We don't want to oppress our people. | |||
| 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")? | ||
| No, All people need health care. Particularly older people who maybe can't afford healthcare in their retirement and need it the most. Lets help our people. This is not rocket science if your ignorant and don't want all Americans to have health care than your selfish and should re evaluate your life and who you are as a person. I don't think we should name it Obama care. Because he is not the only American who cares. It needs some changes as I've been told lets implement changes so all can have healthcare for free, we can name it anything. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Simple. This situation is Ants and candy. That's what this is. The candy are the jobs. The ants are the immigrants. You take away the jobs, the immigrants will stop coming. So businesses need to stop hiring these people unless they are legal to work. If they are here lets make them legal citizens so we can tax them and increase our economy. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Our people can't go into these peoples countries piss them off and think its ok. Leave them damn people alone. Treat them how you yourself want to be treated and if you don't like yourself then just be nice. We can't claim weapons of mass destruction cause countless American lives and then find no weapon of mass destruction. If we do this the members of our congress and or government officials who encouraged this must be punished by law. This unacceptable. To be honest North Africa has done nothing to us. We shouldn't be there. Leave them damn people alone. | |||
| Yes | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Trade equals taxes taxes equal income for our government. We want to ensure our American businesses will succeed as we want to be the Richest Country in the World. Lets trade with everyone and lets be nice to everyone if a country disrespects or does something to jeopardize our country. They will become a foe. Example: Russia. If we have clear evidence we must show them we are not to be played with. It's no way they do this and nothing happens. So a country like that we may impose tariffs etc or even war. | |||
| The agenda is simple. Their is no agenda. I'll do whats right. If a bill is good and righteous ill support it. (Ex: Bane on insider trading) Banning insider trading would be good as it is unnecessary and jeopardizes our democracy. If a bill is evil and bad I will oppose it. (Ex: Removing hormones and other cancer causing things from our foods) This is a no brainer if you care about people why the hell would you support this when it is unnecessary and not good for people. |
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