Louis Grider, Jr.'s Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Kentucky Congressional Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| All elected officials have a solemn responsibility to defend the sanctity of Life and protect the unborn. | |||
| 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? | ||
| A fair tax, flat tax or Federal sales tax should be looked at as a possible solution. | |||
| Yes | Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Right to work. | |||
| Yes | Do you support increasing defense spending? | ||
| I support cutting out wasteful spending in military budget also. | |||
| 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 government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Coal and natural gas and nuclear power is best option at this time to be competitive in the world market. | |||
| No | Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Gun control is a slippery slope we should not be on. There should be no controls and gun ownership. | |||
| Yes | 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 believe we could do a sponsorship program. | |||
| 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? | ||
| Show of force worldwide is important for the United States of America. | |||
| No | Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)? | ||
| Tariffs are important for fair trade. | |||
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